Timeline for Why do Old Town canoes have dramatically higher capacity than Osagian canoes?
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| Jul 22, 2019 at 14:58 | vote | accept | Erik | ||
| Sep 7, 2017 at 13:49 | comment | added | Erik vanDoren | Its hard to compare capacity on those commercial canoes as every company goes at it in its own way. Its more useful to look for the weight necessary to raise the waterline of 1inch. Not every company will tell you that though. On the other side if you are not used to deal with canoes two pictures of different models would look the same even if there are good differences in form and volumes. The discovery is a much different hull than the other two dont do a straight comparison with them. The best thing is for you to try all of them, those numbers dont tell much. | |
| Sep 7, 2017 at 10:18 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackOutdoors/status/905737079023435776 | ||
| Sep 6, 2017 at 3:04 | answer | added | Sherwood Botsford | timeline score: 4 | |
| Sep 5, 2017 at 21:55 | answer | added | Charlie Brumbaugh | timeline score: 6 | |
| Sep 5, 2017 at 20:53 | comment | added | Erik | @cobaltduck it is hard to tell from the pictures, but the Discovery seems to have a larger rocker comparatively to the Penobscot and Osagian. The Osagian and Penobscot both seem to have virtually no rocker, and like mentioned above have the biggest spread in capacity. | |
| Sep 5, 2017 at 20:49 | comment | added | cobaltduck | Do the different brands have any pronounced difference in the rocker? A flatter boat will displace more water, and thus have a higher capacity for crew and gear, than a round boat. | |
| Sep 5, 2017 at 18:41 | history | edited | Erik | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 5, 2017 at 18:22 | comment | added | Erik | @ChrisH The Discovery has a 37" beam and the other two have a beam of 36" and they all look like they have essentially the same taper. Plus all of these boats are double enders. The Penosbscot and Osagian have the same beam but the biggest spread in capacity. | |
| Sep 5, 2017 at 18:20 | comment | added | Chris H | What about the width (the beam but also the curvature)? A wider boat would be more buoyant and have more space, but would be slower. I've never paddled an Osagian but Old Towns don't exactly feel narrow (but I'm used to kayaks and rarely paddle canoes) | |
| Sep 5, 2017 at 17:16 | history | asked | Erik | CC BY-SA 3.0 |