Canoes

The Silverbirch Canoes SB17 Duracore Plus, is a Canadian canoe that was designed with one main objective. To work well in the commercial market, whether that is for Canadian canoe hire, or the outdoor education centre market. This open canoe measures in at approximately 17ft 2" in length and the weight carrying capacity is phenomenal. The SB17 comes in two main variants, the standard trim, and the low line trim. There is not really a standard seating configuration, but some of the most popular options are detailed below. It then incorporates a premium quality 3-layer construction, and the layering is perfectly chemically balanced. This gives the best levels of performance and durability.

The Hou Canoes Hou Phoenix Tandem is a nimble and versatile open canoe that's been designed to elevate your paddling experience. Whether going on solo adventures or tandem explorations, this canoe provides the perfect blend of manoeuvrability, performance and stability.

The Hou Canoes Hou Prospector is the ultimate all-rounder with a classic design. The Prospector was originally designed as a trading vessel, so had to paddle well on both open water lakes and white water rivers, it's also been designed to handle carrying a large load. This boat is a joy to paddle on lakes and rivers, and offers a dry, predictable ride whether you're solo or loaded up for a multi-day trip.

The Hou Canoes Hou 14 is the bigger version of the Hou 13 model, it's a touch longer and has a higher load carrying capacity. It is also able to track a little quicker and in reality is a bit more of a multi-tasking boat. Its depth and longer length allow for a drier ride in the bouncy stuff and provide more forward speed than its little brother. This shape was designed as an all rounder as so it will paddle well on the open water, as well as on flat rivers too. Simply put, a fantastic 1/2 person boat.

The Silverbirch Canoes Firefly 14 Solo Duralite (Custom Canoe) has been made with a Duralite construction, which helps provide excellent levels of durability, rigidity and performance. It comes with two depth options and the standard configuration comes with vinyl gunwales and a standard thwart. You can then choose between either a wood web seat of a kneeling thwart.

The Silverbirch Canoes Firefly 14 Solo Duralite's construction provides excellent levels of durability, rigidity and performance. Combined with it being part of the Silverbrich Custom Made canoes program, you can customize it to get the solo open canoe of your wildest dreams. The Firefly 14 Duralite comes with two depth options, standard (Low Line) and also the highline. The standard configuration comes with vinyl gunwales and a standard thwart, you can then choose between either a wood web seat or a kneeling thwart.

The Silverbirch Canoes Firefly 14 Solo Duracore Plus is a solo white water canoe that comes available in several different seating and paddling configurations. The Firefly 14's Duracore construction provides great levels of durability and performance at a friendly price. The standard seating configuration is a single kneeling seat and a thwart, but there's also the option of switching this for a kneeling thwart.

The Covert 9.3 Hydrolite is Silverbirch Canoes' ground-breaking and ultralight canoe that ensures a clean release of water from the stern, which not only reduces drag but also helps reduce the tendency for the tail to bog down. The sidewall profile of the boat is also continually curved. This helps boost secondary stability and keeps the waterline width to a minimum. Ideal for Class III to Class V River Running

The Silverbirch Canoes Agent 88 Duratough has been built to handle the most challenging moves in steep-creeking environments. Every component has been made to be fit-for-purpose and factory fitted to the proven standards. The agent has more rocker than any other Silverbirch model, as well as more edge and more volume. The result is a forgiving and high manoeuvrable creeker with plenty of tail rocker to kill excessive speed on steeper sections and a nose rocker profile made to boof everything in sight!

The Silverbirch Canoes Firefly 14 Tandem Duralite is a class-leading compact tandem that offers a reassuring ride with a wide variety of loads. Light enough to carry solo, but still at home in a wide variety of conditions and when carrying loads, the Firefly 14 Tandem is a truly versatile canoe. When trimmed level, the Firefly 14 is an easy-going touring canoe that runs true. Being compact and optimised for light-tandem paddling, it cuts through any breeze and it’s forgiving of tired strokes at the end of a long day.

The Silverbirch Canoes Rebel 11 Duratough is a modern 11ft white water canoe that's just as capable on big volume grade 4 as it is efficient on shallow braided streams and flat sections. Designed to excel with a wide variety of different loads, the Rebel 11 is great for use on longer trips where you may have significant gear to take, or a continually lightening load as the trip goes on.

The Silverbirch Canoes Rebel 11 Duralite is a modern 11ft white water canoe that's just as capable on big volume grade 4 as it is efficient on shallow braided streams and flat sections. Designed to excel with a wide variety of different loads, the Rebel 11 is great for use on longer trips where you may have significant gear to take, or a continually lightening load as the trip goes on.

The Venture Afon Cruiser CL is a Canadian Canoe for for river trips, from gentle flat water to easy moving water. This open canoe features a 3 layer plastic construction known as Corelite (CL).  The construction techniques used in the production of the Afon (moulded in Gunwales and End Deck), help reduce weight while keeping the boat stiff so it handles predictably.