Need some help with an ID.

[Tom Little]

Can anybody ID this deck ? The decal is oval and faded out so badly I can't make out letters.
Haven't seen any single lobe decks before.
Any ideas?
Tom

 

[Tom Little]

I'll get some better pictures tomorrow.
The inner gunnels come together peculiar also. Not to a mitered center point.

 

[Tom Little]

This was acquired in northern Minnesota. That might help

 

[Benson Gray]

My guess would be a Racine. See http://www.wcha.org/forums/index.php?threads/racinewis.3985/ and https://www.wcha.org/forums/index.php?threads/6535/ for some similar examples.

Benson

 

[Dave Osborn]

Tom,
I’d guess Racine. They had a single lobe deck and oval decal.
I have replica decals if you need one.
Dave

 

[Dan Miller]

I agree with Racine Boat Company as well. See the attached catalog page from 1924, which shows both the single-lobe deck and round decal. (The full catalog can be viewed here: https://woodencanoemuseum.org/manufacturer-catalog/racine-boat-company-catalog-1924).

 

[Tom Little]

Thanks for the info. It does have all the characteristics of a Racine. It also has half ribs, could that be a later addition?

 

[Dan Miller]

Half ribs were certainly an option. Unless they really don't look like they belong, they are probably original.

 

[Tom Little]

They look to be the same material