1981 Old Town Canoe

[Mike K]

I recently purchased a 1981(?) 17 ft Old Town canoe thinking that it was a 17 ft Ranger, as the owner stated. After getting home I started to look at this canoe in more detail and I am not sure if it is a Ranger. The canoe length from bow to stern is 17 ft 6 inches, 36 inches wide and it is an asymmetrical hull. Serial number is TBH09302M81A. The canoe weighs 90 lbs and I believe it is Royalex as it does not have float tanks.

Hopefully this was worth the $200 I paid for it. I will be replacing the rotten wood.

 

[pklonowski]

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Success! TBH09302M81A is of the standard HIN type called Model-Year HIN. If you are buying this boat/craft then you should get the Boat-Alert History for 29.99$ from this certified boat history report provider.
TBH = Blue Hole Canoe Company (Out of Business)
09302 = Boat Serial Number
M = HIN format is Model-Year. Always has M at position nine (1972-1984)
81A = Production date August 1981

Not an Old Town...

 

[Mike K]

Thank you for the information. It looks like this is an Blue Hole Canoe MBS model with the wood gunwales.