Sea Legs

Max and I just couldn’t wait. We were going to try out our new canoe somewhere other than our home court, but we only had a small window of time today.





After getting her in the water I added a 50 lb bag of sand in the bow for ballast and about a third of the way back I added an 18 pound hound. When a 250 lb man paddles a tandem canoe, he must compensate either by paddling from the middle seat or adding weight up front. I prefer to add the weight because I need the leg room that the back seat so generously offers.




After this brief test I conclude that it was money well spent! Very stable and easy to handle. I’ll have to add a bit more weight to the front when paddling alone but other than that this baby fits my pistol just fine!
As you can see, it didn’t take Maximus Relaximus very long to get his sea legs either. We hope you enjoy the photos!!

Nice canoe Captain and good pictures. Has Max ever fell out of the canoe?
Doug
Jn. 3:16

Fun times.

Glad it's working out for you.

That looks like a fine rig Captain.
Congratulations!

Seems like Max took to shotgun real quick.

He's a trip. Nothing like a good dog!

Cap'n, not to be nosy, but if you don't mind, what did a nice rig like yours set you back?

I had that exact Canoe and sold it a little over a year ago for $400

Cmp1 said:

Cap'n, not to be nosy, but if you don't mind, what did a nice rig like yours set you back?

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Bought if off of Craigslist for $325

Big7 said:

That looks like a fine rig Captain.
Congratulations!

Seems like Max took to shotgun real quick.

He's a trip. Nothing like a good dog!

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Max is a Keeper.

olcaptain said:

Bought if off of Craigslist for $325

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Nice, you stole it,,,, still probably too heavy for me,,,, nice ride,,,,

olcaptain said:

Max is a Keeper.

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Max is definitely a keeper,,,, I'll get a pic of ours,,,, lot less fit than Max,,,,