Granitecanoe
New Member
About a month ago I found an Old Town Charles River canoe on craigslist,I have always wanted a W/C canoe and the price was right so I bought it. Having no Idea what I was getting my self into the first thing I did was Google 1922 old town canoe. I quickly arrived at the WCHA web site and began reading, I have read back about three years worth of post in the wood canvas forum plus I purchased The Wood Canvas Canoe book and I joined the WCHA. Yesterday I built a pair of saddles to begin this years winter project.
The canoe appears to be in good shape I could not find any broken ribs or planking. One of the inwales is cracked right where there seem to have been a center thwart or yoke mounted. Also both decks have a split starting where the stem band hold down screw hole is. Both out wales seem ok, but it looks like someone took a saw to the rails on one side (see pic) it's not to deep may 1/8”.
The first thing I plan on doing is removing the stem bands next the keel then the out wales and canvas unless someone suggest a better place to start.
The canoe appears to be in good shape I could not find any broken ribs or planking. One of the inwales is cracked right where there seem to have been a center thwart or yoke mounted. Also both decks have a split starting where the stem band hold down screw hole is. Both out wales seem ok, but it looks like someone took a saw to the rails on one side (see pic) it's not to deep may 1/8”.
The first thing I plan on doing is removing the stem bands next the keel then the out wales and canvas unless someone suggest a better place to start.
