Good day all!
Last week I ended up purchasing a Chestnut Ogilvy. This is not only my first wood/canvas boat, it's my first canoe. I've knocked about for the last 20 years or so with friend's Tupperware (okay, plastic) and aluminium boats. I've fished, camped, paddled on ponds and run a couple rivers as well.
Enough about me.
Apparently my canoe was "restored" about 15 years ago. The canvas was replaced with fibreglass, and as far as I can see, a really poor job it was. The previous owner told me they did this so that they could "run rivers." Judging from the skid marks on the fibreglass, it looks more like they ran rock gardens! The inwales and outwales both need to be replaced in the relatively near future. If my attempts at attaching photos worked, you can see this repair. It's been done on both sides. There was also what I believe to be a shoe keel added during this "restoration." I have also found some rib tip rot on some of the ribs.
My plan is to just use the canoe for the summer. After that, I'm considering a restoration of this behemoth. That is if I can figure out how to remove the fibreglass covering. I've read on here that it takes heat and is NOT a pleasant task.
This was meant to be more of an introduction and saying hi than anything else. I think I've lucked out with the Ogilvy since it makes a great stable platform from which to fish and appears to be able to act as a moose hauler as I have seen some other canoes described on here!
Cheers!
Craig
Last week I ended up purchasing a Chestnut Ogilvy. This is not only my first wood/canvas boat, it's my first canoe. I've knocked about for the last 20 years or so with friend's Tupperware (okay, plastic) and aluminium boats. I've fished, camped, paddled on ponds and run a couple rivers as well.
Enough about me.
Apparently my canoe was "restored" about 15 years ago. The canvas was replaced with fibreglass, and as far as I can see, a really poor job it was. The previous owner told me they did this so that they could "run rivers." Judging from the skid marks on the fibreglass, it looks more like they ran rock gardens! The inwales and outwales both need to be replaced in the relatively near future. If my attempts at attaching photos worked, you can see this repair. It's been done on both sides. There was also what I believe to be a shoe keel added during this "restoration." I have also found some rib tip rot on some of the ribs.
My plan is to just use the canoe for the summer. After that, I'm considering a restoration of this behemoth. That is if I can figure out how to remove the fibreglass covering. I've read on here that it takes heat and is NOT a pleasant task.
This was meant to be more of an introduction and saying hi than anything else. I think I've lucked out with the Ogilvy since it makes a great stable platform from which to fish and appears to be able to act as a moose hauler as I have seen some other canoes described on here!
Cheers!
Craig
