Arctic wrote on Mar 6^th, 2011 at 12:42am:

I'm 5-10 and 155 pounds, 49 years old, and have yet to meet someone my age that can carry an 80-pound Old Town Tripper like I do.  Not bragging, but just stating a fact.

Dang Arctic, you must be all gristle. I think 80lb's of boat would likely ground me into the duff within a mile. Actually it would probably be closer to 90lb because I would need 5lbs of foam on both shoulders ;D.

I guess a man would just have to get used to it. Or better yet have a female equivalent to the la bomba guy......"Hey honey, can you get the boat".......