Ally 15 folding canoe: the ultimate fishing exped boat?

[corsican dave]

Very interesting piece of kit!
At 18Kg is this the very same as the Finnish or Swedish guy was using on his back-country tour? How would you get on for assembly in the heather and bracken and stones of a loch-side building spot rather than the floor in a spare room?

I think so, Vaughan. to put it in perspective, the feel free nomad weighs 22kg and my old canoe 38!

to be honest, building it on heather etc wouldn't be any worse: you don't need a flat surface and in some respects a bit of "give" and a bit more room to manoeuvre would be quite pleasant. as for the midges and the p##sing rain, well that's a different matter :lol:

[Part-time]

Looks like a useful bit of kit Dave   A bit of practice and I'm sure you'll be able to build it blindfold in 20 minutes - in the rain and midgies

[corsican dave]

the finished article, set up for solo paddling (fishing). the seats bolt in in a minute or two, so it's an easy matter to set it up for tandem use. really light, really strong. super piece of kit  :

[Bobfly]

I remember on one of our Irish visits being introduced to one of several of the local Germans. He had had his folding canoe fold up on him on Lough Mask because of some fixing that he apparently forgot to fix in place !! Not dissimilar to the origami job in Alan's picture above. Caused huge amusement amongst the Irish locals who would not not want to go out in less than a minimum of a 14' boat with 4hp outboard and a fair number of six-packs for essential ballast.

This new Ally piece of kit looks to be a very different beast and the video of it in use in Scandinavia is very impressive where he drags it up through some rapids.   

[Wildfisher]

No way I'd go afloat in a Chinese lantern.   :lol:

[SoldierPmr]

You will need to get a working sled dog to lug it around and to sit in it :lol: looks fantastic though.

[shad]

Looks great Dave , plenty room for a small passenger ??

[corsican dave]

Looks great Dave , plenty room for a small passenger ??

or even quite a large one, Colin  the carrying capacity's 300Kg. I left the second seat out for now as it'll be mainly me using it solo for the next couple of months

[Bobfly]

Do you do trips down the Spey ... say from Feshiebridge .... ??

[corsican dave]

Do you do trips down the Spey ... say from Feshiebridge .... ??

yes Vaughan. it'd be a pleasure