Old town 16' Sponson canoe help
- Thread starter flintlok
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Greg Nolan
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I think you need to take another look at the serial number -- the Old Town canoe with the serial number 19217 is a 16' Charles river model, CS (common sense or standard) grade with western red cedar planking, spruce gunwales and maple decks, thwarts and seats, spruce finish rails, and equiped with a keel. It was originally dark green, and was shipped to Baltimore, MD on March 7, 1912. It was built in 1911, before diamond head bolts were in use, and was not a sponson canoe.
While the original bolts of canoes earlier than 1922-23 were sometimes replaced with diamond head bolts during restorations, sponsons are not an add-on option -- with very rare exceptions, they are factory built and installed. So if your canoe has sponsons, this is likely not the build frecord for your anoe.
Greg
While the original bolts of canoes earlier than 1922-23 were sometimes replaced with diamond head bolts during restorations, sponsons are not an add-on option -- with very rare exceptions, they are factory built and installed. So if your canoe has sponsons, this is likely not the build frecord for your anoe.
Greg
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