Re: Appreciate suggestions for what canoe/kayak to get.

"sandy"
Sandy
Try Wenonah canoes web site they have a lot of useful info. Here a website

where users have reviewed canoes.

Good Luck




http://www.paddling.net/Reviews/Canoes.html
<fossilnut@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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>I want to buy either a canoe or a kayak and I'm hoping you can help me
> make a decision.  My needs are:
>
> 1.  It must be able to accommodate me and my (65 lb.) dog Princess.
> (Hubby recently passed away and Princess and I want to go travelling/
> fi****ng/messing around.)
>
> 2.  It must be fairly light and ****table.  I'm 63 and have noticed
> that canoes that we had a few years ago kept getting heavier & heavier
> as the years went by!!!  I'd really LIKE to be able to carry it
> somehow on my slide-in camper but can't quite picture how that would
> work (the roof has AC & 2 solar panels, etc.  Not sure how well an
> inflatable would work with Princess.  Haven't looked much at folding
> canoes but the ones I've seen on the web didn't look that impressive.
> I might tow a car that I could put the boat on or get a small boat
> trailer.
>
> 3.  It would be nice to be able to put a small outboard on it (for
> those times when I'm too exhausted/lazy or just want to troll)
>
> I want to use it mostly for fi****ng/exploring on lakes  but I'd also
> take it down to Baja (Bahia de Conception).
>
> Right now I've got a Windrider 17 sailboat that I LOVE but it's pretty
> impossible for me to rig by myself and I'd like to be able to easily
> launch a boat by myself.
>
> Really appreciate your suggestions.  Thanks!
>
> Sandy
>