My experience includes white water, still water and open water. I have been canoeing for over 50 years and have canoed all over this great land of ours. I have had all kinds of canoes over the years: composites, wood and aluminum. Get a Grumman if you want long lasting quality! I have been in a fiberglass canoe before and that canoe leaked and needed repair and I believe that canoe was much younger than my old canoe. It took on 5-10 gallons of water and came back upright. He somehow lost his balance and fell down, his upper body went half way out the canoe and the canoe took on water but still did not capsize. In the same day of the fish incident, while we were anchored near the marsh land my partner decided to stand up and cast since we were sitting in the canoe for several hours. I was thinking that we are going in to the water, to my surprise, the canoe did not flip or take on any water! A HUGE fish about 3 ft long jumped out the water about 3 inches from our canoe because it appeared our paddle startled it our chicken butts' was also startled and dove towards the opposite side(still in the canoe). Here's proof that it is stable: Our second trip paddling the canoe out across a bay to get to some marshland an unexpected thing happened. I recommend this canoe to anyone who wants a stable canoe that will last them forever. I am 5'1 and 100lbs and he is 5'7 and 130lbs. My partner and I have no problem loading and unloading it off of our 2002 Chevy Suburban(we are toothpicks). It is in great condition! I don't believe the previous owners took extra steps for it to be in this condition. I know from the previous owner that this canoe is AT LEAST 25 years old. After taking it out a few times I few that it is safe to give this canoe a 10 out of 10. I recently purchased a used 13ft Grumman canoe. You will not be disappointed if you get one too. The 13 footer is the perfect balance of what I need in a go-to canoe. It's not too little, and it's not too much. I can car top the 13 foot with great easy. They are great for solo paddling, and they are (relatively) light weight. They are very stable - I have no problem standing while paddling the 13 footer. They require minimal maintenance - I can leave it in the backyard year round (or for several years!) and all I need to do before I use it is just hose it out - you can't do that with a wood, fiberglass, or plastic boat because they degrade quickly if left outside for too long. Since I first paddled one, the Grumman 13 footer is my choice of all round canoe. I have a little bit of experience with paddle craft. I currently (2020) have a combination of 9 different canoes and kayaks - I like to paddle with friends! I have also been building, wrecking (so sad, but true), and restoring canoes and kayaks since the early 1980's.
Small boats have been in my blood for 50+ years, fiberglass, Kevlar, ABS, wood canvas, geodesic snowshoe, polyethylene, and aluminum. Yesterday (), I bought my dream boat, my first Grumman 13 foot canoe. I fell in love with the Grumman 13 footer, I have paddled several since my first experience, and have have been looking for the right one to buy ever since. Unfortunately, I had to return that 13 footer when my project was completed. In 1993 I was loaned a 13' Grumman canoe to do a research project for my Master's thesis.
In 1990 mom and dad bought a Grumman 17' canoe for my brother to celebrate him earning his PhD, it now belongs to me (still as good as new). I have sailed it, camped out if, partied out of it, and raised my children in it. Dad is no longer with us, but the canoe is. In 1970 my mom bought my dad a Grumman 15' canoe for his 40th birthday.
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