My buddy has an old aluminum canoe that I used for floating on the Knik River while I lived in Alaska. It was used for duck hunting, bear hunting and floats down the river. I used it more than he did! It was about 12 feet long or so.
Never had a single issue with it expect the time my brother decided to stand up in it and flip the canoe. Thank goodness we were in the shallow part of the river. The open end turned towards, pointing up stream, and filled it up with water. It was a PIA to move, but we did get it to a sand bank and was able to dump the water.
My buddy kept it stored underneath some tress in his back yard (his cabin was right off the river) on some railroad ties, upside down. With the winters in Alaska, he would just brush it off once in awhile when too much snow accumulated on top of it.
They can be loud if someone drops something, but do quite well with going over structure in the shallows. Easy to clean as well. I don’t remember the brand of the canoe but it was at least 20 years old and a champ!