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I canoed and now kayak with some elderly people. They all have 17 kevlar racing canoes 30 lbs or less. and with my 90 lb. fiberglass canoe, on a 3 mile oval, i started 1/4 mile ahead turned around 1/4 before they did. and they would beat me by 1/4 mile. But with this 14' fiberglass Isere, I start when and where the slower ones do and I finish before the slower ones do... but the faster canoers still beat me.

The main problem I had was it was very unstable. I put a v on the bottom down each side. with drywall corner bead. I can it keep upright so far. I am sure i lost some speed and tracking. but it is my favorite kayak now. It is 2x easier to paddle then my 10' polyethylene kayak and it goes alot faster. It is about 12-15 min faster on the 3 mile course.