E.M. White Motor Canoe

[hillierkim]

Hello Everyone.
I entered a post a while back asking for any info on a 20ft E.M. White inboard canoe that I am restoring and didn't hear back from anyone so I thought I would give it another try. I did find an ad from 1908 showing this model and that it had a Chapman motor. I am including a few photos of this project for the interested. Would be pleased to hear from anyone about this unusual craft...Thanks in advance....Kim

 

[Rollin Thurlow]

I've worked on several of the boats. Its always a big job! The side are constructed as "Invisable sponsons" meaning the boats have sopnsons except instead of being build like Old Town sponsons, the sponsons are tapered about half way down the hull so they do not bulge out like the the more common style of sponsons. This pratically makes a double hull for the boat which makes it extreamly stong but extreamly difficult to retsore!
The motors were advertised as two cylinder Palmer engines.
the steering station was midships with the wheel fore and aft instead of thwartships. ther was a large coaming all around the inside cockpit and and a colapseable high curved awning over all of the cockpit.

 

[ArkMaker]

Kim
That is an awesome canoe! I have seen newer glass canoes with electric power, but never this one. I've got to keep my eye out for one of these. Does anyone know how many were built?
Rich

 

[hillierkim]

Thank you

Thank you Rollin,
Canoe has had four ribs replaced, sponsons removed, canvas placed behind them, and i am now planing to reinstall them. Do you have any pic's of any of the ones you have finished? Detailed shots of motor install and keel/skeg area would be very helpfull. I also have a guestion about the seating as this one has had none. Are they just unatached seats? I was aware of the awning but I have no details on this either. Did any of the ones you have seen have lifting eyes at stem and stern? Thank you again for your reply....Kim

 

[ken mueller]

Check out the WCHA classifieds. There is a motor canoe listed, maybe the owner could help out.

 

[Dan Miller]

Here are several photos (in batches) of a White Motor canoe seen at the Wooden Boat Expo in Blue Mountain Lake, NY, a few years ago. Now that I live on the River, I would like to find one of these myself...

 

[Dan Miller]

More photos:

 

[hillierkim]

Thank you

Thank you Dan and Ken. The info and pictures are very helpfull to me and will aid me in the restoration process. I really needed the shots of the keel/ prop/ rudder area as this boat had been glassed and keel was powder underneath. Anyone Know were I can get some large dimention dried white oak in Michigan or nearby area? Thanks again for everyones help.....Kim

 

[Denis M. Kallery]

Contact Dave Wermuth. He got me 8/4 by 10 by 20 foot from a logger friend of his. You can find his email address under the members list. Nice guy!
Denis














he got me

 

[Dave Wermuth]

Did someone say Oak?

Call Bob Nelson 810-664-6091. I just called him. He says he's got some from that same pile. Would be air dried I think. Not sure what you need or if it'll work but he's a good guy, give him a call.

 

[Benson Gray]

I really needed the shots of the keel/ prop/ rudder area as this boat had been glassed and keel was powder underneath.

Some more old motor canoe pictures are attached below although they don't all show your areas of concern particularly well. The historic canoe catalog CDs from http://woodencanoe.org/catalog/prod...d=406&osCsid=81370cafe3a3a4f3a9a303a8d1a8f223 and http://www.dragonflycanoe.com/cdrom.htm#historic may show more information.

Benson

 

[hillierkim]

Thanks once again

I really want to say give my Thanks to everyone who has given me more info and pic's of motor canoes. Your help is very much appreciated. The owner of this boat is planing on taking it to events and shows next year and will now have more history to share with others who care about the develoment and origins of this style of watercraft. I have restored numerious canoes, all of which I am glad to have been part of their continiueing history. I am hoping to givre this one the time and energy it deserves. Thank you alll for your time and interest......Kim