SOLD - Mad River ME, 1986 vintage, well seasoned classic white water canoe.
This boat is set up for solo paddle, although easily outfitted for tandem paddling.
This boat has seen it's better days, but has a lot of life left in it. I picked it up a few years ago after it was ravaged in an auto acident. There was some serious damage to the hull. Many cracks that went along the length of the boat, a few that went across and a fist sized hole punched in the side.
This was nothing that a LOT of elbow grease, G-Flex and boat grade kevlar couldn't handle. It aint pretty, but I haven't been on a river with it yet where I wasn't complimented for the beautiful glass work I consulted my local paddling shop (BMO) about how to aproach the repair and did a ton of research on the proper way to fix this for good. I layered all the serious stuff with 2 layers of Kelvlar and drilled each crack to ensure it wouldn't spread, sanded each area prior to application as well.
Since the repair I probably paddled this 40 times. It's handled the Lower Yough a handful of times, anywhere from 2 to 4.5 feet, so it has seen and handled 3+ water. I've run it on many other Class 3 creeks in the PA, WV & MD area as well.
Since the repair there have been no more cracks or any delamination of the repair material.
The previous owner(s) kept this boat in doors, and the 3 years i've had it, I stored it in my garage where it never saw sunlight when stored.
Included are 2 air bags & outfitting. one is a Bell 60" bag in great shape. The other is a Nylon NRS bag. It has a bunch of small holes in it which have all been fixed with Tear Aid. it looks good and holds air like a champ.
I'm asking 250 for the whole kit and kaboodle. I figure the air bags alone are worth 150ish, a boat that floats has to be worth a hundred bucks...I'll throw in the classic and cool factor for free!
I'm in the Harrisburg PA area (zip 17109).
Shoot me an e-mail @ dustin.g.rowe@gmail.com or my cell - 5708476656
I have a bunch of pictures of the boat, patches, bags and outfitting. I also have a few of the repair process.
Mad River ME
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