A Scanoe is a brand of boat originally built and named by Coleman, debuted in the 1980's.[1] It is a cross between a skiff and a canoe. It is wider than a conventional canoe and has a flat stern so that a small outboard motor can be mounted if needed, but it is lightweight enough (about 120 pounds (54 kg)) to be portaged or transported on a vehicle roof as opposed to on a trailer.
The Scanoe debuted in 1985 with a horsepower rating of 1.75 and a width of 38 inches, in 1989 the transom capacity was upped to 5 horsepower and the width was increased to 40 and then 43 inches. Later the Scanoe was produced with Coleman's Ram X plastic.[2] Later Pelican bought the brand name from Coleman in approximately 2001 and tried the concept but dropped it a few years later.[3] The term remained and remains in some use often referred to as a "Scout canoe".[3][1] The term loosely refers to a square stern canoe, albeit usually with some association with the Coleman and Pelican versions.[4]
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