Comments on: 10′ 8″ Stickleback Canoe https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/108-stickleback-canoe/ Thu, 31 Oct 2024 14:40:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Christopher Cunningham https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/108-stickleback-canoe/#comment-141589 Thu, 31 Oct 2024 14:40:06 +0000 https://smallboatsmonthly.com/?post_type=article&p=186474#comment-141589 In reply to Wayne Grabow.

During my time aboard the Stickleback it had good stability. There isn’t an elevated seat so sitting directly on the floorboards kept my weight down low for the hull’s best stability.

]]> By: Christopher Cunningham https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/108-stickleback-canoe/#comment-141586 Thu, 31 Oct 2024 14:28:53 +0000 https://smallboatsmonthly.com/?post_type=article&p=186474#comment-141586 In reply to Mike C.

The original 9′ Sairy Gamp model built by Rushton weighed 10 1/2 lbs.

]]> By: Wayne Grabow https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/108-stickleback-canoe/#comment-141481 Wed, 30 Oct 2024 20:19:11 +0000 https://smallboatsmonthly.com/?post_type=article&p=186474#comment-141481 So basically, you eliminate the deck from a kayak, and it becomes a canoe. How stable is this design?

]]> By: Mike C https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/108-stickleback-canoe/#comment-141473 Wed, 30 Oct 2024 19:18:17 +0000 https://smallboatsmonthly.com/?post_type=article&p=186474#comment-141473 Portly!
Wasn’t the original (admittedly, a bit shorter) shy of 11 pounds?
:~)

]]> By: Mike Robinson https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/108-stickleback-canoe/#comment-131549 Sat, 10 Aug 2024 18:26:04 +0000 https://smallboatsmonthly.com/?post_type=article&p=186474#comment-131549 Although a short canoe is a great portaging canoe, I learned from racing canoes against Native Alaskans years ago that their lightly built “rat canoes” are faster because of their longer length and not so deep displacement.

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