Old Town Otca
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The Old Town canoe with serial number 99835 is a 17 foot long, AA (or top) grade, Otca model with red western cedar planking, open mahogany gunwales, mahogany decks, mahogany thwarts, mahogany seats, a keel, and a floor rack. It was built between November, 1928 and July, 1929. The original exterior paint color was dark red. It was shipped on July 15th, 1929 to Holderness, New Hampshire. It appears to have moved to Meredith by September of 1985 when there was a previous request for a copy of this build record as shown on the back side. Scans showing both sides of this build record can be found by following the links at the attached thumbnail images below.
These scans and several hundred thousand others were created with substantial grants from the Wooden Canoe Heritage Association (WCHA) and others as you probably know well. 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/wcha/ to learn more about the WCHA and http://www.wcha.org/join.php to join.
It is also possible that they could have another number or manufacturer if this description don't match the canoe. Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions.
Benson
These scans and several hundred thousand others were created with substantial grants from the Wooden Canoe Heritage Association (WCHA) and others as you probably know well. 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/wcha/ to learn more about the WCHA and http://www.wcha.org/join.php to join.
It is also possible that they could have another number or manufacturer if this description don't match the canoe. Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions.
Benson
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A canvas covered canoe is generally considered more "valuable and/or desirable" than a fiberglass covered one. A quick search for fiberglass here will show that it is a common topic of discussion and most threads like the one at http://forums.wcha.org/showthread.php?11416 encourage the removal of fiberglass. There is a huge variation in the difficulty of removing fiberglass but it typically isn't the most interesting part of a restoration. Good luck,
Benson
Benson
