pat chapman
Willits biographer
Could I please get a copy of the build record for OT 123141? It should be a 16' Yankee.
Thanks!
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Build Record for OT 123141
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The Old Town canoe with serial number 123141 is a 16 foot long, CS (common sense or middle) grade, Yankee model with open spruce gunwales, ash decks, ash thwarts, ash seats, and a keel. It was built between October and December, 1937. The original exterior paint color was dark green. It shipped on May 9th, 1938 to Portland, Oregon. A scan of this build record can be found below.
This scan and several hundred thousand more were created with substantial grants from the Wooden Canoe Heritage Association (WCHA) and others as you probably know well. A description of the project to preserve these records is available at http://www.wcha.org/catalogs/old-town/records/ if you want more details. I hope that you will donate, join or renew your membership to the WCHA so that services like this can continue. See https://www.woodencanoe.org/about to learn more about the WCHA and https://www.woodencanoe.org/shop to donate or join.
It is also possible that you could have another number or manufacturer if this description doesn't match your canoe. Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions.
Benson
This scan and several hundred thousand more were created with substantial grants from the Wooden Canoe Heritage Association (WCHA) and others as you probably know well. A description of the project to preserve these records is available at http://www.wcha.org/catalogs/old-town/records/ if you want more details. I hope that you will donate, join or renew your membership to the WCHA so that services like this can continue. See https://www.woodencanoe.org/about to learn more about the WCHA and https://www.woodencanoe.org/shop to donate or join.
It is also possible that you could have another number or manufacturer if this description doesn't match your canoe. Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions.
Benson
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pat chapman
Willits biographer
Thanks as usual Benson. It never occurred to me to ask this, but the records list "Hull Varnished" and "1st Varnished" and "2nd Varnished". What was being done in these steps? Was Hull Varnished on the exterior and the 1st and 2nd Varnish on the interior? Or, was the interior the Hull Varnished and the 1st and 2nd Varnish over the exterior paint?
There is no one left alive who can give us a definitive answer so your guess is probably as good as mine. The sequence and timing seems to indicate that the interior of the hull was varnished just before the canvas was applied and then two coats of varnish were added to the interior just before it was put into storage. My older brother indicated that the first sealing was to make it easier to remove any filler or paint that might get on the interior during the later manufacturing stages. The processes also probably changed over the years as they experimented with different sealers and approaches.
Benson
Benson
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