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Souris River Canoes are not your average kevlar canoes!
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Actual quotes from some of our customers to who own Souris River Canoes:
Joe & Annette-
My wife Alicia and I purchased a SR Quetico 17 from the two of you in April '02. Not only has it performed flawlessly over the last six years, it is truly the ultimate Boundary Waters tripper!
We had planned a trip into Horse Lake in '06 with the idea being; we, along with two other people would paddle the river to Crooked Lake to view the pictographs. Little did we know the water level would be so low. The river was almost impassable in certain areas. But the SR performed like a champ, going over and through the rocks and deadfall. The same could not be said for the other guys in their rented Brand X. They portaged around many low spots due to the canoe's lack of freeboard (it likely would not have fared well in the rocks anyway).
We awoke on our final day to a 30-35 mph headwind. We took 90% of everyone's gear in the SR and took off. Even though we were fully loaded, the Quetico handled the trip extremely well. With freeboard and stability to spare.
Alicia and I are by no means experts. More like experienced novices. But after ten years of Boundary waters travel, and renting canoes the first couple years (Wenonahs, Bells, Old Towns, ect.). We will not paddle anything but a SR canoe.
Dan P.,
Detroit Lakes, MN
"Awesome canoe!! Need a Ferrari emblem for our upcoming Algonquin Park trip with our scout troop. Out handled everything on the water on the Pocomoke swamp river in Maryland. Can't wait to get it into large lakes. Thanks! Rob L."
Another paddler wrote:
Subject: BWCA Trip with Quetico 17 Tiger
Just a note to tell you how our trip went last week.
I am not sure we would have made it without that
canoe. It was light enough for me to portage on some
fairly rough trails. The wind was pretty tough on
Thursday. We came back from Ensign into New Found and
back to Moose against a strong wind. We followed
three canoes through the portage from Splash into New
Found. They were dumping out water from
Ensign already. It got much rougher from there in.
We did not have any water come in the entire day. It
was a tough trip for a couple our age, but worth it.
We are ready to go again. Thanks for all the info on
your website and a great canoe.
Leon B. Worthington, MN
Your first 5 minutes in this canoe, the Souris River Quetico 17, will tell you everything you need to know about paddling a fantastic canoe. Sounds like hype doesn't it? Read the other manufacturers' websites and see if they get this excited about their canoes. All they use are a bunch of buzzwords like "performance, sleek lines, hull efficiency" and a lot of other mumbo jumbo while making nicey-nice with their competitors in the canoe world. It's like a timberwolf being nice to a baby deer - who ARE they kidding, anyway?
At Red Rock, we're not afraid (or hesitant) to say that Souris River's kevlar canoes are better than any other kevlar canoe on the market today - and most likely into the distant future. Plus, through intensive, totally-rock-laden Boundary Waters canoe trip rentals for the past 12 years (using only SR's in that time), we have actually proven everything we say about Souris Rivers and all of those other-brand, delicate kevlar canoes out there. You don't even have to believe us - go talk to the 25 major Minnesota BWCA outfitters who use Souris River Canoes and ask them to compare SR's to all other brands of kevlar canoes. See why so many outfitters, and people who make their living in canoes are now using Souris River Canoes instead of Brand X kevlar canoes. We actually watch and listen to our rental customers after they've paddled Souris River Queticos for several days when returning from Boundary Waters canoe trips. If we had a dollar for every after-trip customer who asks how much a great canoe like that Souris River Quetico 17 costs, and are they going to be sold at the end of the season...! Souris River Canoes aren't just another kevlar canoe, they are WAY better than that! Still think I'm just making this up? Customer Canoe Reviews! Click here.
Souris River Canoes sell themselves. It used to be that people all looked at kevlar canoes solely for the weight reduction and then they just put up with it's lack of durability, difficult turning, and lack of freeboard. With Souris Rivers Canoes, they talk about how it handles on water which is ultimately far more important than how heavy the canoe is on the portages. Finally you can own a lightweight, tough canoe that actually handles well, too! -JB-
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