Lynn McAdams remembers his first crisis in canoe-making, back when he sold the boats on the banks of the Clark Fork River in Missoula. “I got rid of everything I had when the first oil embargo came on ...

In early August, Avon Lake, announced that it is closing its plants and ceasing production of Royalex, ending the era of Royalex canoes. In early August, PolyOnein Avon Lake, Ohio announced that it is ...

Quebec canoe manufacturer Esquif debuts T-Formex, a moldable ABS material poised to be a lighter and more resistant alternative to defunct Royalex, RIP. Last summer, when plastics multinational ...

Some say a unique material has spawned a revolution in back-country canoeing in the North. It's called "Royalex" and is used to make tough, reliable whitewater boats. Dozens of new canoes made of ...

A large trailer was maneuvered into the snowy parking lot of Bell Canoe Works recently, and workers on ladders carefully loaded sleek, new canoes in rows five high and three deep. Ensconced in cotton ...

The decision to purchase a canoe ran counter to a long-standing personal rule about boats in general - it's better to rent than own unless a watercraft of any kind is going to be used frequently. An ...

Canoeists are mourning the expected loss of a light and tough material that revolutionized the iconic Canadian pastime. Royalex is a composite material of vinyl, plastic and foam invented in the 1970s ...

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Some say a unique material has spawned a revolution in back-country canoeing in the North. It's called "Royalex" and is used to make tough, reliable whitewater boats. Dozens of new canoes made of ...