old town canoe serial #117101 16
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Greg Nolan
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The Old Town canoe with serial number 117101 is 16 feet long, CS (common sense or standard) AA (top) grade Otca model with western red cedar planking, open spruce gunwales, 20” ash decks, ash thwarts and seats, and was equipped with a keel and floor rack. It was built between January and June 1936. The exterior was originally painted with Old Town design #40. It was shipped on June 12, 1936 to Massey, Kent County, Maryland. A scan of this build record and of design #40 can be found by following the links behind the thumbnail images attached below.
This scan and several hundred thousand others were created with substantial grants from the Wooden Canoe Heritage Association (WCHA) and others. A description of the project to preserve these records is available at http://www.wcha.org/ot_records/ if you want more details. I hope that you will join or renew your membership to the WCHA so that services like this can continue. See http://www.wcha.org/about-the-wcha/ to learn more about the WCHA and http://store.wcha.org/WCHA-New-Membership.html to join.
It is also possible that you could have another number or manufacturer if this description doesn't match your canoe. Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions.
Greg
This scan and several hundred thousand others were created with substantial grants from the Wooden Canoe Heritage Association (WCHA) and others. A description of the project to preserve these records is available at http://www.wcha.org/ot_records/ if you want more details. I hope that you will join or renew your membership to the WCHA so that services like this can continue. See http://www.wcha.org/about-the-wcha/ to learn more about the WCHA and http://store.wcha.org/WCHA-New-Membership.html to join.
It is also possible that you could have another number or manufacturer if this description doesn't match your canoe. Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions.
Greg
Greg Nolan
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The "AA grade" is a cut-and-past error on my part. The build record not only gives the CS grade, but also lists materials -- spruce, ash -- regularly used for a CS grade boat. Mahagony was used in an AA boat. Sorry for the confusion.
Greg
See http://forums.wcha.org/showthread.php?1806 for Dan's other description. The details at http://forums.wcha.org/showthread.php?10762 may also interest you. Feel free to reply here or there if you have other questions. Thanks,
Benson
