The rated carrying capacity was first listed in the 1974 catalog at four persons or 624 pounds for this canoe as shown below. It also stated, "Some regulating agencies have established formulas that limit the number of persons and/or total loading capacities of canoes. Old Town believes that a combination of canoeist's experience, type of canoe, and water-weather conditions, rather than arbitrary formulas, is the best guide in such matters." Good luck,