Warranty

BOREALIS

10 Degree Bent Shaft Canoe Paddle

Wood Type: Cedar, Cherry and Ash

Avg. Weight: 19 oz.

Price: $145

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AVAILABILITY: Please allow us 2-3 weeks to handcraft your paddle!

Specifications

Handmade in America!

 

Every Sanborn Canoe Co. paddle is handcrafted in Winona, Minnesota.

 

More power isn’t always what you want. Sometimes less is more.  This paddle is designed with a smaller blade and slighter bend than our Gunflint model for that simple reason. Enjoy hours of blissful smooth paddling. But don’t be fooled into thinking this paddle won’t get you where you want to go. It still has plenty of get-up-and-go, as they say.

 

Not just cedar. Enjoy the added strength and durability of a striking hardwood ash blade tip and gorgeous cherry sandwiching the shaft length.

 

Let your hand melt into the silky smooth oiled grip. The oiled grip removes the worry of blisters from too much paddling. And even warms to your hand.

Length: 48", 50”, 52", 54"(Custom lengths available upon request)

Average Weight: 19oz.

Blade Dimensions: 8" x 16 1/2"

Shaft Style: 10 Degree bent shaft

Grip Style: Dedicated T-Grip (Oiled)

Grip Width: 3 1/2”

Wood Type: Western Red and White Cedar, Cherry and Ash

Laminated blade

5-piece laminated shaft

Extra 1/8" epoxy blade tip

Blade is sheathed in Fiberglass

Shaft and Blade are coated in epoxy and spar urethane

Grip is oiled

'Sanborn Canoe Co.' is branded onto one face of blade

There is a 90 day warranty from manufacturers defect on all of our paddles. This covers breaks and shearing of the blade and/or shaft not general scratches and wear.

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Reviews

Reviewed by: The Paddle Junkie from Minneapolis, Minnesota

8/25/2011

Paddle Model: Borealis Canoe Paddle

Rating: 5/5

“The guys over at Sanborn Canoe keep proving that they truly understand both paddling and wood-working. Several weeks back the delivery guy handed me a box from Winona, MN. Inside was a beautiful wooden bent-shaft paddle and a note from Zak at Sanborn Canoe. In my hands was a paddle so fresh off the design table that it didn't even have a name yet. YEAH!

Much like the Gunflint Paddle I had the chance to use last summer, this paddle is a work of art. The design and construction are second to none in the paddle world. This time around a few additions have been made; the introduction of Cherry wood to the shaft and the Epoxy blade guard has been replaced with a Ash hardwood tip. This increased the strength of the paddle and amplifies the natural aesthetic of their work. 

What I learned after just a few strokes was that this paddle had a much different soul than the Gunflint. A more modest bend in the shaft (10 degree as opposed to 14 degree) and a smaller blade both depart from the power focus of many of the paddles on the market. Power is not everything and while navigating the narrow creeks connecting lakes in the BWCA I saw exactly why. At no point did I think to myself that I was missing the "get-up" the more power focused paddles brag about. What I did notice was that controlling the canoe was significantly easier and over-steer was all but eliminated.

A couple of ounces heavier than the Gunflint (19oz) went basically unnoticed. The oiled grip did not. Sanborn never soaks their paddles in epoxy or marine varnish, so you never have that glossy lacquered feel, but there is something more natural, more familiar about an oiled grip. Hours in my hand and miles traveled and at no point did I regret choosing this paddle to get me around the lakes.”

Oiled Grip

 

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