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We have owned 2 Penobscot 164's for 5 years now and used it as a beginner to an intermediate paddler on mostly rivers but some lakes. It handles class 2+ rapids well and we have ran a class 3 full of gear after gaining some white water experience. On lakes it tracks very straight. The hull is very durable, we have hit some rocks hard it has held up well. We store the canoes inside and the hulls haven't warped or oil canned. A couple weak points about it is it doesn't hold a heel as well or easy as a prospector hull and it's about as heavy of a canoe I would portage. Its a good jack of all trades canoe, we've done multiple float plane trips with it and it's never let us down.