I'm selling my beloved Sawyer Cruiser because I no longer have room for three canoes; time to pass this gem to someone who will love it and use it as I have. Folks here should know how sweet these canoes paddle and this one is no different.

I am the second owner of this canoe and have used it over 20 years for pleasure paddling with my wife and sons on smooth water rivers, for extended BWCA and Quetico trips with my usual group of guys, and once for an emergency evacuation of a neighbor in a flood. Stored indoors in winter, outdoors (covered) near the water during paddling season.

By 2018, there were a handful of spots on the hull where fabric was showing and I had a knowledgeable guy in Duluth, MN put a new gel coat on the entire hull. It isn't a perfect job but it did the trick and the hull has plenty of years left in her.

The canoe is at my office in Cloquet, Minnesota.

Price: $775
Canoe Specs:
Model: Sawyer Cruiser
Layup: Lightweight Kevlar
Length: 17' 9"
Beam: 33"
Center Depth: 13"
Stated Capacity: 4 persons or 643 lbs.; 715 lbs persons and gear
Hull ID No.: SAW12173M821
Seats: tractor, sliding front, adjustable rear footbrace, portage yoke and pad
Rear sticker says "Built with Kevlar 49 Aramid"
Cool 1970s style side stickers
Minnesota registration current through 2020

(That's me occupying the stern in the 3rd picture, probably on Cherokee Lake, BWCA)

Plus or minus 60 lbs?

No, this one is the ultralight layup, it was under 40lbs before we redid the gel coat, so I bet it is now between 40-42 lbs. It is really easy to throw up onto your shoulders, feather light on portages. Thanks for asking. David

Hi David, my good friend Harrison is very interested in buying your boat. He doesn't have an account on here, but I sent him the photos and description. Please email him at Harrisonbryc7@gmail.com. Thanks!

I have Monday off and if you don't have a buyer by then I would like to drive up and see it. I live 20 min south of st. Paul. So would take a couple hours. Will watch how it's going.

lung: "Hi David, my good friend Harrison is very interested in buying your boat. He doesn't have an account on here, but I sent him the photos and description. Please email him at Harrisonbryc7@gmail.com. Thanks!"

Thanks, I was in touch with Harrison this afternoon and he’s very interested. I was going to post on CL but by far my preference was to sell it to a paddler and I’m glad to see the response here. pswith5, I’ll let you know if the first buyer falls through.

If your other buyers fall through, drop me a line. I live near Ely but willing to travel and social distance for a Sawyer Cruiser. Sweet paddling boat.

Banksiana: "If your other buyers fall through, drop me a line. I live near Ely but willing to travel and social distance for a Sawyer Cruiser. Sweet paddling boat."

Will do, thanks for your interest.

How would this canoe compare to a MN II? I know I'm 3rd in line but I'm looking for a cheaper, light canoe like this one.

Similar to a MNII in speed and ease of paddling. A little lower capacity- more like Wenonah's Escape. The Cruiser has more "curves" than a MNII or Escape- I think it feels more comfortable in rough conditions- especially following seas (waves from the rear) than either the MNII or the Escape.

Thanks for answering because I’ve never been in a Minnesota II and have no ability to compare. I have been on big lakes like Sag and Brule with this canoe in heavy winds, big wave conditions, at every angle possible. The lower freeboard of the Sawyer can be an issue if is heavily loaded. Experience and skill in those conditions help - but that is true no matter what canoe you’re paddling.

If your goal is a dry ride on days like that then the best place would be on shore waiting it out. A day or two waiting out a big wind isn’t the worst thing, either, especially if you can find a place out of the wind, get along well with your mates, and locate the cigars and flask hidden deep in your Duluth Pack for moments just like that.

It would be worth a lot more if it had a flying moose sticker on it.

Hello dc. Has Harrison made a decision yet.? Trying to plan my day tomorrow . Pete

I’m meeting Harrison at 5 Monday evening and expect he’ll take it, will post here to let folks know.

I met Harrison and his lovely fiancé last evening in the midst of a snow squall. It wasn’t easy taking the Sawyer off my truck and putting it onto his roof rack in the crazy wind and snow. But it was more difficult by far to see the canoe that has carried me, my family, my friends and my dog over so many years, drive off into someone else’s life. I wish Harrison all the best and I’m as excited for him and the experiences he will have as I am melancholy about letting go an old friend. Funny how things affect a man.

Thank you BWCA.com for providing a place for canoeists to gather and for the collegial atmosphere here. It’s as if I had run into you gents at one end of a portage trail and we were getting to know each other, and liking it.