This is a crossover design; it's highly capable on fast water, but it travels quite well with less of a current, too.

The Rendezvous has 2" of rocker to turn quickly, and deep, flared ends to deflect waves. Its wide, full hull also gives plenty of buoyancy on frothy water. Lightly loaded, this hull loves to play, and many people buy it for that.

But it's not a quirky whitewater dart, rather a downriver canoe. It has an efficient hull shape with tumblehome in the center to let you paddle effectively. Its performance with a load makes it ideal for trips on fast water, where it has plenty of agility and seaworthiness.

Canoe & Kayak Magazine called it "multifaceted" and gave this canoe high praise. "On whitewater, where I knelt in the canoe," the reviewer noted, "the Rendezvous was a whitewater boat. But on the lower river, where I sat on the seat, it became a cruiser. Although it stayed dry in the current and waves, it also tracked well and was fast."

Among our solo canoes, all but the Sandpiper will out pace this one on lakes, but the Rendezvous excels with a current, and it hauls more gear than all but the Voyager and the Encounter

We make this design from Kevlar, and this version is well suited to rivers with some rapids but many pools. We install the gunwales with the wider lip out to help deflect spray, and we reinforce the bow against impact. We fit a sliding, bucket-type seat and an adjustable foot brace. This configuration gives better paddling to a person who is sitting.

For use on extensive rapids, we also make the Rendezvous from Royalex. We outfit it with a fixed, web seat that is angled down slightly in front. This configuration gives greater control to a person who is kneeling, which is the posture favored by most whitewater paddlers. The Royalex model is 1" deeper all-'round than the composite one, and our published depths are for this deeper version.