Product Details
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This fast, lightweight performance canoe is a masterful extension of Swift’s signature designs and an adventurer’s dream. The Cruiser 16’8” boats an ample waterline, significant tumblehome, and hybridized features of both marathon racing and expedition canoes, and does exactly what its name implies. Whether you’re an expedition tripper or a casual racer, you can expect impressive tracking, bountiful speed, and remarkable seaworthiness. For middle to larger sized paddlers who seek efficiency and versatility to suit an adventurous lifestyle, the Cruiser 16’8” represents a new era of highly stylized design for the wilderness adventurer.
Specs
| Length: | 16 ft 8 in |
| Max Width: | 29.5 in |
| Weight: | 31 lb - 33 lb |
| Number of Paddlers: | 1 (can paddle solo) |
| Bow Rocker: | 1 in |
| Stern Rocker: | 0 in |
Build Options
Materials
Carbon Fusion
Stunning, remarkably light boats for those who want the lightest canoe available.Swift Carbon Fusion canoes are built with an outside layer of clear marine gel coat with Carbon, Kevlar, and Innegra cloth layers sandwiching a durable foam core and rib system. The laminate is fused together with a high impact, flexible Epoxy Vinylester resin system containing an Ultraviolet Ray (UV) inhibitor. These ultra-lightweight boats consist of an outer layer of Carbon fiber coupled with layers of Kevlar and high modulus polypropylene Innegra cloth to generate a hull optimized for lightness.
The Carbon Fusion laminate is available in a variety of stunning carbon finishes.
Kevlar Fusion
Our most popular canoe laminate with our highest strength to weight ratio.Swift Kevlar Fusion canoes are built with an outside layer of a clear marine grade gel coat with Polyester, S-glass and Kevlar cloth layers sandwiching a durable foam core and rib system. The laminate is fused together with a high impact, flexible Epoxy Vinylester resin system.
The Kevlar Fusion laminate is available with our vibrant color cloth finish or solid color gel coat finish.
Gunwales
Carbon Kevlar
Our unique process enables us to infuse the canoe hull and gunwales as one part by creating a bond between the hull and trim. Lightweight, stunning and maintenance free.
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