Canoe? Kayak? Rowboat? NuCanoe!

BTW, that pic didn't tell the whole story.  See this one.  They do have a skeg like formation on the stern.  Not sure what that does when rowing in that direction.

-Allen

Hope there is some flow below the dam

I actually like the idea of this boat! I just wonder how solid/tight/light that rowing set-up would be.

This isn't their first design.  They had a row kit for the original NuCanue.  I wasn't so excited way back then because that NuCanoe didn't have scuppers, but it did have higher gunwales.  When the Frontier came out, I always made it a point, whenever I saw them at a show, to ask them when the oar kit was going to come out for it.  At iCast, they had a proto design, but it was not this design.  This one looks a lot more beefy, especially with the crossbars.  At ISE, when I saw the sales rep, he immediately pulled out his phone and said I had to check it out.  So I've been waiting for this "announcement" to get a better view.  I can't wait to try one in person.

-Allen

Ditto I love my little 8' Almarco except that it is made of alum.

Allen,

It sounds like they're onto something good. The key would be a bullet proof oar set.







   

Allen,

It sounds like they're onto something good. The key would be a bullet proof oar set.
 

Looks like it can take standard oars, so you can get whatever bullet proof oars you like.

BTW, it does get some speed.

-Allen

After watching that video, I don't think it will do well on the big blue. He didn't seem as stable to me. And that leads me to a question. Will these boats be allowed in the kayak tournaments? As these are not kayaks, as far as I can see. But you can make the same argument about hobie yaks.

After watching that video, I don't think it will do well on the big blue. He didn't seem as stable to me. And that leads me to a question. Will these boats be allowed in the kayak tournaments? As these are not kayaks, as far as I can see. But you can make the same argument about hobie yaks.

I wonder how much stability difference it would be if he got off that super deluxe seat.  The mount itself is a bench seat of sorts and it appears to be a good 4-5" lower.

-Allen

I like it. Now if they could lower the oar set down some and put it on a lower-in-the-saddle 16 foot SOT and mount perpendicular 90 degree swing-out boards in the back with a couple of rod holder and down rigger mounts and it would be an ultimate main lake/ocean trout/salmon troller!

Row trolling gets bites.

Thanks for the video   







   

 Those are incredibly stable boats.   Proven "Old World" technology.  I'd bet that oars are much faster than using a kayak paddle for that model.   It's much lighter weight than a PA.   
    I don't know about rowing forward though,  It's much easier to pull oars than push.

   Why not simply fishing?   It's human powered. 

Yes, it is very difficult to propel a boat fwd while facing fwd...with oars. Perhaps a swivel seat is in the works. I'd much rather have a NuCanoe setup like this...than an actual canoe or an inflatable pontoon (have owned both in the past). This thing would be infinitely more versatile. The stability combined with open deck space seems ideal for flyfishing, especially in a river-access situation.
Not sure why it wouldn't qualify for the Simply Fishing tourney either?

        I don't know about rowing forward though,  It's much easier to pull oars than push.

We're talking about on a river, where you spend a lot of time both pulling on the sticks and pushing on them.

-Allen

what a nice row boat...do they make any kayaks for fishing?

what a nice row boat...do they make any kayaks for fishing?

They sell kayaks for fishing.  This is an oak kit add on for them.

-Allen

  Thanks Allen