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Hello everyone. I am seriously contemplating ordering a Merrimack Traveler, and I was hoping any of you folks who might be familiar with this canoe could offer some opinions about it as a Quetico tripper. It is a symmetrical 17 foot canoe which will be used for tandem tripping the majority of the time, with maybe the occasional solo trip (sitting in bow seat). Certainly I would often be fishing solo out of it, even on tandem trips, when my wife wants to lounge around camp.

I certainly realize it probably won't be as fast as a Wenonah canoe, or as light (it weighs 57 pounds) but it will probably be a bit more maneuverable, with it's one inch of rocker, and it should have good secondary stability, with its shallow arc design. I guess my only concern is the fact that it only has a center depth of 12.5 inches, as opposed to many tripping canoes, which have a center depth of 13.5 to 14 or 15 inches.

What do you guys and gals think? Would you folks have any reservations about it for wilderness tripping? I appreciate the feedback, and thanks in advance.