Sturdy 17-foot Double-Ended Grumman Aluminum Canoe with Paddles! - $500 (concord / pleasant hill / martinez)

This Grumman aluminum canoe has 2 seats for touring comfort and loads of cargo capacity for camping equipment, fishing gear, friends and pets, and everything else you want to bring along.
It is built with a wide beam for greater stability and the floatation material in the ends lends positive buoyancy, the ability to float even when full of water, giving a comforting margin of safety.
The sturdy riveted construction can take a beating.
Grumman aluminum canoes are the choice of youth camp programs due to their sturdiness, stability and positive buoyancy.
When I bought this canoe 30 years ago from a rental company on the Russian River, the hull had been weld-patched several times.
Water seeps in slowly, about 1/2" in the bottom by the end of a full day so nothing too concerning.
You're likely to splash more water than that in a day from changing sides with the paddles.
It served me on many camping trips to Sierra lakes over the years.
The canoe tracks straight and two paddlers can easily guide it even with a couple of passengers and cargo.
The length and wide beam gives so much buoyancy that with just a solo paddler it draws only a couple of inches and turns on a dime! This is an excellent recreational canoe with loads of capacity for a very reasonable price.
Two light-weight aluminum-shaft paddles are included.
Measures 17 feet long by 33" wide and weighs 85 pounds.
$500