Silverbirch Canoes
BRITISH MADE CANOES
Silverbirch’s boathouse, nestled deep in the “bootiful” Norfolk countryside, is home to a dedicated and passionate team working continuously on a wide range of technical design and development projects to serve a rapidly expanding Silverbirch Canoe community.
In house, Silverbirch Canoe have the people, expertise, materials and processes on site to produce an ever growing range of top class canoes and to provide unrivalled after-sales service. Around the world, we have networks of dealers, team boaters and brand ambassadors helping us stay uniquely responsive to the enthusiasts they serve.
BROADLAND 15Drawing on the classic lines and proven design characteristics of a traditional Prospector canoe, the Broadland is a true all rounder and a real workhorse.We have optimized the chine, camber, and sidewall profile from the original Prospector design to increase both primary and secondary stability – making the Broadland a confidence inspiring canoe to paddle. A carefully considered rocker profile, and a symmetrical hull form ensure the Broadland 15 and 16 paddle well either tandem or solo. Both Duracore and Duralite laminates come with a choice of trim options. Vinyl is fitted as standard and comes with webbing seats, ash handles, and an ash carrying yoke. Beautiful, hand crafted ash gunwales are an optional extra, which really accentuate the Broadland’s graceful, sweeping curves.
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BROADLAND 15 HLFor those who push their boats hard with tripping loads in exposed open water or in advanced white water, our Hi Line boats add additional depth to our already versatile Broadland range.Our standard Broadland range offers enthusiasts a fine balance of Prospector versatility, traditional virtues, 21st century handling and workhorse capabilities – all of which are retained in our Hi-Line range. If you paddle tandem with expedition gear in big waves or like to drive your canoe through the biggest features, the additional freeboard makes this range a little more forgiving.
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COVERT 9.3SOMETIMES YOU JUST HAVE TO THROW THE RULE BOOK AWAY!In development nothing was off limits and nothing was pre-set – we simply sat down in our shaping bay with a blank piece of paper and one simple brief – To create the fastest, most manoeuvrable, and most predictable Open Canoe possible.At the core of this philosophy is our stepped rocker profile. The step in the tail ensures a clean release of water from the stern, which not only reduces drag, but also helps to reduce the tendency for the tail to bog down on boily eddy lines or when getting bounced around by large lateral waves. The sidewall profile of the boat is also continually curved. This helps boost secondary stability and is carefully angled to keep the waterline width to a minimum. As the Covert is made just to slide, spin, grind, boof, and surf its way down the river we have searched the globe for the best materials to build it from. Every boat is built in-house by a dedicated team of paddlers, using a custom grade of super tough high- density polyethylene.
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COVERT 10.5 TANDEMSometimes a boat development comes together way beyond your wildest expectations, this was the case with the Covert tandem! From its progressive rocker profile which makes it almost effortless to boof, to its flaired sidewall profile which gives great secondary stability in the most turbulent of waters – the Covert 10.5 tandem just works! Designed with a footprint and volume suitable for two generously sized adults and yet still manouverable and nimble enough to make the tightest of eddies on the smallest of rivers. Try one and you’ll see what we mean!
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REBEL 11.3The Rebel is a modern 11ft whitewater canoe, just as capable on big volume grade 4 as it is efficient on shallow braided streams and flat sections. The Rebel has been designed to excel with a wide variety of loads – making it ideal for use on longer trips where you may not only have significant gear to take, but a continually lightening load as the trip goes on. We’ve worked hard to optimise the secondary stability – this was important feedback from the early prototypes, not in terms of literal stability but in terms of the transition from primary to secondary, and how clearly defined the rail feels as a consequence. The production Rebel 11 not only ‘sits’ naturally on the rail, but has massively boosted secondary stability making it an easy to paddle and confidence inspiring canoe.
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