I'm starting the planning of a two or three week trip down the Coulonge River in September 2021, so I've been looking at various YouTube videos about canoeing there. The canoes in the videos all seem to be made of Royalex, Royalite, or maybe one of the more modern replacements for laminated plastic hulls. They all seemed to be rental fleet boats as well.
The trip I'm planning will involve two people paddling solo in their own boats, traveling together. One of the canoes is a Bluewater Freedom Tripper 17, in the 50lb Kevlar layup, and the other is a Clipper Tripper, also in kevlar.
So, my question is this; from their personal experience on the Coulonge or similar river, will narrow stemmed, kevlar cruisers be sufficiently robust for the trip without ending up in need of a complete rebuild? I'm talking about abrasion mostly. Thanks for any input folks, cheers.
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