C
Chriscanoe
Guest
Just had a friend buy an Old Town 16' canoe ,and was wondering about what mosel it is and any other info I can get on it. S#138783.
Thanks,
Chris
Thanks,
Chris
smallboatshop
Restorers
Hi Chris,
Your friend's canoe is a 16' CS grade (Common Sense - middle grade), HW model (Heavy Water) with open spruce gunwales, ash decks, thwarts and seats; a keel and sponsons and was originally painted dark green. It was built in 1944 and sold to the Marine Corp Air Station.
The scan of this record is attached below-- click on it to get a larger 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 and anyone else reading this will join or renew membership in 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 renew.
It is also possible that you could have another number or manufacturer if this description doesn't match your canoe. Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions. Providing photographs would help with identification, as would an accurate measurement of the boat's
length.
Dan
Linda Whiting ~ Daniel Eaton
smallboat shop
Denmark, Maine
www.smallboat-shop.com
Your friend's canoe is a 16' CS grade (Common Sense - middle grade), HW model (Heavy Water) with open spruce gunwales, ash decks, thwarts and seats; a keel and sponsons and was originally painted dark green. It was built in 1944 and sold to the Marine Corp Air Station.
The scan of this record is attached below-- click on it to get a larger 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 and anyone else reading this will join or renew membership in 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 renew.
It is also possible that you could have another number or manufacturer if this description doesn't match your canoe. Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions. Providing photographs would help with identification, as would an accurate measurement of the boat's
length.
Dan
Linda Whiting ~ Daniel Eaton
smallboat shop
Denmark, Maine
www.smallboat-shop.com
OP
OP
Chriscanoe
Guest
Thanks Dan! What a great resource. I am pretty sure this is the same canoe, as it has dimond head bolts on it.
Thaks again.
Thaks again.
