NuCanoe Frontier

L = 144”
W = 41”
H = 16”/12”/16”
Weight = 76lbs
Capacity = 600lbs
Draft = 3” @ 250lbs, 5” @ 500lbs
MSRP = $1129

The Frontier 12’ Includes:

(2) Multi-Seat Bases w/ Sliders
Gear Vault w/ Removable Hatch Sack
72” Freedom Track
(2) Cup Holders
(2) Paddle Holders
Stern Anchor Hardware
(2) Scupper Plugs


Single seat setup top, tandem in lime.





Looks like NuCanoe might be taking river fishing a bit more seriously, and this is starting to look more like the SOT kayak/drift boat paing we we were talking about earlier in the year. It only offers a pair of scuppers, but I also know their previous boats could still float when completely filled with water and two paddlers.

On the bottom of the unit it has a lable pointing to "kiss offs".   

Looks like NuCanoe might be taking river fishing a bit more seriously

Any rocker?  It's hard to tell from those pics.

-Allen

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and the link i failed to provide earlier http://www.nucanoe.com/frontier/

seems interesting. I know they built a couple and then headed east - Colorado, Ohio, Pennsylvania and more... don't know that it got used much in the west at all. (http://nufrontiertour.blogspot.com/)

Looks like the keel at the rear is rather pronounced. I'm assuming they did this to improve tracking, though not exactly what you'd want for some rivers




The "kiss offs" are pretty much there for structure. They connected to bottom of the boat to the top, much like our scuppers do.

Definitely not a river craft IMO.

I think the NuCanoe's would be a great inland/lake craft, competing against canoes and cartoppers.

-Allen

Definitely not a river craft IMO.

I think the NuCanoe's would be a great inland/lake craft, competing against canoes and cartoppers.

-Allen

I agree..  Way short on rocker for what I consider a good NW river boat IMO.  More like it would make a great lake/pond boat.  Seems like you could stand up and sight cast fine.  It would not be my first choice for running NW salmon/steelhead water.

I agree that it would be a very good lake fishing craft, and also good for the slower-moving current in the tidal sections of the coastal rivers. I'd use this in the estuaries, as well as in protected bays, coves and inlets in Puget Sound (on calmer days). I'd definitely choose user-friendly, balmy conditions for going out on bigger water.
And I would only get one if I were intending to use a trolling motor on the stern, as it is too beamy and clunky for efficient paddling over any distance. I think it would be a good fishing machine with a trolling motor, though.

I think it is at least as sea-worthy as my old Sportspal 13' aluminum square-stern canoe, which I deployed in all of the above types of water, often with an electric trolling motor. I kind of miss the ease of trolling with the ol' electric.


Seems a little heavy, but it would fit perfectly on my canoe trailer.
However, lately I have become intrigued with the idea of building myself a lightweight stitch-and-glue "freight canoe" out of marine plywood and epoxy:

http://www.butlerprojects.com/boats/freightcanoe/index.htm

Butler's "Mini-Mac" drift boat is also pretty sweet looking.