Depending on the price I like it as a first solo, but what are your intentions?
https://translate.google.com/translate? ... rev=searchAs a small waters day boat it would fit me to a tee. As a canoe camping or tripping boat, eh, I am a big guy, and pack heavy, 15 feet x 28” would just barely carry my load, probably with some performance loss.
A half inch of symmetrical rocker (giron?) is less than I’d like for a day use river canoe, but perfect for protected waters, swamp and marsh and small quite water explores.
I agree about what LRC said about seat height, even dropped just a half inch can make a noticeable difference.
I am a little puzzled looking at the seat placement shown in Esquif’s sketch on that link. That seat looks awfully close to center hull. If that is really the placement kneeling would be out of the question.
It is not that hard to move a hung seat back to where the trim feels right; for me center of seat 10 – 12” back of center hull feels perfect. YMMV depending on weight, physiology and front porch overhang.
I think of canoes the way Jeep-heads think of their customized 4-wheelers; “You don’t buy a Jeep, you build a Jeep”. A canoe is largely a blank canvas, with the manufacturer’s best-guess at the average buyer’s size, shape, paddling places and style. Good luck with that everyman design guess, apparently I am far away from the 50th percentile.
Boat, barrels with harness and paddles, if the price is right hell yes. The operative word in the subject line is FIRST; likely not your last canoe, but a boat that fills a needed niche.