Tim Belcher
Apprentice
I picked up a 16 foot wood and fiberglass canoe with serial no 24009 in New Hampshire, with the gunnels and decks too rotted off to tell the make. The wood on the inside looks pretty good for the most part. The fiberglass is awful, but generally intact and still adhering pretty well. I'm wondering whether it was originally wood and canvas. Someone did some repairs to it, including replacing the seats. One feature I'd never seen before is that it has metal (brass?) seats in the bottom for screws that attach the keel, as though the manufacturer expected it to be replaced periodically. I've never refurbished a canoe, and haven't decided whether to restore it to canvas, if that is what it in fact had originally. Any help with the serial number or other suggestions would be welcome.