[Andromeda321]

Originally Posted by fatlazyless

Google 'Seattle sports cart' ..... it is a canoe/kayak trolley with large wheels that weighs 15-lbs, costs $150, that is very good at what it does and can easily be carried inside the canoe while paddling.

With one of these Seattle sports carts, two paddlers could move a 17' Grumman aluminum canoe that weighs 75-lbs, plus a small 2-hp outboard (40-lbs), and paddles, gear, and food around both dams ... and have a good motor and canoe safe enough for these large lakes.

With two strong paddlers, rolling along this canoe trolley under a sturdy 17' Grumman and gear, all weighing in at 200-lbs or less, for a distance of
100-300 yards is reasonable to do especially if you make a practice roll, trial run.

The Avery Dam is down stream from Lake Opechee, and just below it there's a well constructed concrete ramp designed for putting canoes into the Winnipesaukee River, there, on the downtown street close to Sawyer's Jewelry store.

The Lakeport Dam at the outflow of Winnipesaukee is easier because it has a 100-yard long dirt, walking path along side the outflow.

So, it's definitely doable in a kayak/canoe/stand up paddle board. The overhead clearance under the six or so different bridges on the Winnipesaukee River in Laconia is low, at three feet is just enough for a canoe.

The Winnipesaukee River is a mix of urban and suburban with green grass embankments, trees, homes, old stone embankments, and industrial businesses like a metal forge, and a huge car business ..... is very clean .... bass/trout present depending on water temp, time of year .... and is a class 1, slow flow type of a river except for a couple weeks in April, usually, when the current is much faster.

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For a little entertainment, get a big 4-dollar box of Cheez-its original flavor, and have some fun spinning them out to the ducks and geese along the river, all totally love the taste, and probably never ate a Cheez-it before. As you may not know, Cheez-its are bright orange, will float, and can be tossed 15-30', just like a Frisbee!

I have done some fun canoe camping trips in backwoods Canada (like NH, but no mountains and a million more loons and moose). A 100 yard portage really isn't that big of a deal with a canoe on your back like people have done for centuries- it's when you start getting over 500km that they start to get annoying!

I mean, I wouldn't carry the canoe and backpack gear at the same time (I don't think you're supposed to), but am an average sized woman and managed just fine for ~100 yards distances. They're really designed to be carried by one person, like this. I can't say we ever bothered with an outboard and stuff though.