gocanoeing
Curious about Wooden Canoes
My son's father-in-law in northern Maine has what he believes is an otca that has a serial number of RC51437 on the stem. If that is a good s/n, is there a build record for it? Thanks
Looks Like An OldTown To Me
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Mark Adams
all wood nut
Hello,
That isn't an Old Town serial number, rather, it is a Penn Yan Rainbow. Great canoes, the Rainbows.
That isn't an Old Town serial number, rather, it is a Penn Yan Rainbow. Great canoes, the Rainbows.
Kathryn Klos
squirrel whisperer
There are no known records from the Penn Yan Company, so there's no way to connect the serial number to a build record.
Some information on Penn Yan can be found by using the "search" function above (and typing in "Penn Yan" and maybe adding Rainbow) and by going to www.dragonflycanoe.com/id/. Scroll to Penn Yan on the left.
Kathy
Some information on Penn Yan can be found by using the "search" function above (and typing in "Penn Yan" and maybe adding Rainbow) and by going to www.dragonflycanoe.com/id/. Scroll to Penn Yan on the left.
Kathy
Gil Cramer
The wooden canoe Shop, Inc.
After WWII and before 1957, Penn Yan used the first 2 digits to indicate the year of manufacture. A serial number with the digits starting with 51 probably indicates that the canoe was made in 1951. Gil
