Esquif Heron 14.5' | Olive

The Heron is a multi-purpose canoe perfectly adapted to fishing and hunting activities. Light, stable and quiet, it offers great load capacity. Its design allows it to be used with or without a motor. The Heron is the most versatile canoe in its category. With a foam core hull material, the Heron insulates you from cold waters and provides for quiet passage to your most secret places on lakes and rivers.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

• Construction : T-Formex
• Shape : Square Stern
• Length : 4.4 m (14’ 6”)
• Width : 96.5 cm (38.5”)
• Depth : 35.5 cm (14”)
• Rocker : 7 cm (2.75”)
• Weight : 31.3 kg (69 lbs)
• Carrying capacity : 364 Kg (800 lb)
• Colour : Olive
• Gunwale : Vinyl
• Seats : Webbed seats, central yoke seat
• Option : Wood gunwale
• Max outboard : 3 HP or electric equivalent

Care

The primary ingredient of Esquif rotomold canoes is polyethylene. Polyethylene is a tough, waxy-textured material that is unaffected by water and many chemicals. Additives are used to give UV and weather protection, prevent colour fade and protect the plastic during processing and throughout the life of the canoe.

Storing

Ideally your canoe should be stored inside, upside down on racks in a cool and dry environment. If you store your canoes outside it should also be upside down on racks and the wooden gunnels should never touch the ground. Do not store it where it will be exposed to ice and snow loads as this can distort your canoe. See the wooden gunnels section for specific care instructions.

Wooden Gunnels

There are a variety of opinions about cold cracking. During extreme temperature fluctuations, T-Formex has a thermal expansion factor different than wood, it can expand or contract faster than wood which can cause cracks from where the wood trim has been screwed, this results in cracks in the hull generally located near the saddles. Ideally, you are better off storing your canoe in an attached and insulated or heated and weatherproof storage.

If stored outside, we suggest unscrewing the screws from the deck plates over a distance of 36 inches without touching the seat hangers or thwarts to prevent cold-cracking.