I want a used Swift Shearwater

Advice
#1
-- Last Updated: Feb-01-07 8:23 PM EST --

Anybody got one they'll part with? Anywhere in the East or Midwest or Southern Ontario?

Will pay cash, small, unmarked bills, paper bag....but I do need a good title:)

I'll trade, too, if you want a Swift Osprey kev lite, or a Supernova Blue Steel, or a Dagger Sojourn Royalite, or Mad River Horizon 17.


Thanks
Andy in Virginia

#2

Swift has them
Swift has a demo ($1500) and a new one($1800) on sale. I think the prices are CDN.



http://www.swiftcanoe.com/inventory/OnlineInventory.htm



Do I get a finders fee? :wink:

#3

you could get it delivered
to Calgary by March (I ordered another boat from them…)

#4

they haven’t updated their list
I called a few days ago and they are out of stock. thanks though.

#5

Hey Andy
Did you settle on the Shearwater for your 400 mile trip? Just curious.

#6

Shearwater fills my needs
Yeah, after months of waffling, surfing, phoning, cajoling information out of people and builders I finally decided the Shearwater is the best choice for me. I studied the maps of the river and came up with 85% dam reservoirs and tidal river, 10% Class I-II and quickwater, and 5% Class II-III rapids and 10 miles of portages. By the time I add in the water testing equipment and all the other gear for myself and the team photographer I decided I needed something bigger than my Swift Osprey and faster than my Nova Craft Supernova. Just about the only canoe in the middle is the Shearwater. I also considered the Peregrine but it’s more of a kneeling boat. If the Wenonah Kevlar Rendezvous had been available in the East I would have considered it, too.



I’ve not had any luck finding a used Shearwater so today I mailed my check to the factory and my new one will be here by the first week of March.



I’ll have a product review of it by the end of March. I expect by the time I run the 45-mile length of the Maury River during spring run off, including the heavy Class III’s at Rockbridge Baths, I’ll have a pretty good feel for the Shearwater. I’m confident she and I will get along just fine. I’ve already named her Serenity, which is the feeling I got this morning shortly after making the decision and mailing the check.



Thanks again,

Andy

#7

congratulations
And a good choice. When it come to a class II boat that can haul a big load and be pretty darn fast and efficient, the Shearwater does seem to stand in very limited company. Looking forward to your impressions of it.