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Kathryn Klos
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Hello and welcome,
This appears to be the correct record, based on what you've said... let me know if it isn't and I'll keep looking:
Old Town 184742 is a 13 foot lightweight model canoe that was finished March and April of 1970, with 20 inch decks, outside stems, and a keel with full-length stem band. It was painted dark blue and shipped to a gentleman in Woodacre, California, on April 21, 1970.
Sounds like a special order, with the longer decks and outside stems-- more tricked-out than I can recall seeing in a little lightweight of this vintage. Please post pictures.
A copy of this scan is attached below--- click on it to enlarge the image.
This scan and several hundred thousand others were created with substantial grants from the Wooden Canoe Heritage Association (WCHA) and others. A description of the project to preserve these records is available at http://www.wcha.org/ot_records/ if you want more details. I hope that you will join or renew your membership to the WCHA so that services like this can continue. See http://www.wcha.org/wcha/ to learn more about the WCHA and http://www.wcha.org/join.php to join.
It's a real treasure to have a family canoe-- especially one you helped to pick out. If you need any advice/direction regarding the restoration of this canoe, you've come to the right place!
Kathy
This appears to be the correct record, based on what you've said... let me know if it isn't and I'll keep looking:
Old Town 184742 is a 13 foot lightweight model canoe that was finished March and April of 1970, with 20 inch decks, outside stems, and a keel with full-length stem band. It was painted dark blue and shipped to a gentleman in Woodacre, California, on April 21, 1970.
Sounds like a special order, with the longer decks and outside stems-- more tricked-out than I can recall seeing in a little lightweight of this vintage. Please post pictures.
A copy of this scan is attached below--- click on it to enlarge the image.
This scan and several hundred thousand others were created with substantial grants from the Wooden Canoe Heritage Association (WCHA) and others. A description of the project to preserve these records is available at http://www.wcha.org/ot_records/ if you want more details. I hope that you will join or renew your membership to the WCHA so that services like this can continue. See http://www.wcha.org/wcha/ to learn more about the WCHA and http://www.wcha.org/join.php to join.
It's a real treasure to have a family canoe-- especially one you helped to pick out. If you need any advice/direction regarding the restoration of this canoe, you've come to the right place!
Kathy
