“First they must be fast. Second they must be tough. Third they must be seaworthy and capable of handling the roughest waters. Then, too, they must be efficient, thus the incorporation of rudders. It is crucial that they have adequate capacity to easily store and locate, as needed, their 300 pounds of gear.“
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Verlen didn’t set out to be a canoe designer or builder for mass production, he custom designed and built canoes simply to fit his own needs. As his reputation in the canoeing community grew so did the demand for customized watercraft by other canoeing enthusiasts, hence the Kruger Canoes business was born. Eventually Verlen standardized the line of canoes he sold with his final canoe models called the Sea Wind, Dream Catcher and Kruger Cruiser.