Nova Craft
Check out our Awesome SALE on Nova Craft Canoes.
Visit our store to compare Nova Craft models to the excellent brands we have in stock.
You can't TRY-BEFORE-YOU-BUY several models at the BOX STORE!
You can't compare several excellent brands side-by-side at the BOX STORE!
3 products
- Buy on-line, then Pick-up at our store -we do not normally ship Canoes to your home, but it occasionally may be arranged. We can easily ship smaller items to you, OR Pick-up at our store.
- Try-Before-You-Buy -we have water right here at the store where you can try out one Canoe, or several brands and models, to be sure you make an excellent choice.
- Box Stores only answer is cheap, ...they can't match our service, quality or longevity.
- Real Value is achieved when you appreciate what you bought, more than what you could have bought elsewhere.
Take advantage of our 50+ years in the Canoe business when you need helpful advice on how to store, transport, or how to best outfit your new canoe with the huge variety of accessories we have in stock-we sell and install Yakima racks, plus trailers, paddles, pfds, SuperSeat backests, kneeling pads, yoke pads, and much more...
NovaCraft being a smaller brand gives you some flexibility on what you can buy, but all those choices of materials and options can be overwhelming! Let our experience be your guide when navigating Nova Crafts complicated options and features.
NovaCraft Canoe materials explained....
Fiberglass
NovaCraft makes a quality fiberglass canoe with Aramid Kevlar reinforcements in each end, resulting in a medium weight. NovaCraft prices their fiberglass canoes just a bit higher than a heavier, slower plastic or aluminum canoe.
Tuff Stuff™
Tuff Stuff is a medium weight composite canoe material with ample reinforcements under an outer gelcoat. The main limitation of composites such as this layup is the lack of flexibility compared to T-formex, which has no brittle gelcoat. The ability to flex without cracking can be important for rugged uses such as remote wilderness trips, faster moving or shallow rocky streams, lakes with a rocky shoreline, and any amount of whitewater.
Tuff Stuff Exp™
Tuff Stuff EXP is a heavier composite canoe material with maximum reinforcements under an outer gelcoat. The main limitation of composites such as this layup is the lack of flexibility compared to T-formex, which has no brittle gelcoat. The ability to flex without cracking can be important for rugged uses such as remote wilderness trips, faster moving or shallow rocky streams, lakes with a rocky shoreline, and any amount of whitewater.
Aramid Kevlar
NovaCraft makes a quality Aramid Kevlar canoe with modest reinforcements, for an Ultra Light weight.
Blue Steel™
Blue Steel is a quality composite canoe material with modest reinforcements, and at a Lighter weight.
NOTICE...The company that made the Royalex material for NovaCraft and all other canoe brands has stopped production. Royalex was great material for canoes which we sold for many years. If you need a Light canoe that is VERY durable, we now have the new and improved Royalex 2.0 replacement in stock, called T-formex. Examples of high-quality T-formex canoes would be Esquif and Wenonah. T-formex has proven to be the best canoe material by far, if you need Lots of durability and a reasonable weight.
