This turned up for sale on FB Marketplace locally. Perhaps an Explorer? No model ID shown nor length noted in ad (I am awaiting message feedback from seller, but lately I have not had good luck with responses in that venue). It looks shorter than the MR tandems I am familiar with and like it has some rocker. I am not aware of what tandem MR would be so short. A friend is seeking a tandem for flat water and this is only $300. Before I waste a cross-county drive I thought maybe it would look familiar to somebody.
This looks like a Mad River Explorer 16. If it is, it’s a great all-purpose boat. I paddled one for many years on rivers from twisty, lazy streams to Class II+ . It tracks nicely but, with a bit of lean, can pull off fairly snappy eddy turns and peel-outs. Very stable, even with a lean. At that price it’s a steal! Only downside is weight - about 80 pounds.
I think you can make out the name St Croix on the bow. I don’t know anything about the boat.
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Ah, yes. I see that now once I zoom in. Thanks, Tom.
The St. Croix is a cheapie ($599 new) made of triple ply rotomold plastic, 14’ 6" x 36" and 69 pounds. Probably produced to compete with the OT Guide 146, though it was even cheaper than that model (I co-owned one of those Guides for a few years).
I’d have jumped on it if it was a Royalex Explorer, but I already have a 13’ 6" solo less than half that weight, so the St. Croix would not be that useful of an addition to the fleet except as a loaner, and I have enough of those already.
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