Tripper XL

Bought mine in 84! Hundreds of trips without issue. Put kevlar bang plates on it front and stern is my only modification. Best mileage in one day was 32 miles on the Aroostook River. Heavy boat to carry though. Very stable to pole or standing. Fly fishing is easy from one. Would buy another just to have and pass down. Always loved using this boat.

This 105 lb, 20 ft Roylex boat paddles surprisingly well and easily accommodates my 4 HP outboard allowing me to safely carry all the gear I want for an extended camping or fishing trip. It has been sea worthy on large, windy lakes and has maneuvered well in Class III rapids from Ontario to the Carolinas.

I love this canoe and have owned it since 1996 when I received it as a wedding present from my wife to be at the time and we have used it and used it some more and we now have two children who love it as much as we do. It is a great family canoe and surprisingly nimble for its size, we also have attached a 3.3 h.p. outboard for long distance and fishing the kids love it as well.
GREAT JOB OLD TOWN!!!!

The Tripper XL is an excellent heavy duty expedition boat for big people and lots of gear. I've been very happy with it. The hull speed is roughly the same as a standard Tripper.

We've paddled it in very big water, using a bomb proof Northwater spray skirt (also heavy) and had the times of our lives. It is also very maneuverable in technical whitewater for its size. It is very stable with a load and can be easily poled. We added a thwart just behind the bow seat with a reinforced hole the size of our poling pole. We glued a D-ring directly below the hole to use as a step for our mast (our poling pole with a pulley near the top attached with a pipe clamp.) With our triangular sail, we were able to sail broad and beam reaches in winds up to 30 miles/hour without much heeling. We moved right along. Total additional weight of the sailing gear was 18 ounces.

The Tripper XL is a heavy boat by any standards and is a bear to portage, even with a knu-pac. Since it is a solidly built boat, it can be dragged over vegetation and then lifted over rocks. Not good for heavily trampled portage trails.

I love this boat, but it is just to heavy for trips with a lot of portages. Our paddling is mostly long distance rivers with a lot of class II and III rapids. It laughs at hitting rocks.

Big, heavy, more big. My wife, son, two daughters and all our gear scoot up wind with 5 paddles going. Our golfing umbrellas make great spinnakers down wind. It is not too bad when lighter with just my son and I, but it is a greyhound bus and does best with 500 lbs or more. We love it when its in the water and with two people its not so bad to carry. I load it on top my full size van with just my 12 yr old son. He is learning with this canoe and loves it. It is not too big unless you are solo with no gear, even then it is stable enough to stand and move about to tend to matters. I can't recommend it enough and really enjoy it. If you cannot carry 100 lbs, get something else. I made my own motor mount with 2x4s and 2x6s and a 6 hp works fine up river, but you do need to balance things out.

I've had five picnic tables an out house a couple of 18 lb. rock bars, a chain saw, gas, chaps, two shovels, a couple of maddoxes, some chain, winches, personal gear and food for several days, and two burly guys in this thing. It did pretty good. It's a beast of burden but it handles it very well, stable, pretty quick, not bad up stream, and it really can turn. It's a blast on a big river. We went to great lengths not to carry it though.