{"id":19654,"date":"2015-10-03T20:58:23","date_gmt":"2015-10-03T19:58:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/?p=19654"},"modified":"2015-10-03T20:58:23","modified_gmt":"2015-10-03T19:58:23","slug":"silverbirch-canoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/silverbirch-canoes\/","title":{"rendered":"Silverbirch Canoes"},"content":{"rendered":"

I managed to have a closer look at the Broadland and Covert canoes a couple of weeks ago. Both designs look really well thought out and have been very well made.<\/p>\n

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Silverbirch canoes are made by the guys behind Tootega<\/a> and are therefore designed and built right here in the UK. They currently have two canoe models in the range, The Broadland and the Covert 9.3 OC1.<\/p>\n

The Broadland is constructed from either Duracore or Duralite three-layer polyethylene.<\/p>\n

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Duracore:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Duracore is a tough and durable three-layer Polyethylene material.<\/p>\n

Made to last with a tough, high-density outer skin, a closed cell foam core, and a medium density inside skin to help dissipate the energy from impacts.<\/p>\n

Duracore is made with a tough, UV stable, and abrasion resistant outer skin, and is easily repairable at home should you ever have an accident and damage it.<\/p>\n

Colour options: Forest green, Cherry red
\nGunwale options: Vinyl, Ash<\/p>\n

Shell weight for Broadland 16 – 32.5kg<\/p>\n

Duralite:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Duralite is an evolution in three-layer polyethylene construction.<\/p>\n

The outer skin is made with an incredibly stiff and tough whitewater grade plastic \u2013 the best we can find, the foam has been optimized to have a lower density, giving us a thicker core than that used in Duracore, and the material distribution between the layers has been optimised to make the most of the superior materials.<\/p>\n

Colour options: signal red, lime green, vivid yellow, burnt orange, candy pink, electric blue, jet black<\/p>\n

Gunwale options: Vinyl, Ash<\/p>\n

Shell weight for Broadland 16 – 27.5kg<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This puts Duralite in the same realm as Royalex!<\/p>\n

The Broadland with ash gunwales looked awesome. <\/p>\n

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The OC1 Covert also looks superb. Nice sharp lines and clearly a great deal of performance going from the videos that have been appearing online.<\/p>\n

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