Boats... to rent or buy?

[Nanda]

I am pretty close to pulling trigger on a new canoe(finding a decent used one or even new around here is close to impossible).
My primary use case is exploring all the lakes around here(uintas and such) and canoe camping( sawtooth, even tetons, yellowstone) occasional trips like labyrinth canyon, lees ferry and such. I am keyed it on Prospector model, supposedly do it all canoe, not great at any one thing but good for lot of things.
Edit: 2 dogs is another main reason for going with a canoe.

 

[Nick]

Maybe we could get a group buy going for some alpackas. Who would be interested in that? I'm in.

I'd pull the trigger in a heartbeat for a good discount.

 

[Aldaron]

I'd pull the trigger in a heartbeat for a good discount.

Yeah, me too. I've added Alpacka gear to a cart about half a dozen times...

 

[Nick]

Are you looking to get two, @Aldaron?

 

[steve]

I'll contact them and see what they say about a group buy, unless you think you have more pull as the site owner nick.

 

[Aldaron]

Are you looking to get two, @Aldaron?

Maybe...probably. If there's a good enough deal, definitely.

How's that for certainty?

 

[Nick]

How many would you be looking to get @sixstringsteve? Just one?

 

[Nick]

And what models are you guys looking at? I'd be going for the Denali Llama for sure.

@BJett - do you have any friends at Alpacka from your last round of sweet talking?

 

[Aldaron]

I'd probably go with just the Alpaca. If I get two, the other one would probably be the Yukon.

 

[Nick]

On second thought, I might do the Unrigged Explorer. It's a good thing Audra isn't watching this thread....

 

[BJett]

ha. my contact was Nancy Halls, the customer services/sales rep. "friends" might be a stretch...but she was very interested when I mentioned spreading the word about Alpackas in the southeast. I know one of the former Directors of the Great Old Broads For Wilderness, I think that helped. They do seem reasonably priced, most quality duckies/IK's cost over $1000. Packrafts are more versatile.

 

[Nick]

I was just telling Audra I was thinking about buying a packraft and she steered me back on the idea of purchasing more of a 'family boat' for us to go do camping trips on Powell, etc. I believe they call it a 'Party Barge'.

 

[steve]

How many would you be looking to get @sixstringsteve? Just one?

At least one, possibly two if the price was right. The alpacka is the one I'd get, I'm a shorty.

 

[steve]

For some reason I was thinking they were around 3.5, but it looks likt they're closer to 4.8lbs. Plus paddles at ~ 2 lbs. I do like how sturdy they are though.

 

[Nick]

Count me out on possibly getting a pack raft. Looks like we're buying a motor boat.

 

[Aldaron]

Boy, you REALLY shouldn't have told her about this discussion!

 

[steve]

haha, nice. I'll keep you guys posted with what alpacka says.

 

[Nick]

I saw on some other website that they offered 10% off on orders of 4 boats or more.

 

[Nick]

Boy, you REALLY shouldn't have told her about this discussion!

Are you kidding me? I'm STOKED to have a boat! Not really into the watersports so we're looking to get a pontoon. Relatively cheap to buy, run and maintain and plenty of room for all the dogs to run around. Strap the kayaks to the side and go exploring...

 

[steve]

That would be cool.