I have a 20 ft grumman that is listed for a 7hp and 1400 pounds. Gear for two weeks in the bush, and a 1000 pound bull moose makes it purr in the water with two paddlers. Without gear you have to hope there is no wind, or you fill it with rocks to keep it down in the water so it does not blow around.

I had an 18 footer that was a good canoe, but a bull and two full size men with gear had me with puckered anus in 12" waves. Ask the_shootist about it and the repairs.

I hunt mostly alone now, and am thinking of buying a smaller one, but they look so tiny now.

Randy

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