i had been searching for a blue hole canoe for 2 years at least one that decently priced.i was working one day and we had got some new hires i was talking to him bout canoeing cause i live 10 minutes away and i just loved it . then he said man i got this canoe in front of my house and i need it gone or taken to the dump i said i would. i drove out to his house after work and said where this boat, you needed hauled off? he didn't have a clue what it was and i told him bout blue hole canoes, oldtowns and buffalo canoes. well it was in his back yard and it was a blue whole, i told him man thats a blue hole he said man its yours my wife wants it gone. i don't have anywhere to put it i said you sure! 10 times and thats how i got my blue hole it swift it rough and tough, and steady!