This was actually super helpful for me. I really appreciate the video. Sounds like an aluminum Canoe is more my style at the moment. I was hesitant about buying a 12 ft aluminum canoe I found on marketplace but this video has helped me decide to buy it. Thanks again, cheers!
I have a fractured spine, pinched nerve, and back spasms, torn rotator cuff andadeer tick wrecked my joints. I need something light for fishing in the boundary waters of Minnesota.
Personally, I favor Grumman or other high quality aluminum canoes, but.... Aluminum is the worst possible choice for rivers where you may run up against rocks or submerged roots and branches. Aluminum has a "sticky" property that tends to stop suddenly on objects, often with the high possiblity of a capsize. Also, they all have a "keel" that is actually the joining member for riveting the two halves together. It has a slowing effect on turning which may be a problem if you need a quick manuever. Other , better materials, such as a used Royalex canoe would be a far better choice for moderate to fast rivers because it has a slippery quality that does not hang up. And, they are made of a single sheet of material with no keel, although the bottom-of-the-line Colemans do have a ridge for stiffening. Those are just plastic. Royalex is the best used material for a river canoe. Very tough, good glide over objects, lots of used boats out there. For slow, flat rivers and lakes, bayous, sheltered inlets, or even good weather on open Sounds - Aluminum is no problem.
This was actually super helpful for me. I really appreciate the video. Sounds like an aluminum Canoe is more my style at the moment. I was hesitant about buying a 12 ft aluminum canoe I found on marketplace but this video has helped me decide to buy it.
Thanks again, cheers!
Outstanding,thankyou from Ontario
One of my aluminum Grummans was made in 1946 ( S.N. 621A). Try that with anything plastic! Of course you need to be very careful around rocks!
Thank you. For river fishing near my house I was looking at a aluminum canoe. There around $200 on market place all day.
FYI, unless youre hitting rocks regularly, and old fiberglass canoe will last just about as long as anything.
I have a fractured spine, pinched nerve, and back spasms, torn rotator cuff andadeer tick wrecked my joints. I need something light for fishing in the boundary waters of Minnesota.
Personally, I favor Grumman or other high quality aluminum canoes, but....
Aluminum is the worst possible choice for rivers where you may run up against rocks or submerged roots and branches. Aluminum has a "sticky" property that tends to stop suddenly on objects, often with the high possiblity of a capsize. Also, they all have a "keel" that is actually the joining member for riveting the two halves together. It has a slowing effect on turning which may be a problem if you need a quick manuever. Other , better materials, such as a used Royalex canoe would be a far better choice for moderate to fast rivers because it has a slippery quality that does not hang up. And, they are made of a single sheet of material with no keel, although the bottom-of-the-line Colemans do have a ridge for stiffening. Those are just plastic. Royalex is the best used material for a river canoe. Very tough, good glide over objects, lots of used boats out there.
For slow, flat rivers and lakes, bayous, sheltered inlets, or even good weather on open Sounds - Aluminum is no problem.
Aluminum it is
how come you never discuss T-formex
Cheap? My dad's aluminum canoe was $1,300 ,or more.
that's not bad for a new canoe with carbon fiber, Kevlar they run well over 3k