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Wilderness Guide

4900,00

The Wilderness Guide has been proving itself as the perfect expedition canoe for about a century. The graceful deck line makes it instantly recognizable as an E.M. White design. It has beautiful, classic lines, a slightly curved bottom and a moderate rocker. It is a canoe with little draft and a relatively wide, flat bottom that can be easily loaded. Even when loaded, it glides through shallow water unscathed.

The Wilderness Guide is a canoe for long trips on big rivers and lakes. With a loading capacity of 550 kg, it is a real freighter and yet it remains very easy to handle. Due to its length it is also very stable and two paddlers with a good paddling technique can propel it through the water like an arrow. It’s that superiority that has been prized for generations by guides, campers, hunters and fishermen on Maine’s rivers.

Description

Cedar and glass fabric-epoxy

This expedition canoe is built with western red cedar and laminated with glass fabric and epoxy. The laminate ensures that the wood is sandwiched and never comes into contact with water. In addition, it provides extreme stiffness which makes the canoe very efficient to be paddled. The boat is finished with high or satin gloss marine varnish with an excellent UV-blocker.

Solid ash for the outfitting

The gunwales, seats, decks and the yoke are made of ash. Ash is hard, very flexible and relatively light. Because the ash parts of the canoe suffer the most they are coated with double boiled linseed oil to keep them flexible and in good shape. The outwales are screwed on to make replacement easy. All screws and bolts are stainless steel.