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Curious about Wooden Canoes
sorry i have no idea of make of boat just the serial number in bottom of boat 144122 17 , any one have any info?
serial number 144122 17 not sure of make of boat
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pklonowski
Unrepentant Canoeist
It sounds like an Old Town serial number, but pictures would help to verify that... Stem profiles, decks, thwarts, seats, ribs, planking pattern if the canvas is off...
If it's an Old Town, it's a WWII era boat, so the seats would probably be planked, rather than caned? Or they could have been replaced at some point... pictures are worth thousands of words.
If it's an Old Town, it's a WWII era boat, so the seats would probably be planked, rather than caned? Or they could have been replaced at some point... pictures are worth thousands of words.
Mark Adams
all wood nut
Hi Roy,
This isn't specific to your canoe, but rather, your user name;
This site, like many others, is probably subject to "mining." By using your email address as your user name,you are opening yourself wide for a potentially vast amount of spam. I don't know if you have the option of changing your user name, but I am pretty sure Admin can get you sorted.
FYI, and HTH
This isn't specific to your canoe, but rather, your user name;
This site, like many others, is probably subject to "mining." By using your email address as your user name,you are opening yourself wide for a potentially vast amount of spam. I don't know if you have the option of changing your user name, but I am pretty sure Admin can get you sorted.
FYI, and HTH
smallboatshop
Restorers
The Old Town Canoe with that number is a 17' AA Grade (Top Grade) OTCA model with open mahogany gunwales - and probably mahogany decks, seats and thwarts. It was equipped with half ribs, a keel and outside stems. The canoe was built in 1946, painted Brown and sold to a man in Lake George, NY
This scan and several hundred thousand others were created with substantial grants from the Wooden Canoe Heritage Association (WCHA) and others. 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/about-the-wcha/ to learn more about the WCHA and http://store.wcha.org/WCHA-New-Membership.html to join.
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.
Dan
smallboat shop
Denmark, Maine
www.smallboat-shop.com
This scan and several hundred thousand others were created with substantial grants from the Wooden Canoe Heritage Association (WCHA) and others. 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/about-the-wcha/ to learn more about the WCHA and http://store.wcha.org/WCHA-New-Membership.html to join.
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.
Dan
smallboat shop
Denmark, Maine
www.smallboat-shop.com
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Curious about Wooden Canoes
thanks a lot that would be it since i live 5 minutes from lake george. is the boat worth anything? i plan on cutting it in half and making book shelfs 
roy_granger2000@yahoo.com
Curious about Wooden Canoes
another pic of canoe
pklonowski
Unrepentant Canoeist
Looks pretty restorable.... why cut it up for bookshelves?
roy_granger2000@yahoo.com
Curious about Wooden Canoes
Idone have the time or intrest in restoration. So if its not worth much ill cut it in half and have some nice book shelf
JClearwater
Wooden Canoes are in the Blood
Don't you dare cut it in half for bookshelves! Canoes in much worse shape have been restored to beautiful working condition. If you want a bookshelf build one or go buy one but don't destroy a restorable boat to get one. Value is subjective, most of us wouldn't pay much more than $300 for that canoe but it's the principle of the thing. Canoes are canoes, bookshelves are bookshelves and never the 'twain shall meet.
Jim C.
Jim C.
roy_granger2000@yahoo.com
Curious about Wooden Canoes
well hate to tell ya but if its only worth 300 it will be cut in half, its worth 5 times that at least when cut in half and made into book shelf, sorry man
Mark Adams
all wood nut
Hi Jim,
Just a couple things to put this all into perspective;
1) Not everyone has the talent, skill, tools or desire to properly restore a wood canoe. Some are just as happy taking a Sawsall to a good hull, and making the cottage knick-knack holder.
2) Ultimately, it is his hull to do with as he chooses. I used to get all worked up about good hulls ending up as ugly book cases too. However, I realized that they can't all be saved and that for every canoe that was hacked in half, the value of my properly restored canoes went up. No doubt, it will join the endless parade of unsold canoe shelves that parades across ebay every day.
Just a couple things to put this all into perspective;
1) Not everyone has the talent, skill, tools or desire to properly restore a wood canoe. Some are just as happy taking a Sawsall to a good hull, and making the cottage knick-knack holder.
2) Ultimately, it is his hull to do with as he chooses. I used to get all worked up about good hulls ending up as ugly book cases too. However, I realized that they can't all be saved and that for every canoe that was hacked in half, the value of my properly restored canoes went up. No doubt, it will join the endless parade of unsold canoe shelves that parades across ebay every day.
