My new to me '53 18' Penn Yan has a tear near the keel. I am a complete canvas canoe neophyte, and so am looking for opinions - is there potential for patching or is a recanvas the only option? As far as I can tell the rest of the canoe is in real good shape. Here's a photo of the tear, and another showing some scraping where the silver filler shows through.
Torn:
![2011-08-28_10-39-41_106.jpg 2011-08-28_10-39-41_106.jpg](https://forums.wcha.org/data/attachments/14/14185-e9575d7c43b985a80823084ea5c77aa7.jpg?hash=6VddfEO5ha)
Scraped:
![2011-08-28_10-40-07_592.jpg 2011-08-28_10-40-07_592.jpg](https://forums.wcha.org/data/attachments/14/14186-1fac1149c3fb68189aa34bee5a5105c1.jpg?hash=H6wRScP7aB)
Any help appreciated!
Torn:
![2011-08-28_10-39-41_106.jpg 2011-08-28_10-39-41_106.jpg](https://forums.wcha.org/data/attachments/14/14185-e9575d7c43b985a80823084ea5c77aa7.jpg?hash=6VddfEO5ha)
Scraped:
![2011-08-28_10-40-07_592.jpg 2011-08-28_10-40-07_592.jpg](https://forums.wcha.org/data/attachments/14/14186-1fac1149c3fb68189aa34bee5a5105c1.jpg?hash=H6wRScP7aB)
Any help appreciated!