A versatile design with enhanced efficiency and seaworthiness.



A larger, more stable version of our versatile Spirit II, the Champlain has the efficiency and capacity to haul heavy loads long distances, but is also pleasant to paddle lightly loaded.

The Champlain is one of our largest tandems. It also has fullness for much of its length, giving it even greater volume than its dimensions suggest. It gets excellent stability from its size, and from its shallow-arched hull, a design that is less sensitive to waves and easier for paddlers to handle. As its name implies, the Champlain is a confident craft to face big swells on vast waters.

More than safety alone, it delivers performance that makes crossing big lakes practical. Its length and profile give good speed and glide, which it retains very well with a load. Its slightly rockered keel-line also lets it turn quite easily for its size.

Good uses for this design? We recommend it highly if two or more of the following conditions apply: big people, big loads, or big waters. This canoe hauls two large people, a week's worth of equipment, plus an arsenal of fishing gear, and it still has reserve buoyancy for waves.

It's also safe and roomy transportation for a brood of children.

With high capacity, performance, and safety, the Champlain is a versatile canoe, but one that has special abilities.

Further Specs:
Bow Depth: 22" (55.88 cm)
Stern Depth: 20" (50.8 cm)
Gunwale Width: 36.5" (92.71 cm)
Waterline Width: 36.75" (93.345 cm)
Rocker: 1.5" (3.81 cm)

Features:

Kevlar® Ultra-light:
Standard:
• Natural (skin-coat) finish
• All-silver aluminum trim
• Adjustable stern foot brace
• Bucket seats, sliding bow
• Ash yoke

Optional:
• All-black aluminum trim
• All-Wood-Trim
• Wood-Gunwales-Only
• Sliding stern seat


Royalex®: 73 lbs. (32.85 kg):
Standard:
• Black vinyl gunwales
• Wood thwarts & handles
• Hung web seats
• Ash yoke

Optional:
• Wood Gunwales (RX)
• Kevlar skid plate
• Sliding bow seat


Tuf-weave® Flex-core: 66 lbs. (29.7 kg):
Standard:
• Colored (Gel-coat) finish
• All-silver aluminum trim
• Adjustable stern foot brace
• Bucket seats, sliding bow
• Ash yoke

Optional:
• All-black aluminum trim
• All-Wood-Trim
• Wood-Gunwales-Only
• Sliding stern seat


Kevlar® Flex-core: 57 lbs. (25.65 kg):
Standard:
• Colored (Gel-coat) finish
• All-silver aluminum trim
• Adjustable stern foot brace
• Ash yoke
• Bucket seats, sliding bow

Optional:
• All-black aluminum trim
• All-Wood-Trim
• Wood-Gunwales-Only
• Sliding stern seat