what is this?

My dad was a boat builder and restorer of old wooden boats. He passed away last year and I found this in one of his shops. I remember him restoring this and being very excited he found one but I really have no clue what it is. A reverse google image search came up with a Linkanoe but I did...

Its not too uncommon to find very weird objects, bolts, glued up plywood structures, bugs and rusty nails in or under the decks of older canoes. This long decked Morris had been in storage for several years waiting for its turn for restoration. Before that, the owner had it in storage for many...