"My brother-in-law and I paddled down a good stretch of the Delaware River from Milford PA to just north of Philadelphia at William Penn's old house. We used our new Savage River Blackhawk Kevlar canoe which weighed only 34 lbs. it was everything we'd hoped for--both the canoe and the trip. We figured it was about 120 miles, which we did in three days. We did have a favorable if variable current (and some medium white water) as far as Trenton NJ, but still for a couple of older guys (69 and 49), an okay showing, for which the design of the canoe can take a lot of credit." - John Casey, VA

- John Casey, VA

"I bought a Blawkhawk from you several years ago and it has been great. I just did the complete Allagash system in Maine in 4 and 1/2 days so it really moves when fully loaded with camping gear."

- MA

Review on http://bwca.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=forum.thread&threadId=642840&forumID=15&confID=1

- Ragged

"Hi guys, thanks for putting up with all the emails from me over the summer, bugging you about everything. My wife and I just returned from two weeks in Quetico park (across the border from Boundary Waters). We had some really high winds and big waves and I would not have felt safe in my Wenonah MN II. The Blackhawk sliced through the waves nicely, the bow didn't bounce the way the MN II does. In Minnesota we drive as far north as we can and when we get to the end of the road, the Outfitter puts the canoe on a rack on their boat and takes us up to the border at Prairie Portage, Ontario. At the outfitter, everyone came over to look at and pick up the Blackhawk. People would yell to their friends to come over and see the canoe. They couldn't believe how light it was. One guy said, "I didn't even know they made canoes like that" Same thing at Prairie Portage, everyone was very impressed and people wanted to lift the canoe. One guy said he just hauled a MN II around for a week and he wished he would have had the Blackhawk instead. Sometimes when you are canoeing in the BWCA/Quetico, you hit a rock that is a couple inches below the surface of the water, you don't see it coming and the canoe slides right on top of the sharp rock and gets stuck. I was very concerned about this happening with the Blackhawk and, of course, it happened several times and all we got was a few little scrapes, no big deal. We also had a few rough landings where the bow scraped into rocks and again I was surprised to take a good look at the underside of the canoe after the trip and see how well it stood up to the tough conditions."

- Rick Cheney

".…(the Blackhawk) is a great boat and helped us to have the fastest time down the course."

- Steve Corlew, MI

Got back from our first paddle (embarrassing) this past weekend. I wrote up a brief trip report here: (Link at end) but wanted to write to tell you and John and the rest of the crew that we are thrilled with our Blackhawk, just so incredibly happy with the boat, the process, everything. Toasting you all tonight, thanks again!

Karl B. CT