Old Town Courting Canoe SN 73894

[Gregory Messier]

Can someone please pull the build sheet on this canoe for me?

 

[DanielGagner]

If you contact Old Town Canoe they'll look it up for you and send you info on it's original build /sale if that's what you're looking for. they did it for me.

 

[Todd F]

Greg, Benson should respond in short order.

 

[Gregory Messier]

If you contact Old Town Canoe they'll look it up for you and send you info on it's original build /sale if that's what you're looking for. they did it for me.

Hi Daniel,
The WCHA has a grant to acquire and preserve all of Old Towns historical build records. One of the many things this great association does.

 

[Benson Gray]

The Old Town canoe with serial number 73894 is a 17 foot long, AA (or top) grade, Otca model with red Western cedar planking, open mahogany gunwales, thirty inch mahogany decks, mahogany thwarts, mahogany seats, a keel, and a bank plate along the full length of the keel. It was built between December, 1922 and June, 1923. The original exterior paint color design was similar to the one shown at http://www.wcha.org/catalogs/old-town/designs/design13.gif which was know as the design number 13. The stripes were blue, white, red, white, green, white, and yellow. It shipped on July 5th, 1923 to Croton Falls, New York. A scan showing this build record can be found below.

This scan and several hundred thousand more were created with substantial grants from the Wooden Canoe Heritage Association (WCHA) and others as you probably know well. A description of the project to preserve these records is available at http://www.wcha.org/catalogs/old-town/records/ if you want more details. I hope that you will donate, join or renew your membership to the WCHA so that services like this can continue. See http://www.wcha.org/about-wcha to learn more about the WCHA and http://www.wcha.org/store/membership to renew.

It is also possible that you could have another number or manufacturer if this description doesn't match your canoe. Please provide a picture if the original design is still showing. Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions. Thanks,

Benson

 

[Todd F]

If I recall correctly someone recently inquired about design 13. Perhaps this buildsheet might be a nice confirmation of previous recommendations.. Either way, would be nice to see a final job!

 

[Greg Nolan]

for recent inquiry about design 13, with copoy of design, see

https://forums.wcha.org/threads/old-town-paint-design-13.19292/

 

[Andrew]

Hi Gregory,

I'd love to see some pictures of the 30" decks. I'm working on a similarly outfitted canoe https://forums.wcha.org/threads/86672.18598/

Andrew

 

[Benson Gray]

I'd love to see some pictures of the 30" decks.

The links below show some similar decks from that era.

Benson

AA grade Old Town Molitor model in original condition from 1921

This is an AA grade Old Town Molitor model in original condition from 1921. It has closed gunwales and pocked ribs like a Morris.

forums.wcha.org

Old Town Canoe Molitor Model from 1922

This is an example of an seventeen foot long Molitor model in AA grade from the Old Town Canoe Company that was built in 1922 with open gunwales.

forums.wcha.org

 

[Michael Grace]

Another potential stunner. Congratulations Gregory. Please share photos sometime.

Andrew - your link to the discussion of your canoe made me re-read that thread. I can't imagine what I found when I looked for the design of your canoe and said "not my cup of tea" because design #22 has always been one of my absolute favorites! There are a few OT designs I personally don't care for (like the "giant eyeball" #29) but #22 is at the top of my love list.