Barry Christenson
Curious about Wooden Canoes
a friend has an Old Town in storage in Oregon but doesn't know anything about it. Can you provide the build sheet? SN 174076, 18' Thanks!
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The Old Town canoe with serial number 174076 is an 18 foot long fifty guide model built on the Otca form with a keel and narrow two and 3/4 inch planking. It was built between July and October, 1964. The original exterior paint color was red. It shipped on June 7th, 1965 to Concord, Mass. A scan of this build record can be found by following the link at the attached thumbnail image below.
This scan and several hundred thousand more 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/catalogs/old-town/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/wcha/ to learn more about the WCHA and http://www.wcha.org/join.html to join.
It is also possible that your friend could have another number or manufacturer if this description doesn't match their canoe. Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions.
Benson
This scan and several hundred thousand more 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/catalogs/old-town/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/wcha/ to learn more about the WCHA and http://www.wcha.org/join.html to join.
It is also possible that your friend could have another number or manufacturer if this description doesn't match their canoe. Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions.
Benson
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Dan Lindberg
Ex Wood Hoarder
Benson,
I'm curious, with the Guide and OTCA hull shapes being very different, what does "Guide" built on a OTCA form mean in terms of what the canoe is?
Is it simply a low end Otca or ???
Dan
I'm curious, with the Guide and OTCA hull shapes being very different, what does "Guide" built on a OTCA form mean in terms of what the canoe is?
Is it simply a low end Otca or ???
Dan
Yes, it is an Otca with low ends. The differences in the hull shape are more subtle. Let me know if this doesn't answer your question. Thanks,
Benson
Dan Lindberg
Ex Wood Hoarder
Thanks Benson,
But what do you mean by "The differences in the hull shape are more subtle."?
Does this mean that it's basically a OTCA but with the hull "pushed and poked" to make a low deck shape fit the hull?
or?
Dan
But what do you mean by "The differences in the hull shape are more subtle."?
Does this mean that it's basically a OTCA but with the hull "pushed and poked" to make a low deck shape fit the hull?
or?
Dan
It is an Otca hull with the low shear line rails of the guide model. (Think of an Otca without the high points at the ends.) The profiles shown at http://www.wcha.org/catalogs/old-town/hull-x-s.gif provide some indication of how similar the shapes of the Otca and the Guide are amidships. Most wooden canoe forms can be easily modified to use rails with different shapes or locations (which will minimize the need to be "pushed and poked" later).
Benson
Benson
Dan Lindberg
Ex Wood Hoarder
Thanks Benson
