Drift boat verses canoe opinion
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I have been researching drift boats and would really love to get one. I talked to an outfit today about one they had but will do a little more researching before I make my decision. I owned a canoe but wasn't that good when I had someone that wasn't comfortable just to sit. That is why I was looking at a drift boat. The canoe in the site I have attached is fairly wide do yo think this would be fine for drifting the river? https://www.sundolphin.com/canoes/mackinaw-ss/
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Re: Drift boat verses canoe opinion
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Canoe is a lot better if you have some tricky whitewater,you can maneuver a canoe a lot better than a boat in some types of shallower rapids.
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Re: Drift boat verses canoe opinion
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So whats a drift boat? just AKA, I think what he is referring to is a row boat designed to float and fly fish bigger rivers, many times fast moving ones. They usually have an upturned bow and are very maneuverable. Zim
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Re: Drift boat verses canoe opinion
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So whats a drift boat? just Mackenzie river boat or dory, think of a canoe that is much wider and the ends are much higher. Easy to stand in while fishing, very good in rough water, lots of storage.
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Re: Drift boat verses canoe opinion
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In addition to what's been mentioned, the advantages of a canoe are shallower draft, and you can haul it on top of your car.
I disagree with Dirty D somewhat. Canoes and drift boats are about equal in ability to handle rapids, depending on the individuals operating the watercraft.
A canoe tracks better because of a longer keel-line and less rocker. Drift boats have a very curved rocker with almost no straight keel. Lots of rocker makes for maneuverability at cost of tracking.
A canoe requires more experience and skill to master. A drift boat, with its wider beam, is more forgiving.
A canoe can be portaged.
If I were you, my choice would depend on what kind of water I'm going to use it on. If you're mainly going to be on lakes and small rivers, I'd go with the canoe. If on big rivers, I might take the drift boat.
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Re: Drift boat verses canoe opinion
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Thanks you have answered everything I needed to know. I will most likely now will end up getting a canoe instead of a drift boat. Cost difference is another thing and licensing a trailer may be the game breaker for. I have a small 10 foot aluminum with a good trailer but a fishing boat is hard to track they want to twist and drift sideways. I have that canoe and a few years ago a friend had a wooden drift boat that we used on the Yellowstone a good bit. We've used the canoe mostly in the lakes, nothing big though. The canoe is stable, had it in some pretty big waves and such but I think the drift boat has it beat, more room and stability, both maneuver well. The only downside to the boat is having to have a trailer, can put the canoe on top of a car and launch/takeout where ever. MTtraps >>> so you had a sundolphin? Are they an okay canoe from your experience? Dirty D >>> yep you described a drift boat to a T.
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Re: Drift boat verses canoe opinion
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Dawnvilledawg >>>>> that is a an interesting concept for a fishing boat. The boat I get will be used mostly on the Powder and Yellowstone rivers in the fall for fishing, hunting and trapping.
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Re: Drift boat verses canoe opinion
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those jet outboards don't steer very well unless your at speed. forum member bigfoot bout made me pee myself scooting over gravel bars with water less than a foot deep though a few years back.
in the late 70's my brother in law built a kit boat called a folbot. looked professionaly done. put it in the Arkansas river for its maiden voyage. a stretch of river tourists pay millions of dollars to raft on every year. me and my dad both told him it was a bad idea. bout killed him and he lost all his fishing tackle.
I have some boat tales of my own but none ending in disaster.
one thing is true whether your sailing around the horn without any back up engine or innertubing in a 4 foot deep slow moving creek, use common sense, don't exceed your ability, just cause a boat is capable doesn't mean the operator is.
Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
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Re: Drift boat verses canoe opinion
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The best vessels here that have been in use on the rivers as well as out on James bay for ever is the big freighter canoes. A big freighter canoe with a 50 hp motor can travel up or down the many large rapids with ease(as long as you know the rapid) and can be poled,lined or portaged when necessary. They will also handle a couple moose no problem.
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Re: Drift boat verses canoe opinion
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back during the boom there where some Missouri jetboats went up there and trapped on the Yellowstone . they where effective enough the local sheriff run them out of Montana . that was before nonresidents couldn't trap coon .
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