hello.......i am completley new to the canoe sport...........i went on a canoe and had to buy 1............so i found a "muskoka fine watercraft company wooden canoe. It is 16 foot........the interior finish is beutiful.....the exterior is stripped of its canvas.........is there any way to waterproof the exterior without canvas?.......the reason i ask this.......i would like to show off the beutiful wood instead of covering it....and the very center at the stern.i believe its the "bang" is rotted at the seam.........im going to the bookstore today.so i can talk about this with some degree of intellegence.Has any1 ever heard of this brand of canoe?