I own this canoe for one week now.. I like it but there are a few tips other or prospective users might find useful:
- take care when rooftopping it: the box says: before transporting first install the center console.. and that's true... it might even be better to reinforce the hull some more, maybe put a strap around it and do not tighten it too much.
- On a car, use roofrails and crossbars so that the supports are as far apart as possible.
- In contrast to what you might think, the central console with the cooler is not water tight. It fills up with a lot of water when you sink the canoe making it hard to get it fully floating again. I have just finished filling up the thing using waterproof isolating PE foam. No idea why Pelican does not do this.
- Canada and Pelican apparently use US style bolts and nuts. This means a european spanner set is more or less useless. Especially for fixing the two seats to the supports. 10mm spanner is too wide, 9 mm spanner can't fit. No one has heard of a 9.5 mm spanner round here. Ended up crunching the 10 mm spanner in a wrench until it took hold. Maybe Pelican could supply a fitting spanner for European customers.
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