This light and compact canoe handles superbly on extended solo trips and holds enough for casual weekends for two. The Special is very stable and surprisingly fast for its short, manoeuvrable length. A shoe keel makes traversing lakes an efficient process, while gentle rocker lets you wend non-technical rivers with joyful assurance.
- Nova's fibreglass hulls are among the lightest and most rugged on the market. They use woven fiberglass cloth, instead of chopped strand mat, to make a truly superior hull
- Gunwales are aluminum
- Thwarts, yoke, and seats are ash
