Esquif isn’t the most communicative company when it comes to updating its website or sending out press releases, but apparently, it has been busy and successful with its new canoe laminate. Signs of its success include an announcement from Wenonah that they will be making a total of seven models in T-Formex in 2017, including their Spirit II canoe. Read:https://www.rapidmedia.com/canoeroots/c ... ormex.html in Canoeroots.
Expedition paddler and filmmaker Frank Wolf gives the material an enthusiastic review in another Canoeroots article. He paddled an Esquif Canyon canoe made of T-Formex on a recent 1,800-kilometer, 44-day journey to Baker Lake, Nunavut. In Wolf’s opinion, “T-Formex held up better than Royalex. It seems to be stiffer—not gouging as easily when being ground over sharp rocks or dragged through dense bush and rough tundra. Portaging with the canoe on my shoulders was no problem either—the spec weight is the same as Esquif’s previous models.” See: https://www.rapidmedia.com/canoeroots/c ... drive.html
T-Formex appears to be a success
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Re: T-Formex appears to be a success
Yes, plenty of press releases and demo boats, but no boats on the shelves at retailers.