Craig Dupler
New Member
Ok, so there are illustrations in some of the Old Town catalogs which show "designs" which do not appear in any of the design selection guides. That could have been the illustrators taking a liberty with their task, or they could be designs that were not listed in the catalogs. I have a specific question, and I guess I'm looking for opinions, since I think that facts will be hard to come by. In this page from one of the catalogs several designs are shown. We know that there were three of the extreme AA grade designs that had the mahogany rub rail. They were #23 in red above dark brown, #35 with white over black, and #45 with white over "Yale" blue. Ok, so there is a green version of this fancy AA grade in this picture given that both design 20 and 25 were quite red and that there is plenty of red on design #1 which is shown full length. So, I'm thinking that the design between #22 and #25 might have been a light green over dark green, possibly for Dartmouth, (although the upper really should have been white for that), and not #23, which was red and brown. It's hard to see how it could have been #23 since the other reds in the illustration have not faded or bled in the same way. So what do you think? Could there have been a green version of the designs with the rub rail?
