Grandlaker
Builder & Restorer
The number in the stem is 59228 A metal plate near the stern with this number CHN 59228 M76L
Thanks
Thanks
Chestnut square tern
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The CHN is the old code for a Chestnut although the information at http://www.uscgboating.org/recalls/mic_detail.aspx?id=CHN confirms that this code is now being used by "CHEM TAINER INDUSTRIES INC." The information at http://www.boatsafe.com/nauticalknowhow/hin.htm indicates that the "76L" shows that it shipped in July, 1976. There are no known serial number records for the Chestnut Canoe Company so additional information is not available at this time. Sorry,
Benson
Benson
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Grandlaker
Builder & Restorer
Thanks Benson This is my first encounter with a chestnut canoe. I am not impressed at all with the construction of it. They cut allot of corners.
Keep in mind that by the time your canoe was built, Chestnut had been competing against aluminum canoes for 32 years, Royalex canoes for 17 years and fiberglass canoes for 11 years. Raw materials were getting harder to find as well. It is not surprising that they had to cut corners to try to survive (which they didn't - they closed their doors 2 -1/2 years after your canoe was built).
Construction issues aside, Chestnut designs remain among the best that were ever built.
