Right now I have a very old, heavy canoe, and a very old, 14' v-bottom boat with a very old 10 horse motor on it. I have decided to spend a sum of money and can either buy a new canoe, or put a down payment on a decent motor boat. I'm really at a place where I can only have one or the other, and will probably have to wait a few years before the unchosen option this time around becomes feasible. I was wondering if you guys can share some opinions on what you would do if you had to make such a choice, and why. I realize this is a canoe site, so I'm kind of guessing most of you are canoeists at heart, but I'm wondering if you can sway me one way or the other. The canoe I'm thinking about getting is a Merrimack Traveler, to be used primarily in Quetico Provinicial Park, and on rivers and lakes in my home state of Wisconsin. I'll probably also post this on solotripping.com also. Thanks in advance.