Wanting to make a cover for wife’s ocean canoe brought me here , I’ll give it a shot but just to make sure I have to measure from the most frontward to the most backward of the canoe?
Hello, JRod! If you'd like us to make a cover for your wife's OC, shoot an email to us at hello@redleafdesigns.com and we can send you a measurement packet. If you want to sew one yourself, the measurements are just the beginning - making a pattern is much more involved and our process for doing so is proprietary information that we don't share.
Thanks. Hoping to get mine installed (after a bit of a repair on the hull). Just wish you either had a Canadian dealer or could just ship by post. The exchange hurts enough, but the brokerage fees double hurt
That’s a lovely boat and great photography, thank you. I’m hoping to get a Phoenix/Firebird this summer. Would it be possible to link me to that “wide” rack you have on your truck? TIA. ps - don’t hold my D3 against me ;)
I like to think it’s refined and intentional in the way a marathon racing solo would be, but a race boat would be rigged for much faster portages, would have hands-free drinker holders with tubes, and would be missing all the cargo attachment points and painter lines. This is Jeremy’s solo long distance tripping canoe for non-whitewater trips.
It a total tub…if that tub was strapped to an F1 race car strapped to a rocket. 😄 I’m astounded by the fit, finish, and construction quality of the Swift canoe. As a guy who has been working with composites for 30 years, I can say with absolute confidence that I couldn’t build a boat that’s this flawless.
I've been wanting someone to make an arched bow only option like this for years and stumbled across this today...I couldn't imagine a better design. Well done!!
I have a Northstar Phoenix in BlackLite... they are truly sportscars of the water. If you are of any size, they are not ideal for multi-day tripping, but for a day out.... super fun! (I'm a fairly large guy 6'4" 220). For real tripping I always suggest something with a bigger belly, like a classic prospector shape. But if you just want to get out for a day and have a blast... OH YES! I love my Phoenix. And it always gets compliments whenever I am out. Enjoy!
This seems much less intrusive and potentially much more rapid to deploy than a buttoned or strapped cover. Do you foresee this velcro system as having the expedition potential of other mounting systems?
It's pretty straight forward. The only critical part is getting it positioned correctly front to back, but if you have any questions we're only a phone call or email away! 🙂
He says this as he stands outside of an unused garage which believe it or not will keep the snow off the entire car... If you live in this environment, you park under cover to avoid a host of issues that the weather can bring. I love the UP and do not understand why so many would park outdoors and subject their vehicle and themselves to this daily abuse...
In our case, we have business supplies stored on one side of the garage and one of our cars on the other. That leaves my old Suby Outback to suffer the snow, which it does without complaint. There are also people who have to park outside while at work, at a home without a garage or carport, a movie, a concert, or for a thousand other reasons. But we appreciate your judgement and assumptions that the garage is empty and we haven't figured out that parking inside it would keep snow off the car...
@@redleafdesigns2157 - Thank you. I like the product, but just found it amusing it was next to a garage. We use a shed to store things like that so that our garage protects our cars. Good luck with the product and I hope that people who do not have a garage buy it.
We happily ship to Canada and meet NAFTA requirements so there are no import duties or tariffs. You just pay your federal, provincial, and local taxes.
Hi. Im in the UK and have a 16ft Enigma prospector. Would your tandem decks be ok for my boat. Love the non drill press stud design. Thanks, as a noob to canoeing, great, informative videos
Hello, Nick! Our tandem decks would work wonderfully on your Enigma Prospector 16, though I wouldn't recommend the SNAD adhesive snap studs on a triple-layer polyethylene canoe. The polyethylene is a very low-energy bonding surface and the 3M VHB adhesive on the SNAD snap studs may not adhere well. I recommend drilled and riveted snaps on all polyethylene and ABS hulls to ensure that the snap studs are secure.
Impressive! This is the standard snap expedition spray deck with YKK adhesive snaps if I’m following your videos. Stunningly beautiful boat, BTW and WOW that Swift picked up these Bell boat designs! Is this design any stronger than the “hybrid snap and lace” style which I’m considering so I can pack things that might protrude above the gunwales? I generally camp with a blue barrel and a big backpackable dry bag. Wondering how much weight the spray deck can take or whether this use case is for very light trips. Thanks! 😊
Thank you, Tommy! When you say "front/back installation", are you just looking for a bow and stern install on a solo boat? You can always leave the center section off of our Expedition decks and just paddle with the bow and stern sections, or you could get one of our new Splash Covers that cover the bow and stern but never cover the cockpit/seat area. 🙂
@@tommyrq180 Got it! We could make them with snaps (either glued or riveted), but actually think the splash covers work best with adhesive loop velcro on the boat and sewn-on hook velcro on the edge of the cover. Because there's no cockpit tunnel secured around your body, the velcro is a safe option on the Splash Covers. It would NOT be a safe option on the Expedition Decks.
@@redleafdesigns2157 I think I see it on your site-the picture with the red adhesive loop Velcro down the length of a Hornbeck solo. Off topic: how long would it take (estimate, no guarantees!) to ship a Tiderace Pace 18 (over stern rudder) Ultimate cover given your current production cycle?
