12 ft UFO?

[Treewater]

This 12 footer, actually 11 ft 10 inches, was on ebay last July and I finally got it home. S Somewhere someone suggested it was Canadian built.

 

[Treewater]

The deck is like a St. Louis arrow head but gunwales end in a blunt square. You can see it if you look close.
There is no keel and a fair amount of rocker. Weighs 48 lbs. 30.5 inches across on the single thwart.

Forward seat attachment is different and there is a cap on the inner wale. Cap is thin, like 1/8 inch.

Bang strips have a "wing" at the top and the strip itself ends by being pushed down in the deck.

 

[Treewater]

Good construction. Seems to be original canvas, or just old, but surface was not all that smooth. Sort of orange peel. a rather tippy boat and of course, hard to keep on track w/o keel. No serial numbers I could find, No ID of any type. Great planking job. Every plank even. Every rib straight and even.

 

[Dan Miller]

Most likely Bastien Bros. Possibly another of the "Huron" builders.

 

[Treewater]

Thanks. I posted pics to the Bastien page. Maybe someone else has one. Does anyone know when they were building?