Sorry, haven't heard about that one- but the description reminds me of my canoe: http://www.allycanoes.com/ I have the 16.5 DR model. Total weight is 40 pounds.

If your "knapsack" looks like this then you're good to go:

or you could always tie the pieces to a frame-pack.

It would probably be the worst possible umbrella, but it is a really good canoe for though rapid conditions. The shape is "just right" for excellent handling and make splashing water go mostly outside the canoe, not inside it, and there is a certain flexibility ("spring") in the construction which makes it really good for going through waves. If you only do flat-water stuff it is a bit slow. I haven't tried the newer version, but rumors are that the canoe is basically the same as before, but with minor improvements.


The trouble with dragging that over land is not the 40 pounds of canoe - it is the 250 pounds of gear that you've stuffed inside it!