KAT
LOVES Wooden Canoes
Here is what we have now... 16 foot long, 34" wide at the tumblehome, 12" deep. Planking is 3 7/8" wide. Ribs are 2 1/4" wide with 1" spacing and are tapered. Heart shaped decks with the leading edge chamfered, full cant rib, not thin and wide.
The serial number appears to be 15490 44. The break in the stem may or may not have destroyed any other numbers and the 1 may not be a number at all, there is a deformation in the wood there. From research so far, it doesn't appear to be any of the known serial number combinations, except for a wrongly administered Canadian perhaps, with the model number after, although that model doesn't fit the dimensions of this craft. The model 44, Balmy, would be 15x34x12 and measured to the extreme outside of the stems this is 15'10". 44A or 44B would fit but the letter just isn't there that we can see.
I just noticed the ribs at the decks are full under the deck but thinned beside the decks and the inwales are tapered as well.
Another oddity is it has never had a keel. No screw holes at all.
The decks are heart shaped but thin, not even 3/4" thick although they were shaped to follow the inwale curve. The inwales, decks and thwarts are all nice and light coloured but the dark colour of the hull is due to the fact someone used stain on it, like some deck stain. It seems to come off easily enough so it would appear it was stained over the varnish. Likely attack the stripping this weekend so will know better soon enough.
Considering I have no history with canoes made with tapered ribs, is it unusual that they are not all the same size, meaning, the tips are different widths where the meet the inwales. It is more like they were hand done rather than using a jig to produce many at a time.
It apparently resided in NW Ontario before winding up in Winnipeg.
The sailing rig that came with it will likely just be sold off since we may just use this boat for our tandem tripping upon it's completion.
So, let the games begin, any ideas or will it just remain a UFO?
The serial number appears to be 15490 44. The break in the stem may or may not have destroyed any other numbers and the 1 may not be a number at all, there is a deformation in the wood there. From research so far, it doesn't appear to be any of the known serial number combinations, except for a wrongly administered Canadian perhaps, with the model number after, although that model doesn't fit the dimensions of this craft. The model 44, Balmy, would be 15x34x12 and measured to the extreme outside of the stems this is 15'10". 44A or 44B would fit but the letter just isn't there that we can see.
I just noticed the ribs at the decks are full under the deck but thinned beside the decks and the inwales are tapered as well.
Another oddity is it has never had a keel. No screw holes at all.
The decks are heart shaped but thin, not even 3/4" thick although they were shaped to follow the inwale curve. The inwales, decks and thwarts are all nice and light coloured but the dark colour of the hull is due to the fact someone used stain on it, like some deck stain. It seems to come off easily enough so it would appear it was stained over the varnish. Likely attack the stripping this weekend so will know better soon enough.
Considering I have no history with canoes made with tapered ribs, is it unusual that they are not all the same size, meaning, the tips are different widths where the meet the inwales. It is more like they were hand done rather than using a jig to produce many at a time.
It apparently resided in NW Ontario before winding up in Winnipeg.
The sailing rig that came with it will likely just be sold off since we may just use this boat for our tandem tripping upon it's completion.
So, let the games begin, any ideas or will it just remain a UFO?
