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The Hunt 22 is meticulously handcrafted to evoke the spirit
and heritage of the traditional carved cedar dugout canoe.
Every effort has been made to produce a canoe that is alike
in every respect to the traditional dugout, such as weight,
layout, proportion, handling, and cultural details, the only
exception being that an old growth cedar log was not required
to bring it to life.
Instead of the cedar log, the following is
used to craft this canoe:
Gelcoat ~ Premium marine grade NPG
Isopthalic gelcoat for good weathering, gloss retention, and
water resistance required for constant exposure in a marine
environment.
Outer Shell ~ four ounces / sq. ft.
(3 layers) of glass fiber reinforcement (I layer woven) hand
laid on 25 mils of gelcoat, in premium marine grade Isopthalic
resin, with an additional three ounces / sq. ft. of knitted
reinforcement running the full length of the keel.
Foam Core ~ ¾" Corecell
® foam core is used for stiffness, flotation, and thickness
to replicate that of a traditional canoe.
Inner Shell ~ Four ounces / sq. ft.
identical to the outer shell finished with 15 mils (thousandths
of an inch) of interior gelcoat. The sheer is solid around
the entire rim to prevent cracking or water penetration into
the core.
Seating Systems ~ Edge grain red cedar finished
with a clear waterproof finish is used for the wood seats.
Composite / foam cored seats are built to similar specs as
the hull, and are recommended for a low maintenance boat.
Cored, air holding seat tanks, fore and aft, add rigidity
and additional flotation.
Weight ~ At 350 pounds the canoe favorably
compares to the weight of a dry cedar canoe of the same size.
The significant difference is that the cedar will weigh much
more than that after a seasons use, while the composite canoe
weight will remain largely unchanged.
Flotation ~ Nominal 550 pounds of
flotation provides plenty of buoyancy in the unlikely event
of swamping or capsize.
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