Just Scored A WICKED Deal!

[solopaddler]

For a couple years now I've been forced to rent every time I did a canoe trip.

Yeah I've got a 16' squareback Sportspal, but that's not really a canoe for tripping...

 

Anyhow, I've known what I've wanted for a while now but coming up with the 3 thousand bucks to buy it isn't easy.

 

Earlier this week I was checking Kijiji and someone locally was selling the exact canoe I've wanted for a while now.

It was an older couple who had bought the craft 1 year ago and had used it ONCE. It's been stored indoors and doesn't have a scratch on it.

I stopped by for a look and offered him a crazy lowball offer which amazingly he accepted.

 

So....I get a canoe that retails new for $3000 plus tax for $1000.

(To get the $1000 bucks I managed to pawn off one of my float reels )

 

 

Here it is, my new baby: 16.6 Langford Prospector Kevlar canoe with ash gunnels and cherrywood thwarts, beam and seats.

It's got a sliding front seat and a kneeling pad with a contoured butt rest for soloing.

Also in the deal were 2 Langford paddles worth at least $100 bucks each and full set of new tie down straps.

 

Sweeeet!! (Can you tell I'm stoked?)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'm headed to Algonquin next week so the timing couldn't have been better!!

[Stoty]

Wow, very nice pickup!

 

I'm looking to get a light-wight canoe as well for the summer.

You selling your "old" one? lol

[Fudd]

wow... all i can say is wow.... i am thinking about calling the cops cause that is theft for $1000 bucks.... congrats mate. I hope you catch many brookies and may your lines always be tight... wow

Edited April 24, 2009 by Fudd

[Leecher]

Beauty Mike.... That thing is mint

 

I'm sure you'll put it to good use..... congratulations

Leechman

[trapshooter]

NIIIICE boat Mike!! We just talked about canoes last week. Glad to see you found one... and in such great shape and loooow price!!

[Spiel]

Indeed an amazing score Mike and yes I can tell you're stoked.

Congratulations, I know it'll see plenty of use.

[Beats]

Beauty boat. Looks to be in perfect condition. What a steal!

[bigugli]

That is a beaut for sure. You got a steal.

[Jen]

Awesome buy, wow... You will get many years of service out of that canoe, money well spent!

 

Cheers,

 

Jen

[Nemo]

Nice deal. What does she weigh. Would be glad to hit APP with you. Let me know if you need a bowman for your next trip.

[BillM]

Bring on the maiden voyage!!!!!

 

[FLEX ROD]

That is just plain and simple Mike, and it is called good Karma, good things happen to good people!

 

FLEX

[troutologist]

Wow, man am I jealous. I've been wanting that same boat. Rare to see any used ones up this way for sale. Good searching Mike!

[NAC]

Poor elderly folks never even saw you coming!

 

Great looking boat Mike!

How about putting together an OFC trip? Lots of paddlers on this board.

Minden-Dorset area is prime for a trip right now.... as are many other areas, before the bug season starts.

[solopaddler]

Nice deal. What does she weigh. Would be glad to hit APP with you. Let me know if you need a bowman for your next trip.

 

Thanks everyone, it really was a great deal.

 

Nemo at some point we'll have to get out together, I know you're into this kind of thing as well.

Weight on the boat is 48lb's...very light and balances beautifully when carrying it.

 

The prospector is a fantastic design. It's a symetrical boat that's good for both flatwater and has enough rocker for whitewater.

I paddled this exact craft a couple years ago and fell in love with it.

[kickingfrog]

You're a real son of a gun! I HATE you!

 

That's the perfect colour as well.

 

Very nice.

[blaque]

Poor elderly folks never even saw you coming!

 

i was thinking the same thing lol

[highdrifter]

Holy, that's a steal and a half brotha! Kijiji is awesome for that..

 

You gonna take break her in this weekend?!

 

That's a sexy flat water canoe mang.... Those built in knee pads are purty handy too.

 

WICKED!!

[irishfield]

Thief !

[kickingfrog]

I stopped by for a look and offered him a crazy lowball offer which amazingly he accepted.

 

Maybe he would have taken $500?

[solopaddler]

Maybe he would have taken $500?

 

Don't think so.

 

The old boy wanted $1500 which was still a good deal, but I managed to talk him down.

 

I didn't steal it from him either, he knew exactly what he had there and what it was worth.

He just didn't care, wanted it gone.....

[Zubris21]

That is unreal! I'll be in the market for something similar this summer. I really like the pads for soloing. Do you know anything/ have any thoughts on the integrated trim that Swift is offering on some of their high end boats? Seems to me like theres a high likeliness to split and have water seep in, but I haven't seen them first hand to really say.

 

Great boat, and great deal, I hope you disturb a few "glassy" lakes on your way to those brookie holes.

[TJQ]

Dude.... awesome deal.. on an AWESOME canoe!! I was looking at that exact one a few years back...

[solopaddler]

That is unreal! I'll be in the market for something similar this summer. I really like the pads for soloing. Do you know anything/ have any thoughts on the integrated trim that Swift is offering on some of their high end boats? Seems to me like theres a high likeliness to split and have water seep in, but I haven't seen them first hand to really say.

 

Great boat, and great deal, I hope you disturb a few "glassy" lakes on your way to those brookie holes.

 

Interesting I don't know anything about the new integrated hulls on Swift boats, I'll have to check it out.

 

I previously have owned a 16' Swift Kipawa and a 17' Dumoine. Both fantastic boats but I shied away from another Swift as the service with those guys has always been brutal.

[ccmtcanada]

Sweet canoe Mike! Hopefully I'll have a chance at fishing out of it up north one day!!! hint hint...LOL.