Need help with Identification old town 17 ft canoe

[Norman]

serial # 279911 THANK YOU

 

[Benson Gray]

The scanned Old Town records stop at 210999 around 1975 so none of us here have any newer information immediately available. The chart at http://forums.wcha.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=24294&d=1360203686 shows that yours is probably from around 1987. This canoe should have a hull identification number (HIN) on the starboard stern that starts with XTC and ends with an encoded date. The information at http://www.boatsafe.com/nauticalknowhow/hin.htm can tell you how to interpret it. You may be able to contact the customer service department at the Old Town Canoe Company and get a copy from their paper records if they are not too busy. Please reply here if they are not able to satisfy your request. Good luck,

Benson

 

[Norman]

Thank you very much, will try to get that number and give oldtown a call