Does anyone know anything about the Wenonah K160? I recently acquired a very beat up boat. Can barely read the plate. Last to numbers are 86 do I assume that was its birth year.
Looks like a Kruger design, sort of like the Advantage but longer and even more tumble home.
Probably an early C-1 racer.

The FB Wenonah page will give you some great responses

redbeardcanoeworks: "Does anyone know anything about the Wenonah K160? I recently acquired a very beat up boat. Can barely read the plate. Last to numbers are 86 do I assume that was its birth year.
Looks like a Kruger design, sort of like the Advantage but longer and even more tumble home.
Probably an early C-1 racer. "

Actually the 'J-Series' Marathon/Triathlon racing canoes were originally Gene Jensen designs. Since Gene's passing, Everett Crozier's redesigned of Gene Jensen's J-200 design, the J-203.

Since about the mid-1980's, Wenonah produced the 'sized' Jensen solo designs to better 'fit' individual paddlers, primarily by weight and size, much like Sawyer Canoes' Low Energy Requirement, (LER) design concept.

Through the years, Wenonah has tweaked the models and have offered numerous 'sizing' options, from the J-120 on up. Currently the J-193 and the J-203 are the only cataloged J-Series solo canoe being offered. The J-Series J-181/J-191/J-201/J-210 and so on have been retired.

I currently have not been able to locate the J-160 spec sheet among my collection of canoe catalogs and spec sheets, but I think you get the idea by the information I have included. Going by the Wenonah/Jensen naming conventions, the J-160 was design to accommodate paddlers up to 160-pounds.

Hans Solo

redbeardcanoeworks: "Does anyone know anything about the Wenonah K160? I recently acquired a very beat up boat. Can barely read the plate. Last to numbers are 86 do I assume that was its birth year.
Looks like a Kruger design, sort of like the Advantage but longer and even more tumble home.
Probably an early C-1 racer. "

I did a search and came up with the K160 as a Kruger designed solo listed in an old Facebook add: "WENONAH K-160 Solo Performance Touring Canoe. This boat is in near perfect condition: 17 feet long, Kevlar, approx. 35 lbs, wooden trim and gunnels, custom rub strakes bow and stern, customized bow and stern flotation as well as a boxed in seat frame done in foam for additional flotation. Paddles fast empty but I’ve also done a ten day unsupported river trip carrying all my gear, food and drinking water and she still paddled like a dream. Not a thing wrong with her but you know how it is, sometimes you gotta sell your old hobbies to pay for your new hobbies! Price is negotiable so feel free to make me an offer... $1,200"

It even has several photos, with the Kruger decal. So it is different from the J-series Jensens that HanSolo references. It looks like a nice fast boat.

MR, yes I found that page but it seems to be only 1 of two total online posts about this boat. I was hoping someone actually has one and could tell me more about it.
Thanks