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Old Town Royalex Tripper 172 Canoe

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The Old Town Tripper 172 canoe excels on multiday trips thanks to its high-volume and balanced hull design. You'll be paddling with ease, even if the load is heavy.

A high carrying capacity makes this canoe well-suited for day trips or family outings for either solo or tandem paddlers
Royalex® hull provides exceptional abrasion resistance and springs back from impacts
Royalex also makes a much lighter weight hull than standard polyethylene and offers excellent strength and toughness
Moderate rocker provides excellent maneuverability in rapids; flared sides provide dryness, buoyancy and secondary stability
Deep-V hull offers excellent tracking on flat water and stability on moving water and waves
Stout ash thwart, ash carrying yoke and vinyl-wrapped gunwales enhance rigidity
Features polyethylene decks, contoured seats, and grab loops

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Jul

2011

(1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

Bought my Tripper in 1978

By DanielAD

from McKinney, TX

About Me Casual/ Recreational

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Pros

Cleans Easily
Dries Easily
Good Waterproofing
Rugged

Cons

Best Uses

Day Trips
Flat Waters
Rapids Paddling
Rivers

Comments about Old Town Royalex Tripper 172 Canoe:

Bought my Tripper from a Washington DC dealer on the Potomac River in 1978.
Used it fishing in Virginia and running rapids in Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland. Went up and down the canals on each side of the Potomac in DC and Virginia. My wife and I took it down the palisades on the Potomac. She really had a great time as we paddled in the turbulent water.

At 34 years old (the canoe), I'm ordering the complete top end: stern and bow seats, port and starboard gunwales, bow and stern decks. I make my own thwart. Then polish it and register it in Texas so I can use the trolling motor fishing.

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May

2010

(6 of 6 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

OT Tripper is a terrific all-around boat

By Crossdraw

from Louisville, KY

About Me Advanced

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Pros

Rugged

Cons

Best Uses

Day Trips
Flat Waters
Rapids Paddling
Rivers

Comments about Old Town Royalex Tripper 172 Canoe:

[...] The Tripper 172 is a great all-around boat excelling in several uses. For canoe-camping it has few rivals. It's unbelieveable how much gear you can haul. For flat water on lakes the canoe tracks well due to its length and sharp entry lines, but has enough rocker to be a good whitewater canoe too. Most of my paddling has been on Class II water with some III/IV on occasion. Obviously, a 17 foot boat won't turn as easily as a shorter playboat, but I have found the Tripper to be remarkably nimble even on technical streams where maneuverability is at a premium (like Ky's boulder strewn narrow upper Red River Gorge). You can avoid shipping much water in large waves by quartering the boat a little, otherwise the hull's sharp entry can allow a bit of water to splash in. I've paddled my Tripper well over 1,000 miles, on streams rivers and lakes in several states. I've banged it on countless rocks over the years running rapids and the boat is just as sound as the day I bought it. Sure it's got a few minor bruises and she's on her second set of skid plates but it still looks great and paddles like a dream. Buy one. You won't regret it. Keep her stored out of the sun (garage is best) and it will last forever. As for negatives, I've got two. Because of the boat's high volume and high sides it can get blown around a bit on a windy day, especially on a lake, but that annoyance can be mitigated by properly aligning the boat to take advantage of the wind. Also, because of it's size it's a load to carry which can make portaging a bit of a struggle.