Disagreements abound. :^)
Canoes are seaworthy, and the only thing they had to carry was the occupants with their skills. It wasn’t a pleasure trip.
Earliest known humans at 200K ago is and always has been British-born out-of-Africa nonsense.
My comment was specifically about the Pesse canoe, which has about three inches of free board and would have flooded and capsized in the north Pacific Ocean within one day.
Also, a Bering Strait explorer would need hunting and dressing tools, wood and fire tools, bedding, shelter from wind, rain, and carnivorous animals, a fresh water container, etc.
Finally, multiple studies have established a clear genetic link between northeast Asia and the earliest known tribes in North America.
Pesse canoe:
