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Pakboats 17 Folding Canoe

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This incredible folding canoe can go places other canoes cannot—your closet or your car's trunk!

Assembles in just 30 min. and stores in a 35 x 18 x 15 in. bag, included
Designed for two paddlers and has enough gear-holding capacity for multi-week adventures
Rugged, abrasion-resistant PVC-coated synthetic canvas skin with closed-cell foam laminate eliminates frame contact pressure points
Shockcorded, anodized aluminum frame is strong, lightweight and corrosion-resistant; color-coded for easy assembly
Inflatable compartments between frame and skin provide rigidity after skin is pulled over frame
Seats can be adjusted for sitting or kneeling positions and for adjusting canoe's trim
Comes with pump, repair kit and storage bag

Packed size: 35 x 18 x 15 inches

Imported.

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Pakboats 17 Folding Canoe Customer Reviews

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Pakboats 17 Folding Canoe

3.6

(based on 5 reviews)

80%

of respondents would recommend this to a friend.

Pros

Rugged (4)

Cons

Best Uses

Flat waters (3)
Rivers (3)

Reviewed by 5 customers

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May

2013

3.0

Jury is still out

By NordicGuy

from Bend, OR

About Me Casual/ Recreational

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Pros

Rugged

Cons

Leaks

Best Uses

Flat Waters
Rivers

Comments about Pakboats 17 Folding Canoe:

I bought this canoe so it could be transported in a camper van without the hassle of putting it on top. Assembly took a little over an hour with 2 people. Some parts were a stuggle (sliding in the gunnels, they caught every 16 inches or so and had to be unstuck by a helper. The instructions were rather poorly written and seem to apply to all of the canoe line even when the parts were different. I feel as if 2 people could assemble the boat in 40 minutes after a couple of assmblies

On the water the canoe seemed a little more sluggish than a composite boat, but I expect that its rough water performance to be better. I am impressed with the quality of the hull and its reinforcements. The thin layer of closed cell foam between the skin and frame is also a nice touch. I have owned a few folding kayaks and this is the area that takes most of the abuse. The web seats are comfortable, the bow more than the stern due to width issues. The boad does not include a yoke so that will be an extra to purchase. K aneeling requires an ensolite pad or crazy creek chair as the ribs are in the way.

My only real complaint is that one of the air chambers, out of the 6, does not hold air for more than half a day. I suspect that the valve may have a small leak, but have not had time to fully determine the cause. If I can get the chamber to hold air overnight the boat gets another star; otherwise, I'll be speaking with REI's customer service department.

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Oct

2010

(10 of 10 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

Great expedition canoe

By Bostonskier

from Northboro, MA

About Me Advanced

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Pros

Can be mailed
Easy to put together
Easy to repair
Easy to take apart
Fits in float planes
Great expedition boat
Great in heavy waves
Great in white water
Holds month of food-gear
Lightweight
Rugged
Skin moredurable than ABS

Cons

A bit slow in flat water

Best Uses

Big waves
Expedition Paddling
Float planes
Heavy white water
Rapids Paddling
Rivers

Comments about Pakboats 17 Folding Canoe:

I have used my 10 year old boat on over 10 major expeditions in Alaska, Yukon, NWT and Nunavit for a total of over 8000 miles. Longest trip down the Yukon River in 2009, 2000 miles, 67 days. I mail the boat to the float plane company and mail it home from the town at the end of the trip. Easy to put together, once you do it a couple of times, usualy less than an hour. Easy to take apart, less than 20 minutes. Weighs around 50 lbs. so it is very easy to portage. The boat is durable and the skin is extremely easy to patch.

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Feb

2010

(9 of 9 customers found this review helpful)

4.0

Packs down. Paddles better with ballast

By Paddlin

from Chapel Hill, NC

About Me Advanced

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Pros

Can be taken on a plane
Massive load carrying
Rugged

Cons

High sided in wind

Best Uses

Flat Waters
Kayak Camping

Comments about Pakboats 17 Folding Canoe:

Bought this because we didn't have enough room to have a full-size canoe in the garage. It's very convenient, but the first time you put it together it takes quite a long time. The second time you put it together takes about 20 mins. I managed to bend one of the cross-beams - you have to remember to be careful where you apply force. Fortunately [...]got me a replacement part very quickly. Because the boat is quite light, and has very large sides you can get pretty severe cross-wind loading. So it's actually better behaved with some ballast loading.

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Sep

2009

(3 of 28 customers found this review helpful)

1.0

A pain to set up

By all adventure

from Denver, CO

About Me Recreational

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Pros

Cons

Hard to disasemble
Hard to set up
Heavy

Best Uses

Comments about Pakboats 17 Folding Canoe:

I bought the 16 ft, thinking it would be great in remote areas. I took it to Trapper's Lake, CO to try it out. It is HEAVY. The website say it takes 30 minutes to set up. I am very handy at setting things up, having set up tents in the dark for the first time. After 2 hours of wrestling this thing around, I gave up. Then came the bigger surprise, it took 3 of us 3 hours to take it apart! Trying to slip and pull the rods out was a night mare! A waste of a great day in Colorado! Additionally, it looked too flimsy for the purpose I had in mind, back country canoeing in the southeast. This has been the biggest mistake I have ever made!

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Aug

2009

(17 of 19 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

Opens up the paddling opportunities

By Paddle Man

from Minneapolis, MN

About Me Recreational

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Pros

Can check as baggage
Fits in the trunk
Lightweight
Rugged
Set up in 20 minutes

Cons

Yoke has no pads

Best Uses

Flat Waters
Ocean Swells
Rapids Paddling
Remote waters
Rivers

Comments about Pakboats 17 Folding Canoe:

I have packed this canoe in my car trunk or checked it as baggage on charter and commercial airlines while padding this boat down the Kazan River in Nunanvut, Hells Bay in the Everglades, between islands in the Dry Tortugas, on the Lake Superior water trail, and in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. It's been dragged loaded over beaver dams and lined up and down rocky streams with only minor scratches (repair kit included for major damage).