Best first canoe to buy...take two.

Potomac
I have paddled the potomac several times as a saftey canoe at a swim meet. I like it! I have reservations about its structural integraty (sp?) since it has a center seat ice box thingy to stiffen the hull. this makes it tough to portage solo. The ones I paddled are at a YMCA and were new. However they paddled better then the old colemans and I prefered them to the Old town guides which seem too “flat aat the keel” for my liking. I could see me using one on rivers and such. I do not know about longevity on them since as I said they were new.