JUN BUG
Marc Ornstein designed and built this boat for interpretive freestyle paddling and often paddles it with the boat heeled all the way to the gunwales. It is a 13' long solo sport canoe weighing 29 pounds.
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Marc Ornstein designed and built this boat for interpretive freestyle paddling and often paddles it with the boat heeled all the way to the gunwales. It is a 13' long solo sport canoe weighing 29 pounds.
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