If you ever had a new or really nice canoe you hate to get the first scratches in it.  The most ware will come on the keel line near the bow or stern.  Just a little protection is these areas would make your canoe stay closer to unscratched. 
I had picked up a partial role of what looks like 4 inch wide black electrical tape in the dumpster at a construction site. I cut a piece in a elongated rain drop shape and put it on my canoe before last year’s Q trips.  At the end of the trip both the bow and stern skid plates had some holes in the tape but the area under them was in good shape.  I removed the old ones and put new ones on to continue the protection for another year.  Any one else try any thing like this. 
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