Review; Wingman Cooler Outrigger

 

The Wingman Cooler Outrigger on
on our Old town

Wingman Outfitter is a Roanoke, Va. based company focused on making canoeing a more mainstream activity. How are they doing this? By developing several products to make your canoe more enjoyable and family friendly.

I have canoed most of my life, but living in the gator capital of the world, South West Florida, there was always this little voice in the back of my head that said if we go over this could get bad. Especially when my boys were young. Let’s face it as much as we love our canoes, they aren’t the most stable craft on the water. 

Now in my 50’s my wife and I bought a nice Old Town at my favorite toy store, Bass Pro Shops. I was confident that our maiden voyage would be a great success. We loaded our phones, her new Canon Camera and the other necessities for our successful adventure. Was our maiden voyage successful? Yes, it was. For the phone store, the eye doctor and for Canon, one wrong move and I tipped us over. That one wrong move cost us over $1000.00. Needless to say, I was a little upset.

 

Local Gator

 

The next week I read an article in Bass Master Magazine titled, “Winging it on the Water” the article was about a cooler outrigger for canoes. I was intrigued. After weeks of research and a few phone calls to Wingman Outfitter I purchased my outrigger.

When I first installed the outrigger onto our Old Town (in under 10 minutes), I was somewhat skeptical. I told my wife if this thing works as good as they say it does it will be amazing.

We put in at Lemon Bay and paddled out about 40 yards and I rocked the canoe, Jennifer held on for dear life. We stayed dry. Then I asked her to stand up, and she did. Then all 6’4” 300 pounds of me stood up in our canoe. Shifted my weight we rocked back and forth but never tipped over. The next challenge for the Wingman Cooler Outrigger was the wake of a speeding flats boat. We hit the wake on the port side and kept right on paddling.

Jennifer Standing

 

 

Because of the Wingman Cooler Outrigger our Canoe has been turned into a virtual paddle powered SUV, it handles wind, rain and waves without any trouble and has plenty of storage for a several days float trip.

Whether you are getting older or have a health issue that makes it difficult to get out on the water and enjoy your canoe, than you need the Wingman Cooler Outrigger. Perhaps you’re an inexperienced paddler or have small children with you, or maybe you just want to show up the jet skier who swamped you last year, then Wingman Outfitter Cooler Outrigger is for you. The Cooler Outrigger makes your canoe as stable as a nice jon boat. If per chance you happen to fall out of your canoe you can easily climb right back in but that’s another story.

After over a year of using our Wingman Outfitter Cooler Outrigger, I wouldn’t think of paddling without it. Wingman Outfitter has enhanced our canoeing adventures, whether we are fishing in fresh or salt water, or exploring new waters where we know that no matter what we may encounter, we will conquer it, thanks to our Wingman Outfitter Cooler Outrigger

Visit their website at www.wingmanoutfitter.com or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/wingmanoutfitter  and take a look at the cooler outrigger along with the latest innovations in the paddling industry. 

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Me on the shore of Lemon Bay
Englewood, Fl.