Help*ID'n a canoe for a newbie

[Kevin French]

First a quick intro. I have always loved wood/canvas canoes. My parents had a 17' Old Town when I was a kid and I just bought my first wood/canvas week ago.

It's a 20'a, that's in need of some work. The front deck is 10 1/2" across and 12" down on each side and the rear deck is 11" across and 16" down the sides.

here is the link to the pics of the canoe.

http://s56.photobucket.com/albums/g179/sweeper54/Canoe/

I have not found any serial#s on the front stem and can't get the center planking up to look at the rear stem.

 

[BadgerBoater]

Ufda!

From your photos, I can't make out anything distinguishing, but I can see where you're going to be very busy if you're going to restore this one. Either someone has a lot of confidence / hope in your woodworking skills, or they're trying to get even with you - LOL. Are you stripping the canvas? Can't see from the photos - besides the obvious damage to the inwale and outwale - how much damage / rot is there? Looks like a worthwhile project. Have fun!

Rich

 

[Kevin French]

From what I could see the stems look good and the worst of it is just the gunwales.
I do plan to re-canvas it, it has a couple fiberglass patches in it and there is one cracked rib.

The price was right so I figured it was worth a try.

I am looking forward to cleaning it up. It came out of the Allagash area and hope to tour the lakes of the upper Allagash with it in 2010.

 

[MikeCav]

That boat is very restorable and a great way to get involved with a very addicting hobby!


Is the boat canvassed or fiberglassed? The photos look more like glass to me.

 

[Kevin French]

Canvas w/glass repairs. It will be coming off and recanvased.

I just found a source for gunwales, I have two choice right now Oak or Ash? With the size of the canoe I'm not concerned about the weight of using hard wood over spruce.

 

[MikeCav]

Ash is more durable than spruce and won't stain as badly as oak.

Though the decks are a little different - might that be a Miller canoe? Nictau, NB area.