If you want a little boat for gunkholing, check out Wee Lassies, which are solo canoes paddled with a double paddle. My wife and I use ours year round, came in at 30 lbs, and are good for 225 capacity. We paddled bowron lakes chain last summer, 7 days canoe camping, 120 km 12 km portages. 11'4" and 26" beam.
will fit in the back of a vw vanagon.