bob goeckel
Wooden Canoe Maniac
14' fiberglass. thanks
Old Town # xtc91979m731
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The Old Town canoe with serial number 191979 is a 14 foot long fiberglass Carleton model with no keel. It was built in November, 1972. The original exterior gelcoat color was red. It shipped first in January 1973 and was refused. It went out again on April 18th, 1973 to Ann Arbor, Michigan. A scan of this build record can be found by following the link at the thumbnail image attached below.
This scan 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 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 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 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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bob goeckel
Wooden Canoe Maniac
thanks benson! i think my membership is current. i'll double check though.
You will need to dig out more varnish to see but a Penn Yan canoe should have Reed & Prince or Frearson screws that have a slot which is more square than a traditional Philips head screw. This is shown at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Frearson_vs_Phillips.svg for example.
Benson
Benson
More Penn Yan ???
The outwales are not original, they are actually some molding I aquired from my Dad's work shop after my younger brother and I slopped fiberglass over the hull to protect it better. We were 12 & 14 at the time. The hull did have a flat 1/4" thick by 2-3' wide keel strip if I recall. We did not re-attach it. I have many fond memories of paddling in the N.J Pine Barrens and Lake George with my Grandfather and family. Now I intend to ship it to N.N. California to restore it. (The boat still resides in N.J.) The boat never had seats, only a couple of thwarts to lean back on from a kneeling postion. My Grandfather was an instructor for the Red Cross in his day and seating in a canoe was just..inproper!
Any information or leads to such are greatly appreciated.
Thanks everyone
Ryan Scott
The outwales are not original, they are actually some molding I aquired from my Dad's work shop after my younger brother and I slopped fiberglass over the hull to protect it better. We were 12 & 14 at the time. The hull did have a flat 1/4" thick by 2-3' wide keel strip if I recall. We did not re-attach it. I have many fond memories of paddling in the N.J Pine Barrens and Lake George with my Grandfather and family. Now I intend to ship it to N.N. California to restore it. (The boat still resides in N.J.) The boat never had seats, only a couple of thwarts to lean back on from a kneeling postion. My Grandfather was an instructor for the Red Cross in his day and seating in a canoe was just..inproper!
Any information or leads to such are greatly appreciated.
Thanks everyone
Ryan Scott
