How the hell do you sink a canoe in the middle of a lake, did they feel like hitting up the disco music in the middle of some chop?
I've flipped a few canoes in my day andit's really not that tough to re-flip and get back in and work them to shore full of water.. Since most canoes have foam at the nose and tail it's hard to even imagine how you could sink a canoe and have it unsalvageable. Were they drunk or something?
My brother kicked a canoe over and lost all of our gear once on the side of a dock, but I've never even seen a canoe that wasn't worth salvaging unless it'd been run down rapids and beat full of holes!