Their showroom is beautiful, and the boats are unbelievable...their lightest boat is 10 pounds, but we tried out some of the bigger ones...
The 12 and 14 foot solo boats in run from 13 to 25 pounds in various materials (they make boats in Kevlar and Carbon Fiber, and hybrid mixes of the two)...they have a pond for trying out the boats, and we all took a turn...
You climb into the boat a little differently than other canoes I've owned/used before, but it works...D focused on 12 foot boats, and I tried out the 14 footers...
Ben tried out the 9 foot boat, and did a really good job in it until, and even during/after he fell out of the boat...he calmly swam to shore, and climbed right back into the boat for more paddling...the salesman had zoomed over to help out in a panic, but Ben was placidly bobbing in the water, and told him when asked if he was OK, "Sure, that what a life-preserver is for"...
I really loved the 14 foot boat, it paddles like a dream, weighs almost nothing (25 pounds in its heaviest setup), tracks very well, and can hold me and a bunch of gear or a boo...I tried it out because my Old Town solo canoe is getting a little long in the tooth, and the replacement cost for it is pretty close to what I would end up paying for a Hornbeck...
Ben had fun in the boat, and is excited at the prospect of paddling more next summer...
D ended up taking a Carbon Fiber canoe home...it's 12 feet long and weighs around 13 pounds...
On the way back, we stopped in Long Lake to play in one of Ben's favorite playgrounds in the ADKs...he loves the climbing wall particularly...
Muz bought Ben a cool moose-camo t-shirt which came in handy, as all of his stuff was wet from his Swim at Hornbeck...we ate twice in Ben's favorite restaurant, "Woods" (really "The Long Lake Diner") that day...for a second breakfast on our way down, and lunch on the way back to camp...
Muz and Ben shared a root-beer as a part of our awesome lunch...everything was really tasty!
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