Wenonah

• 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.

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...

Wenonah Canoe materials explained....

Kevlar® Ultra-light  In the 50+ years we've been a Wenonah dealer they've developed such a reputation that to most people, "Kevlar®" is synonymous with "Wenonah". Note: sometimes Kevlar is called "Aramid."  Sure, there are a few other brands making Kevlar® canoes, but you'll be missing out if you don't at least consider a Wenonah Kevlar®.  Wenonah makes more Kevlar® canoes than all other brands combined. They have long ago abandoned building methods (such as a flexible rib system) that others are still experimenting with today. Look out for non-USA "Kevlar" canoes with a painted interior and exterior.  Sadly, these are often just thin fiberglass hiding underneath with only a token amount of Kevlar. There are two ways Wenonah builds Kevlar canoes for us: "Kevlar Expedition" or "Kevlar Ultra-Light."  About 95% of the Wenonahs we have sold over the last several decades are Kevlar Ultra-Light since this layup provides the most bang for the buck in terms of durability along with dramatically lighter weight than your average canoe. We highly recommend Wenonah's Kevlar Ultra-Light canoes.  Kevlar Expedition starts off like Kevlar Ultra-light but then adds a layer of Tuffweave over the bottom, along with internal Kevlar skid plates at each end. This adds about 5 lbs.

Tuf-weave™ Wenonah offers a canoe material called "Tuf-weave" for those who value toughness, as well as light weight. Tuf-Weave™ is a 50/50 blend of interwoven fiberglass and polyester with Kevlar reinforcements. Tuf-weave is quite a bit more durable than fiberglass while also being much lighter.  Tuf-weave always includes gelcoat for the outer layer. Wenonah has many attractive gelcoat colors to pick from. This outer Gelcoat provides excellent protection from UV and abrasion.  Wenonah prices Tuf-weave very close in price to their Kevlar Ultralight layup which is hands down even lighter.  Most of our customers are surprised when they lift one of each and feel so much more difference than they imagined.

Carbon Kevlar Ultra-light  Thanks to our decades long relationship Wenonah builds some special carbon fiber canoes just for us... "Carbon Kevlar" is a stunning black Carbon fiber hull with interior Kevlar® we recommend this for the very lightest weight along with very high quality you expect from Wenonah.  Our Carbon Kevlar layup is a marriage of style and function; this classy layup is a great combination of aesthetic appeal, light weight, toughness and strength.  A great looking exterior is only half the story. For our Carbon Kevlar layup we utilize interior layers of 5 ounce Kevlar fabric along with exterior layers of Carbon fiber.  This "Carbon Kevlar Ultra-Light" will cost a fair bit more than the "Kevlar Ultra-Light" while being the same weight or just slightly lighter, but more unique in appearance.  The ultimate choice is yours.

In-Tek UltraLight™
Wenonah is making this option for us in very few select models only. The material is called "In-Tek Ultralight".
In-Tek Ultralight™ is a blend of interwoven black and silver fibers on the interior along with Either a Ruby red exterior, OR an Emerald green exterior.
In-Tek is a combination of high-tec fabrics: Innegra and Kevlar, with properties for a light and durable canoe that looks Amazing!
These very special canoes also have unique features such as CAD (computer assisted design) foam core and ribs and integral skid plates to make them the Best canoes you can buy.  If you appreciate a canoe that looks beautiful and is also very light and sturdy... you should come check out our new In-Tek Ultralight canoes!

Royalex® The company that made the original Royalex material for WENONAH and all other canoe brands shut down many years ago. The new and improved version of Royalex is called "T-formex".

T-formex® The new material to replace Royalex is called "T-formex". We refer to T-formex as Royalex 2.0 since it is the next generation, new and improved version.
T-Formex and Royalex are both a foam-core sandwich of ABS plastic with a proprietary outer skin.  When premade sheets of T-formex are heated, the inner foam core expands, this provides built-in flotation, flexibility and memory to the hull material.  When the T-formex sheet is heated it also becomes pliable enough to mold into unlimited canoe shapes. Once it cools that shape is set.  Before Esquif and Wenonah started making "T-formex" canoes it was thought that such extreme durability was just not compatible with good paddling -- efficient canoe designs.  Now you can get a really tough canoe that is also a pleasure to paddle. We have new T-formex canoes in stock from Wenonah and Esquif.