Howard Caplan
Wooden Canoe Maniac
I picked up a 1947 Penn Yan Rainbow a few weeks ago. Thank you Denis and Kathy.
I was trying to find some info on the company and the canoe such as original factory colors. I found a boat museum in Penn Yan, NY and emailed them and sure enough, they have most of the catalogs from the company. Bill Oben downloaded some pages and sent them to me.
I think I downloaded, here, the page called Composite Construction. If I didn't download it, it says "the canoe canvas is filled with a pure plastic which gives it a glass hard surface".
What's up with plastic filler?
Howard
I was trying to find some info on the company and the canoe such as original factory colors. I found a boat museum in Penn Yan, NY and emailed them and sure enough, they have most of the catalogs from the company. Bill Oben downloaded some pages and sent them to me.
I think I downloaded, here, the page called Composite Construction. If I didn't download it, it says "the canoe canvas is filled with a pure plastic which gives it a glass hard surface".
What's up with plastic filler?
Howard