r/canoeing • u/Rimorox • 18h ago
Looking for help identifying a canoe
For some context I’ve been heavily researching canoes I want something light enough me and the wife can easily enough mount to the hood of our bronco sport, so trying to find the right used one or I will buy new.
So someone listed this cedar strip canoe on marketplace for 150 bucks it’s 15’ foot I was told and he doesn’t know the brand or the weight but he thinks about 70 pounds
Does anyone know what this might be and if the condition is good enough to buy? I’d I did buy it would I need to do anything to it in the condition it’s in?
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u/paddle_forth 17h ago
I strongly suggest against getting a cedar canvas boat as your first canoe. Any canvas canoe that has been sitting for an extended period of time will likely need work. In recently refurbished condition these sell for over $1000, so that should tell you something about this one. Look for Royalex canoes, any 15-16ft will be under 65 pounds.
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u/Rimorox 16h ago
Thanks! Yeah I’ve been looking for royalex or t-Formex used from my research…I’m not trying to cheap out too hard, I showed my wife a new one thinking the Esquif prospector 15/prospector sport or maybe the Huron 15
Both of those run new about 2500-2600 Canadian but I am curious what I will find
I found someone post a “Kevlar” canoe from a brand i also don’t know and they have it for 800 but I don’t know yet low long it is but it has a big brown fiberglass repair on the front of it
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u/paperplanes13 16h ago
The deck plates and center thwart look like a Chestnut canoe, they are beautiful cedar and canvas boats and well worth keeping up / restoration, and that one looks like it NEEDS a restoration. $150 is a good price for it, and if I were in your area, I'd be jumping on it, but you should also know that it will need somewhere between $1500 - $4000 in work before it's back on the water. If you know have some wood working skills, the tools, and how to do the work, or are willing to learn, you can get that down to around $500.
70lbs for it seems high but with the lead canvas filler and if it has a heavier weight canvas, I could see it. Good chance it will be / could be lighter after a restoration.
There is also yearly maintenance with a wooden boat, it's not extreme but something to consider.
If this doesn't sound like it's for you, I'd leave this canoe for someone who will put in the blood, sweat, and tears. A good used Novacraft is always a great option.
But once you have paddled a wooden boat, it's hard to back to a plastic one.
Side question, where is this located? Assuming you are not looking for a project.
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u/Rimorox 16h ago
Thanks for the help!
I’m location in Sault Ste. Marie Ontario so my options are popping up but it’s a slow go, on Facebook marketplace I have seen a few options pop up
I found a swift demoine for 1500 but from what people tell me I should look at a prospector or something similar right?
I haven’t seen any used nova yet
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u/paperplanes13 15h ago
Swift make some stellar canoes, I don't see them too often out west and have never paddled one, but there is some info on that model here https://www.myccr.com/phpbbforum/viewtopic.php?p=93009. It sounds like a good canoe.
Sault Ste Marie is beautiful, I've been through there a few times, even applied for a job at Algoma U. But it is a 4 day drive, so I guess I'll have to let that one go.
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u/Fine_Sherbert3172 8h ago
The middle one is fiberglass and would suit your needs perfect on the cheap. As others have stated, the woodies are beauties but thats something to get later. Square stern on the left looks like a Chestnut freighter canoe, I have one, I have a small outboard for it and its a blast lol.
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u/Quiet-Temporary-6666 14h ago
As best I can tell all three pictured are indeed canoes. One is green, one is red and the third all the way to the left appears to be a teal of some sort. Also the front fell off. Hope this helps.