Boundary Waters Quetico Forum :: Listening Point - General Discussion :: Red Canoes Only?
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Arkansas Man |
A background note to this color debate, a favorite paddler on this site who passed a while back (Jan aka Kanoes) and I got into this discussion several years ago when comparing our Wenonah Wilderness Canoes, his of course was red and mine green! I miss those debates we had in the forum and chatroom concerning such trival things... The main thing is to enjoy your canoe! Bruce |
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DrBobDerrig |
huntfun2: " Keep her out of the sun as much as possible... Also UV protection on her. Otherwise that beautiful dark red will turn a milky pinkish...you will be sad Found that out with my green SR. Sanded her and varnish her a couple times since but I would never have left her on top the suburban so much if I knew oxidation was an issue with them. And with varnishing it seems the scratches seem to show up more readily. dr bob |
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THEGrandRapids |
SRQ17 straight red with bronze trim |
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Cretbo |
Bob |
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Wally13 |
Your Red, Green, Blue canoe story got me laughing. I have a 1979 Green Mad River 16 Royalex Explorer hanging in my garage. I haven’t paddled it in years. Heavy for sure but it was the first canoe I ever paddled. I just can’t part with it. I am certainly rooting for you Dr Bob ... stay strong ! |
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DrBobDerrig |
Green is my favorite, Red I have no issues with unless you see those old faded red Coleman Canoes that are almost pink from laying out in the sun.... But Blue...nope... But they must have a loyal following out there.....somewhere... Round #4 of Chemo was today. Along with they usual is 16 mg of Dexamethasone IV today, I have to take 8 mg orally tomorrow, and 16 mg for 2 days afterward. That is more than I gave a dairy cow... One major side effect is what it will do to my sleep patterns for the next few days....The good thing with the dex is it helps the nausea issues assosciated with chemo which I have no problems with...and don't want to either. dr bob |
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ozarkpaddler |
HansSolo: " BEAUTIFUL boat on a BEAUTIFUL river, I love the Wisconsin River! I have a friend who lives near the Wisconsin and owns a blue Ariel: |
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PowerLizard |
10 minutes later he becomes and expert and starts showing off to his friends. And then he flips it as predicted by all the Dads on shore. A Texas Game Warden came by in a powerboat and was going to "rescue" him until all the Dads on shore waived him off. Swimming the canoe ashore was part of the learning experience. |
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riverrunner |
Other wise I would never own a red one. It is made of poly-link tough as heck. Just the thing to beat up and own rocky rivers. Being a hard core hunter trapper fisherman red just sticks out way to much. |
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walllee |
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bwcadan |
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Tony |
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Oisinirish |
quote LindenTree3: "quote Oisinirish: "Put it on a red vehicle and get to the entry point faster as well. " Now I need to add a speed strip I guess. Lol |
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TomT |
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paddlinjoe |
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eroom |
Some stress fractures from getting hung up on a rock last year. |
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RLancer |
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RLancer |
quote AdamXChicago: "I hear they're faster too" I think it depends on the paddler. It is longer than my green canoe though, so maybe it is faster too. |
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Oisinirish |
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anthonyp007 |
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ozarkpaddler |
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HansSolo |
My Blackhawk Ariel beached at the take-out on the lower Wisconsin River Hans Solo |
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LindenTree3 |
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luft |
My little red canoe...a Hemlock Kestrel. Small and definitely speedy! |
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Flashback |
Faster? Maybe? I don't know; don't care, never raced, never will. Enclosed photo represents maybe 20% of the red boats I've owned at one time or another. Have noticed that when one red canoe departs; it is not long before another one shows up. Also have a red car, and a red motorcyle............... BOB |
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ozarkpaddler |
quote RLancer: "quote unshavenman: "That's a beautiful canoe, but just remember that although red is faster, it scares away the fish. " I don't know, some predators of fish have red eyes like Smallmouths and Loons? |
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mjmkjun |
DrBobDerrig: "huntfun2: " Aerospace Protectant 303 helps. |
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gravelroad |
Red Green |
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huntfun2 |
Red is definitely faster than Green! |
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LindenTree3 |
quote Oisinirish: "Put it on a red vehicle and get to the entry point faster as well. " Mine are actually color coded, so I think I may have an edge over you in speed ;-) |
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AdamXChicago |
quote eroom: " Painful to see that |
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JATFOMike |
My new "red" NorthStar Phoenix in the shop at Blue Mountain Outfitters in Marysville, Pa. My wife and I drove over & back last Saturday (14 hours round trip) to pick it up......took it out on local lakes Sunday & Tuesday.....Taking it on its first river run tomorrow on the Stillwater. Mike |
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RLancer |
quote unshavenman: "That's a beautiful canoe, but just remember that although red is faster, it scares away the fish. " I guess I can attest to that. When I took my red one out on Tuesday and Wednesday we only caught one fish. We seemed to catch a lot more in the old green canoe. |