moonshine30
Curious about Wooden Canoes
Hi there everyone!! I am a time to time lurker on this forum, and while I don't know much about strippers or canvas canoes, what I have learned is from this site alone. I have purchase SEVERAL canoes in the past and haven't had very good luck with gettting a good one, mainly because I didn't know enough about them to judge condition.
I was at one of the local sporting goods stores here in the Twin Cities Minnesota that has an annual canoe and kayak auction every year and I couldn't pass up a chance to bid on a stripper. I already have a Wenonah Kevlar solo canoe, but I keep coming back to these old woodies, whether they be canvas or stip design. This stripper is a 17 foot tandem and there are NO makers marks on it anywhere that would give me a clue that this was made by a well known company, so my guess this is a home made job. Mainly wondering two things though.....I want to clean her up this afternoon, just clean, not restore. What do I use?? Just a wet rag or something like dawn soap and a rag?? Or would I treat this like a peice of furniture and use furniture polish, lemon oil, or something of that nature?? Sorry for being ignorant, but never cleaned a tripper before. I tried searching in the archives, but didn't know how to word the search right so the info would come up.
Secondly, wanting to know the condition of this boat and if anyone can tell, if there was a specific model or design this boat was made after. Also, if this thing is made decent or is a POS. I have had good luck with you guys correctly identifying that by pictures and my descriptions in the past, so I'll go take some pics right now and post them shortly. Hang tight and I'll get the pics up....
Jennifer
I was at one of the local sporting goods stores here in the Twin Cities Minnesota that has an annual canoe and kayak auction every year and I couldn't pass up a chance to bid on a stripper. I already have a Wenonah Kevlar solo canoe, but I keep coming back to these old woodies, whether they be canvas or stip design. This stripper is a 17 foot tandem and there are NO makers marks on it anywhere that would give me a clue that this was made by a well known company, so my guess this is a home made job. Mainly wondering two things though.....I want to clean her up this afternoon, just clean, not restore. What do I use?? Just a wet rag or something like dawn soap and a rag?? Or would I treat this like a peice of furniture and use furniture polish, lemon oil, or something of that nature?? Sorry for being ignorant, but never cleaned a tripper before. I tried searching in the archives, but didn't know how to word the search right so the info would come up.
Secondly, wanting to know the condition of this boat and if anyone can tell, if there was a specific model or design this boat was made after. Also, if this thing is made decent or is a POS. I have had good luck with you guys correctly identifying that by pictures and my descriptions in the past, so I'll go take some pics right now and post them shortly. Hang tight and I'll get the pics up....
Jennifer