If you keep your weight centered you should be okay. Luckily it was not deep so I just walked to the shore. I have fished with it several times on large lakes and have only turned it over once.
I'm 70 years old and weigh to much, 195#. If the wind gets up when solo I just fill a dry back with water and push it up to the bow and it keeps it on track. Its a bit o the heavy side at 33kg but I can load it onto my van roof single handed and it's easier to carry solo by using the yoke but not for big distances. Even used it with a trolling motor and it fairly moves along. It tracks really well and is very stable, plenty of room for kit on multi day trips. I have used it mainly on lakes and lochs but also been on the sea and a few slow rivers. I also moved the bow seat further towards the stern to give more legroom up front but it also made a great solo seat. Test thing was getting rid of the plastic seats as they drove me mad, the seat backrests always banged on the car roof no matter how I tied them up so I put some webbed seats in from Cheshire Canoes, made a massive difference as it also lowered the centre of gravity. Nice piece of wood.I have owned my Guide 147 for around 8 years and have done a few more to it in this time. Perfect friction fit made drilling the mounting holes a snap. 5 Perfect replacement for older Discovery 147.Perfect replacement, looks like the end grain of the wood was sealed as well. What they quickly sent me fit perfectly in my boat and I was back on the river the next day. I searched for one with the same measurements and cut and was fortunate to find T.G Watersports. After 15 years of good use, one end had rotted. The yoke for my Old Town Canoe busted recently.
I just wish the rest of the 1980' s canoe looked as good as the new yoke! I also bought the hardware and it was a breeze to install. The Yoke was just what were wanted to replace one that had rotted out. Posted by Diane M Ringdal on 7th Jun 2022
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