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My personal favorite tripping canoe for Yukon wilderness trips would be the Hellman Slocan made in Nelson BC. Great boat hauls a big load (aka a moose), very fast for a whitewater tripper, tough and light weight. I have paddled and/or own most of already mentioned ...

West Kootenays - Slocan, Salmo, Little Slocan, Wilson, several other crazy creeks, Trail waves and Brilliant Edge of Nelson, extra rooms and camping Number of plastic boats I might let you demo - Option, Blackfly, CuFly, Prelude, ...

... in half a season, while Yukon and canotrouge are still scraping their windshields. 8) The season's begun in the west kootenays! Lower Salmo, Slocan, Trail Wave. Always a couch for both old and new friends.

... prospecter in duralite , these boats are super tought and realy light. Have a look, http://www.hellmancanoes.com/hellman-canoes.html I have the Slocan and it work realy well on all kind of water but a little more prone to windage than the prospector. You wont find a beter boat!

I have both the otter and slocan in duralite. Our local rivers are small volume and rocky and the otter seems to be holding up no problem. Both boats are quite flexible. I think this has more to do with the resin then the cloth Hellman ...

I paddled the Otter a few years ago for a season and it is a good boat, light and super tough. I have a Slocan tripping canow from them and love it. These boats (duratuff) can be abuse, totaly raped and come back without a leak. It is easy to fix. The one thing on the boat, ...

... old with lots of students paddling it, it also started it's career being under my truck as I endered over a 100ft embankment. I have a new Hellman Slocan coming that is supposed to be agreat whitewater boat? Did you sell your Otter yet?