Western Inventory

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Updated 7.03.10

Bend OR Available Inventory

Emotion Comets-Yellow, Red and Blue

Emotion Spitfires- Yellow, Red and Blue

Emotion Steatlth- mixed colors

Emotion Comotion-red and blue

Grand Slam Angler- Mustard, Yellow, Green

Canoes

Esquif Avalon Green

Esquif Prospector 16 Red and Green

Esquif Presage Yellow and Red

Esquif Heron square stern Green

Esquif Canyon Red

Mistral 16 and 17.5

Burlington WA RubyCreek Boathouse

See www.rubycreekboathouse.blogspot.com

Esquif Square Stern

Just picked up a new 2.5 horsepower motor to power the Esquif Cargo square stern canoe. The neat thing about a sqare stern canoe is that it still paddles well. Unlike a larger motor boat it is easy to get this boat off the car and into the water without the need of a boat ramp. I took the boat out on the Cowlitz River with my dog upfront for ballast. As I got more experienced with the boat and motor, I was able to use outside leans to turn the boat. This allowed me to just keep the motor straight and then use my body to turn the boat. I also played with ruddering the boat with my paddle. The combination of leaning and ruddering really worked well. Of course, I was also able to use the motor to turn too.

To keep my dog from jumping back toward me I lashed his leash back and forth across the seat behind him. I was able to cover the distance with the boat that would have taken me about 4 times longer to cover. I turned the motor off and floated and paddled for awhile too. The boats was easy to paddle.

Esquif Canoes

I'm excited to be representing Esquif Canoes for the West. The crew at Esquif has the passion for the sport and had a lot of great buzz surrounding them at OR. They specialize in WW, River Touring, and Square Stern Royalex Canoes. Esquif has also been innovating over the last several years and now have 3 boats made of out of Twin Tex which is a laminated Poly Propolene and Glass combination that offers Royalex-like durability with a composite feel on the water. Nice!

http://www.esquif.com/2008/index_en.php

At the OR Open Air Demo, I was able to paddle the new Breeze (15' solo canoe) the Raven (new Bob Foote do it all WW solo) and the Mistral 17.5. All boats really hit the mark. The Raven was so smooth from edge to edge. The stern and bow of the Raven have plenty of volume to keep it dry and stable end to end. I see this as the perfect boat for beginners who don't want a big barge but still want predictability. The Breeze was the most stable solo that I've paddled in some time while still being fun to paddle. I see the Breeze even making a mark as a boat to paddle with a child or dog because of the fuller bow and stern. The Mistral 17.5 expands on the Twin Tex offering from Esquif. A great choice for the family.

The neatest thing about Esquif is the passion that everyone that works for the company has. So refreshing. I'm happy to be part of it. I plan to have multiple demo boats through the west in various locations. Nick Jacobs will be helping with clinics and instruction throughout the west.