Old Town Canoe SN 107399

[Chris in Maryland]

Hello,
Can someone send me information about this old town canoe. It is about 17' long, wood & canvas, currently red.

Thank you.
Chris

 

[Kathryn Klos]

Hi Chris-- and welcome to the WCHA Forums!

Old Town 107399 is a 17 foot CS ("common sense", or not fancy) grade HW (heavy water, or lake boat) model, built with Western red cedar planking, open spruce gunwales, and birch decks, seats, and thwarts... it was fitted with a keel and floor rack and painted *fire red* before being shipped off to the S.H. Dover Hardware Company in [can't read it] New Jersey on April 6, 1931.

If you feel your boat doesn't fit this description, please try again.

Is its current red color at all fiery?

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If you need some pictures of the HW model or any explanations about this canoe or canoe restoration, please feel free to ask.

Kathy

 

[Chris in Maryland]

Kathy,
Thank you for your reply. This sounds like my canoe. I guess the color could be called fiery. . I've owned the canoe about 15 years, but it was leakig a little bit, so I put it in storage about 12 years ago. The painte and filler below the paint is cracking like alligator skin. Any recommendations about recovering or restoring the canoe? Any good resources near Baltimore, MD?

Thank you.
Chris