Canoe for sale or trade.

Have a 14ft Fibre Glass canoe for sale. Good condition, good price. Would
like to trade for a small Jon-Boat (12ft) to throw in my truck and take my
small grandson fishing. I'm just too afraid to fish with him in a canoe. I'm
located in central Indiana. Will soon have a picture to post.

Bruce

How small is your grandson? Put him in a life vest and go out in the
canoe (not fishing) just to let him get used to the feel of it. In a
small pond or lake, let him splash and even tip it over, so he can
learn that even if flipped it will not sink. He can learn not to be
afraid of the water.

Also, if really concerned, you can ger removable outriggers for a
canoe.

However, if neither of these seems an option, perhaps he really is too
young and you guys should just plan to fish from the bank for a year or
two.

A canoe or a yak is really a great way to fish. I also have a
porta-boat (14 foot) folding boat with 9.8 hp motor. If I had my
druthers I'd use my yak (a Tri-Balance with outriggers) all the time as
it allows quiet approach that a motor boat can never equal. Seeing all
of the wildlife makes every day on the water worthwhile, even if the
fish are not cooperating.

Frank
North Florida

How small is your grandson? Put him in a life vest and go out in the
canoe (not fishing) just to let him get used to the feel of it. In a
small pond or lake, let him splash and even tip it over, so he can
learn that even if flipped it will not sink. He can learn not to be
afraid of the water.

Also, if really concerned, you can get removable outriggers for a
canoe.

However, if neither of these seems an option, perhaps he really is too
young and you guys should just plan to fish from the bank for a year or
two.

A canoe or a yak is really a great way to fish. I also have a
porta-boat (14 foot) folding boat with 9.8 hp motor.

If I had my druthers I'd use my yak (a Tri-Balance with outriggers) all
the time as it allows quiet approach that a motor boat can never equal.
Seeing the wildlife up close makes every day on the water worthwhile,
even if the fish are not cooperating.

Frank
North Florida

"Frank" wrote in message
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let him splash and even tip it over, so he can
learn that even if flipped it will not sink.

Dont know what Canoe's you have been in, but I have been in TWO seperate
canoes that have gone straight to the bottom, half tipped over, took on
water and went straight down. They WILL sink.

On Fri, 13 May 2005 13:56:46 GMT, "Jeff" wrote:


"Frank" wrote in message
roups.com...
let him splash and even tip it over, so he can
learn that even if flipped it will not sink.

Dont know what Canoe's you have been in, but I have been in TWO seperate
canoes that have gone straight to the bottom, half tipped over, took on
water and went straight down. They WILL sink.


What material were they made from / of? I've seen some very messy
canoe flips and even one holed (big hole in an aluminum) that never
went down beneath the gunwales. My one flip in an Old Town went right
over and floated top side down while I dragged it to shore.

Cyli
r.bc: vixen. Minnow goddess. Speaker to squirrels.
Often taunted by trout. Almost entirely harmless.

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Fiberglass, if they fill with water, they will sink.

"Cyli" wrote in message
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On Fri, 13 May 2005 13:56:46 GMT, "Jeff" wrote:


"Frank" wrote in message
roups.com...
let him splash and even tip it over, so he can
learn that even if flipped it will not sink.

Dont know what Canoe's you have been in, but I have been in TWO seperate
canoes that have gone straight to the bottom, half tipped over, took on
water and went straight down. They WILL sink.


What material were they made from / of? I've seen some very messy
canoe flips and even one holed (big hole in an aluminum) that never
went down beneath the gunwales. My one flip in an Old Town went right
over and floated top side down while I dragged it to shore.

Cyli
r.bc: vixen. Minnow goddess. Speaker to squirrels.
Often taunted by trout. Almost entirely harmless.

http://www.visi.com/~cyli
email: lid (strip the .invalid to email)

On Sat, 14 May 2005 01:51:11 GMT, "Jeff" wrote:

Fiberglass, if they fill with water, they will sink.


Okay. Now I have a reason to never buy a fiberglass boat. Previously
it was just a general distaste for them for no reason I could find.


Cyli
r.bc: vixen. Minnow goddess. Speaker to squirrels.
Often taunted by trout. Almost entirely harmless.

http://www.visi.com/~cyli
email: lid (strip the .invalid to email)

Cyli wrote:

On Sat, 14 May 2005 01:51:11 GMT, "Jeff" wrote:

Fiberglass, if they fill with water, they will sink.


Okay. Now I have a reason to never buy a fiberglass boat. Previously
it was just a general distaste for them for no reason I could find.

Cyli
r.bc: vixen. Minnow goddess. Speaker to squirrels.
Often taunted by trout. Almost entirely harmless.

http://www.visi.com/~cyli
email: lid (strip the .invalid to email)

You would be very hard pressed to find any fiberglass canoe that did not
have integral flotation chambers or flotation devices built in. I don't
think I've ever seen one and I've seen many fiberglass canoes.

Jon

I was just in one less than two weeks ago, no internal anything. Just a
fiberglass shell with a renforcement aluminum bar down the middle (Which was
broke in this particular canoe giving the feeling the thing was going to
bend in half any second).

"Jon Splane" wrote in message
...
Cyli wrote:

On Sat, 14 May 2005 01:51:11 GMT, "Jeff" wrote:

Fiberglass, if they fill with water, they will sink.


Okay. Now I have a reason to never buy a fiberglass boat. Previously
it was just a general distaste for them for no reason I could find.

Cyli
r.bc: vixen. Minnow goddess. Speaker to squirrels.
Often taunted by trout. Almost entirely harmless.

http://www.visi.com/~cyli
email: lid (strip the .invalid to email)

You would be very hard pressed to find any fiberglass canoe that did not
have integral flotation chambers or flotation devices built in. I don't
think I've ever seen one and I've seen many fiberglass canoes.

Jon

Only fiberglass ones I've been in were just a shell with aluminum
reinforcements -- no flotation aides or chambers at all.

Including my dad's current canoe.

We take my kids out in it a couple times a year, but by the end of the day
they will be pretty freaked out about it flipping over because it rocks so
much whereas the 'big boat' doesn't.

John
in Houston

"Jeff" wrote in message
...
I was just in one less than two weeks ago, no internal anything. Just a
fiberglass shell with a renforcement aluminum bar down the middle (Which
was
broke in this particular canoe giving the feeling the thing was going to
bend in half any second).

"Jon Splane" wrote in message
...
Cyli wrote:

On Sat, 14 May 2005 01:51:11 GMT, "Jeff" wrote:

Fiberglass, if they fill with water, they will sink.


Okay. Now I have a reason to never buy a fiberglass boat. Previously
it was just a general distaste for them for no reason I could find.

Cyli
r.bc: vixen. Minnow goddess. Speaker to squirrels.
Often taunted by trout. Almost entirely harmless.

http://www.visi.com/~cyli
email: lid (strip the .invalid to email)

You would be very hard pressed to find any fiberglass canoe that did not
have integral flotation chambers or flotation devices built in. I don't
think I've ever seen one and I've seen many fiberglass canoes.

Jon