Old Town 314544-15

[Howie]

It also has a narrow, black, tin or plastic tag riveted to a side that reads XTC14645A889. Any idea what this indicates?

And it was fiberglassed. Was it done at the factory?

 

[Benson Gray]

Well, this is odd. An Old Town canoe with serial number 314544 on the stems should have a hull identification number tag starting with XTC14544 and one with a hull identification number tag of XTC14645A889 should have serial number 314645 on the stems. Unfortunately, the build records for neither of these numbers have been scanned so there is little more that I can offer. There is a build record for serial number 314644 which shows a canoe that fiberglassed at the factory so it is likely that your canoe was too. The hull identification number indicates that yours was made in January (or August), 1988 for the 1989 model year. Sorry,

Benson