Old Town Something
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The Old Town canoe with serial number 55446 is a 17 foot long, AA (or top) grade, Otca model with red western cedar planking, open mahogany gunwales, twenty inch mahogany decks, mahogany thwarts, mahogany seats, a keel, and a floor rack. It was built between July and October, 1919. The original exterior paint color was dark green. It shipped on April 21st, 1920 to St. Paul, Minn. A scan of this build record can be found by following the link at the attached thumbnail image below.
This scan and several hundred thousand more 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 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 renew.
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.
Benson
This scan and several hundred thousand more 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 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 renew.
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.
Benson
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Wow. That was fast. Thank you so much. Looks like this will be very worthwhile to restore.
Most of the planking is nicely intact, only two ribs have a crack. The original finish is still in the inside. The keel is there but, is full of dry rot. The canvas is all off and it's good to see no one put on the dreaded "F-glass". two outwales and one inhale are busted but, can be spliced together probably pretty well. Both decks and combing are about 98% perfect. Original seats are with canoe but, other makeshift ones are installed, easy to ditch and return originals to rightful place. Only 6 rib tips to repair if desired. Now for the bad news. Classic end rot on one end involving 2% of deck, ends of inhales and outwales AND stem. Other end, some end rot but stem is OK as well as deck. So Gunwales, End rot and keel are the most of it. Not too bad.
Thanks tons for shining a light on this.
Splinter
