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I have had my 14' Coleman green canoe for years, and have paddled all over large inland lakes with it and have never had any control issues, even when dealing with the wakes of other powerboats. A canoe doesn't want to stay in place very well in a stiff breeze because the surface of the floor of the boat is on top of the water, canoes are made to be in motion.
I had a 10' jon boat with a 40 lb MinnKota electric trolling motor, and with two people in it and fishing gear, that thing would truck along at a good clip, and was far more stable on the water for fishing and wouldn't get squirly in wind.. I also could handle it all by myself loading and unloading it in the back of my pickup truck or van. The fisrt trip I would grab the motor, and the battery, and the second trip, I would grab the fishing gear and cooler.....within 10 minutes of showing up, I could be motoring out of the dock area ready to fish.
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