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Lichenonarock
  
03/21/2017 04:02PM   (Thread Older Than 3 Years)
Looking for a Sawyer Loon or a Madriver Monarch. Any condition. I am located north of MPLS but will travel.
 
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ozarkpaddler
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03/21/2017 06:02PM  
Will send this to my friend Joewildlife. He has Kruegers, Loons, and my old MRC Monarch. He may have a line on someone selling?
 
joewildlife
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03/21/2017 08:42PM  
No leads right now. I do have a suggestion or two. Join "Sawyer and other Michigan Canoes" and "Team Kruger Canoes" groups on Facebook. These folks help each other find canoes. I've helped three folks get Loons, paying it forward when a new friend got one for me, a coveted 1985 Kevlar model. Of course it was Ozarkpaddler who ruined me when he put me in touch with the owner of the Monarch, and now I own four decked expedition canoes! Also, get in the habit of checking out a nationwide Craigslist search engine. Seems like Michigan and Minnesota are good places to find them, but who knows where one will pop up next. Good luck!
 
03/23/2017 04:05AM  

So many of us wanting one, so few around...

Sigh...
 
joewildlife
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03/23/2017 07:35AM  
If you are in the market for a new boat, check out John Diller's Falcon. Looks like a Loon to me!

http://watertribe.org/forums/topic/savage-river-falcon
http://www.savageriver.com/kayaks/falcon

Superior Sawyer canoes is out of production, and Scott won't make the Loon anyway.

Kruger Canoes can build you a Sea Wind perhaps, but they sure are pricey. I could never convince Mark to start building Loons again.

Mad River isn't building Monarchs.

The Clipper Sea 1 is a fine expedition canoe, but doesn't have the wonderful Kruger flip over seat/portage yoke that it a necessity in my BWCA/Quetico crafts.

Joe
 
Canoe42
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03/25/2017 08:20AM  
We have 6 Sawyers and one of them is a Loon. Great canoe for open water. It is one of the boats we use on Lake Michigan. Unfortunately, we do not want to separate with it now. Sorry.
 
joewildlife
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03/25/2017 10:43AM  
I love the decked expedition canoes for BWCA/Quetico. I've been up there on 8 or 9 trips and never have been windbound. Of the four I have, the Loon is the least seaworthy...and that says something about the others! Gosh the Sea Wind and Sea 1 are great for rough water... I was just starting to have fun on this trip on Tampa Bay.
 
kona
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03/29/2017 05:08PM  
Bell Rob Roy in black Gold on Craigslist in the Twin Cities. Not mine. Bell Rob Roy
 
joewildlife
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03/29/2017 08:03PM  
A friend dors have a Clipper Sea 1 he might part with for $3000.
Other than the portage yoke not like a Monarch or Sea Wind, an equally wonderful boat!
 
ozarkpaddler
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03/29/2017 09:59PM  
quote joewildlife: "A friend dors have a Clipper Sea 1 he might part with for $3000.
Other than the portage yoke not like a Monarch or Sea Wind, an equally wonderful boat!
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Joe, I think the OP is gone and we're just talking to ourselves?
 
amhacker22
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03/30/2017 05:38AM  
I know it's a step down as far as expedpedition decked canoes go, but I picked up a used Canak a couple of years ago. It hasn't seen as much use as it deserves, but I think it's a great boat. If the Loon or Monarch can't be found, or are crazy expensive, it's a great option. I'm kind of surprised I don't see more of these around.

 
choppy
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06/17/2018 01:55PM  
Sounds like the OP is gone, but just thought I'd mention that I just listed a Loon. http://bwca.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=forum.thread&threadId=1096263&forumID=133&confID=1
 
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