Designed for casual paddlers who do not often travel long distances nor carry much gear. Recreational canoes are normally short to mid-range in length, fairly deep and wide. They also have relatively flat bottoms and are slightly rockered to allow for easy manoeuvrability. Scott® recreational canoes are designed for paddlers whose goal is enjoyment in leisure waters with stability as a major concern.

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Compared to recreational canoes, touring canoes are usually longer, sleeker and slightly deeper. They track straight, travel distances with little effort and carry large loads.
Scott touring canoes are designed to feel very solid, stable and offer excellent control in rougher waters keeping you drier, safer and warmer thus adding to your paddling pleasure.

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As the name suggests, a typical use for this type of canoe is extended wilderness trips. Scott expedition hulls are designed to perform very well with heavy loads and in more extreme conditions. These canoes are very popular with families tripping with children and carrying more gear than taken on your average day trip.

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These boats have been designed and built for specific and well defined purposes. They are not intended as an all-around performer. Sport canoes are best suited to specific activities such as fishing, bird watching, hunting and photography. They are designed to offer a solid platform for the activity you choose to enjoy. You will find reliability, performance and fun are common traits built into each and every Scott sport canoe.

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All Scott® Royalex and R-84 Royalite hulls are trimmed with black synthetic gunwales, roto-molded decks, ash thwarts, standard ash yoke and ash framed seats with black webbing. Royalex is a thermoplastic laminate consisting of a foam core center, sandwiched between two solid ABS substrate layers which are covered with vinyl skins. This composite is strong, buoyant and of moderate weight. It is the toughest canoe building material offering resistance to extensive damage. R-84 Royalite is an additional material choice in our Royalex family. R-84 Royalite has the same foam core and ABS substrate as Royalex, instead of a vinyl skincoat to protect the ABS from the ultraviolet rays of the sun, the R-84 has a weatherable plastic skin, vulcanized to the ABS substrate, that is lighter and stiffer than the vinyl skin used on Royalex. This change on the skin results in a very durable light, stiff and warp resistance boat. More...

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Preferred Trim Options
Whether you are looking for a canoe which reflects the traditional elegant lines of a classic design or a canoe which embraces the distinctive flow of a more contemporary appearance you will find our focus is creating hull designs which provide you with a combination of performance and undistracted beauty.

• Standard Aluminum Trim is standard on all Scott® fiberglass, Kevlar® and expedition Kevlar® canoes. The gunwales are a tough satin finished aluminum. Handles, thwarts and nosecaps are also aluminum. The seats are constructed of a durable maintenance-free aluminum hangers and sizeable seat plates padded with comfortable closed cell ethafoam. This package is economical, very tough and best of all, maintenance free.
  
  
• Slimline Aluminum Trim trim system is standard on all Scott® ultralite Kevlar® canoes. It is an optional trim package for our fiberglass, Kevlar® and expedition Kevlar® hulls. The slimline gunwales are less beefy than our standard Scott® gunwales but are designed to be lightweight and exceptionally strong. Canoes trimmed with this package are consistantly six or more pounds lighter than those with standard trim. Ash framed webbed seats, ash thwarts, ash handles and an ash centre yoke are all standard features which elegantly complete this lightweight trim package. Slimline gunwales are available with satin or black anodizing. These gunwales completely hide all rivets and hardware creating a clean finish which is pleasing to the eye.
  
  
• Black Vinyl Rail Package is a tough, maintenance-free trim system available on all Scott® fiberglass, Kevlar® and expedition Kevlar® canoes. It is also available on ultralite constructed canoes; however, expect a weight gain of approximately six plus pounds to the listed weights of the ultralites.

  Vinyl rail-trimmed canoes come standard with wooden handles, ash-framed black webbed seats, ash thwarts and an ash center yoke. The vinyl rail trim system has proven to be a tough partner in extensive continual-use situations - another maintenance-free choice for those who prefer the aesthetic combination of black trim and ash.
  

• Wood Trim Package is available on all Scott® fiberglass, Kevlar®, expedition Kevlar® and ultralite Kevlar® canoes. Each wood trim canoe is finished with hand selected white ash which is custom fitted by skilled craftsmen. Rounded inner and outer gunwales are pleasing to the eye and even more pleasing on your hands while portaging. All wood trim canoes come standard with ash webbed seats, an ash centre yoke as well as ash decks, thwarts and handles. All wood receives three coats of satin marine finish. The finely crafted Scott wood trim package offers strength, resilience and distinctive beauty.