Cost of recanvasing

[Michael Leone]

I would like to get an idea of how much it will cost
to have my 39 Otca recanvased.
and who might be close to me in north Jersey that could do it?
Here are some pics.

[Michael Grace]

Hey Michael, that's a pretty odd-looking "Otca"! Are you sure you want to canvas the one in the photos?

[Gil Cramer]

Michael,
This looks like a Bill Whalen April Fool's Day joke. I've fallen for so many of his over the years that I'm gunshy any time from March through May.

[Michael Leone]

It seems I grabed the wrong pics, thats a Chestnut Moonlight
Deluxe molded mahogony veneer thing I'm working on.
here are the right ones I think

[Gil Cramer]

Michael,
Al Bratton @ Woodstrip Watercraft is close to Philadelphia. He's been restoring w/c canoes for a long time. When you refer to recanvassing, do you mean disassemble, oil, recanvas, fill, paint, and reassemble? If so, the cost could easily be $1200-$1400. The outside stems, rub rail, and two tone paint job all take extra time over the usual canoe.
If you are going to do the disassembling, oiling, filling, painting, and reassembling then $300-$400 will probably be enough. If you can get together with one of the chapters, they might do it for a project for just the cost of the canvas. Gil