Feathers
LOVES Wooden Canoes
I just purchased this canoe this morning and I did it without knowing much about what I was buying. Hopefully some of you folks can help me figure out what I brought home. Seller told me he purchased it from a barn auction in Southern Wisconsin 25 years ago. It is a Peterborough and has a tag that reads "Model 16" and the serial number is "8255". There is faint remnant of a sticker that I think reads "Tandem" It seems very narrow, with zero rocker, and a V shaped hull (don't know if I could even paddle this thing without ending up in the lake). I'm not sure how much of it is original, but it looks quite old to me.
My questions:
1. Is it possible to roughly date the canoe?
2. How much of it is original?
3. The seller said he had been told it was some type of racing canoe. True?
4. Have the bow and stern been reversed? It seems like the bow would be where the sticker and tag should be.
5. Is it likely the paddle that came with it is the same age as the canoe?
6. Would putting it in the lake in its present condition just to paddle it a few minutes be a big mistake?
Thanks for any help!
My questions:
1. Is it possible to roughly date the canoe?
2. How much of it is original?
3. The seller said he had been told it was some type of racing canoe. True?
4. Have the bow and stern been reversed? It seems like the bow would be where the sticker and tag should be.
5. Is it likely the paddle that came with it is the same age as the canoe?
6. Would putting it in the lake in its present condition just to paddle it a few minutes be a big mistake?
Thanks for any help!