Open Canoeing

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 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 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 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.

General Features --------------------

The Silverbirch Canoes Fitted Full Length Lacing is a factory fitted upgrade on any canoe in their range. Silverbirch offer the full length lacing system so that it starts at one end of the canoe, and then equally spaced down the full length of the boat and returned down the other side to terminate opposite where it started. The outside loops are all flat in profile to the outside of the boat. However the inside loops are shaped with clear piping to make highly versatile D rings. This is perfect for assisting with lacing canoe airbags.

The Silverbirch Canoes Fitted Kneeling Thwart has been made from solid ash and comes complete with the hangers, bolts, nuts and washers required to fit it. The 8 inch kneeling thwart will work in all Silverbirch designs, however it best suited to High line boats and will provide a comfortable height/position for paddling. This allows you to trim and get an efficient paddling position in your boat.

The Silverbirch Canoes Fitted Rope End Grabs are part of their Custom Built Canoe program. They're an optional extra that can be added to canoe models such as their Broadland 15, Broadland 16 and Firefly 14. They provide the option for rescuing another open canoe, in the event you should need them. They feature a small rope loops that are fitted to each end of the canoe through specially drilled holes. The end grabs are then well secured by a double fisherman's knot.