![]() I managed to get out just as it collapsed from the water pressure. ![]() I managed to get swept up against a massive boulder midstream and as the current pushed on the canoe it wrapped itself around the rock. A particularly inept paddler (me) dumped it while running spring thaw rapids. I also owned an Old Town Royalex Kayak.as I think about it, that was also stolen once but it never got stuck in a dam. I did add Kevlar stem guards to (all of my Royalex boats) it. We've been using it for the last 40 years without any problems. The shape more or less returned to normal. I replaced the deck, gunnels and made an horribly ugly repair to the cut. ![]() The canoe was replaced by the insurance company and eventually found it's way to me. The bow of the hull was crushed and cut through on one side. When the canoe was extracted the damage looked like it was beyond repair. The folks that stole it abandoned it and allowed it to drift downriver where it eventually got jammed into the turbine of a small power dam. It once belonged to a college outing club from whom it was was stolen. Click to expand.In addition to the Penobscot 17 I own, I also have a 16 foot Camper living here.
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