need to rent an aluminum canoe

Mike W. · Post by **Mike W.** » Sat Aug 07, 2004 4:45 pm

I want to rent a lightweight aluminum canoe for the weekend of September 11. It will be used on flatwater for the USCA National Stock Aluminum Canoe Marathon Championships. I'd like to find a lightweight Alumacraft or Grumman. We've got a Sears aluminum canoe that we can use, but it weighs about 100lbs

. It would be nice to have something much lighter. Any help in locating a boat is appreciated.

I'm in North-Eastern North Carolina.

mshelton · Post by **mshelton** » Sat Aug 07, 2004 5:42 pm

I have an old 16' Mitch(sp)craft alim canoe if you want to borrow it. It does have a keel though.

Mike W. · Post by **Mike W.** » Tue Aug 10, 2004 3:58 am

Hey Marshall, 16' is a little shorter than I was looking for, but what does it weigh (a rough estimate is good, like close to 90 or close to 70)? It's not like we're going to win the race even if we had a fast boat

. I looked up MichiCraft & they currently do not list a 16' boat. My uncle said that he weighed his 16' Sears & it's a little over 90lbs.

If yours is lighter we'd like to borrow it for the race. A keel is good. Maybe we can make it go straight! I promise that I'll take good care of it.
Thanks,

mshelton · Post by **mshelton** » Tue Aug 10, 2004 2:12 pm

If I had to make a guess, I'd say it's a good bit under 70 lb. It's being stored out in Hanover and I have to go out there tomorrow so I'll check it out then (give it a good lifting and try to get a better guess on the weight). The boat itself is probably close to 30 years old so I don't know if they still make this model anymore. I'll post back tomorrow evening with all the details.

mshelton · Post by **mshelton** » Tue Aug 10, 2004 5:17 pm

I went by ther sooner than expected. The boat is 17', model t-17 I think. Feels lighter than 70lbs more like 60lbs. It's waiting for you if you want to use it. It hasnt been in the water in quite a while and it'd be nice to see it getting some use.

Mike W. · Post by **Mike W.** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 3:37 am

WOW! Lighter than 70 lbs!?! That should be pretty fast

. I definately want to use it.

The race is a month off. Let me know when & where I need to go to get it. watson@telpage.net

Thanks!