Purchased a Swift Prospector 16 / Expedition Kevlar (Ruby) back in 2020... I've since put hundreds of miles on my Swift with 12 trips thus far... Just finished a 124 mile 12 day / Quetico Baptism Creek Solo trip / Sep 2024... And completed a week long fly-in Woodland Caribou Provincial Park in Sep. I beat the ever loving daylights out of my canoe. Purchased mine in Madison WI. Couldn't be happier. I get compliments on my boat everywhere I go when paddling and when driving.
Carbon fusion, epoxy uv shield, black carbon trim, sassafras yoke, carbon footbar, interior gel coat in a Prospector 14. My order is in and can't wait till it's done. Thanks for a great product Bill!
I’ve had it now for over a month, everything I hoped it would be. Lifts with one hand and handles like a sports car on the water. Couldn’t be happier. Thanks again Bill, cheers!
If UV Shield is replacing traditional gel coat, and the UV Shield is only 1/3 the thickness of traditional gel coat, is a UV Shield boat as durable as a traditional gel coat boat from an impact perspective?
From what they have said in other videos, the UV Shield is harder than gel coat, but obviously thinner. I believe from an impact perspective, UV Shield is just better full stop. However, if the same spot was to be braised / scratched over and over, the new UV Shield would be more susceptible to wearing through to the cloth a little be quicker than the gel coat. Even then though, that might be a stretch since the gel coat is softer. I have a hard time seeing a scenario where gel coat is superior, and this might be the reason that UV Shield is their new standard exterior finish.
@@northern_wilderness_adventurer this is an excellent comment and all true. Any boat could conceivably wear through to expose the cloth layers, but in our experience that rarely, if ever, happens. The only times we see it are on rental boats that go through years of abuse, and even then it can typically be averted by installing skid plates on both ends.
Purchased a Swift Prospector 16 / Expedition Kevlar (Ruby) back in 2020... I've since put hundreds of miles on my Swift with 12 trips thus far... Just finished a 124 mile 12 day / Quetico Baptism Creek Solo trip / Sep 2024... And completed a week long fly-in Woodland Caribou Provincial Park in Sep. I beat the ever loving daylights out of my canoe. Purchased mine in Madison WI. Couldn't be happier. I get compliments on my boat everywhere I go when paddling and when driving.
Carbon fusion, epoxy uv shield, black carbon trim, sassafras yoke, carbon footbar, interior gel coat in a Prospector 14. My order is in and can't wait till it's done. Thanks for a great product Bill!
I’ve had it now for over a month, everything I hoped it would be. Lifts with one hand and handles like a sports car on the water. Couldn’t be happier. Thanks again Bill, cheers!
Excellent presentation. Magnificent canoes! On my bucket list!
That is a beautiful canoe!
If UV Shield is replacing traditional gel coat, and the UV Shield is only 1/3 the thickness of traditional gel coat, is a UV Shield boat as durable as a traditional gel coat boat from an impact perspective?
From what they have said in other videos, the UV Shield is harder than gel coat, but obviously thinner. I believe from an impact perspective, UV Shield is just better full stop. However, if the same spot was to be braised / scratched over and over, the new UV Shield would be more susceptible to wearing through to the cloth a little be quicker than the gel coat. Even then though, that might be a stretch since the gel coat is softer. I have a hard time seeing a scenario where gel coat is superior, and this might be the reason that UV Shield is their new standard exterior finish.
@@northern_wilderness_adventurer this is an excellent comment and all true. Any boat could conceivably wear through to expose the cloth layers, but in our experience that rarely, if ever, happens. The only times we see it are on rental boats that go through years of abuse, and even then it can typically be averted by installing skid plates on both ends.