I thought I was getting an old town canoe, but it seems I have something a little more vintage. I purchased a white 16ft Stillwater fiberglass canoe off FB marketplace a few years back. The sticker located on the middle of the vessel says "Stillwater by White". It is where most OT canoes say "Old Town". There is a fish jumping out of the water on a sticker near the rear. Otherwise, no other markers other then the serial number stamp. I believe it is actually a model made before Old.Town assimilated the White company in 1984/85. The serial number is X10641410585. I am looking for specs, specifically weight capacity. Any information would be appreciated.
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pklonowski
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Most of the people who can address this are at our Annual Assembly, which ends today, and folks will need a couple days to drive home & get settled...
That is true of the Old Town manufactured model. This is not that. We tried camping with it and it was sunk down to the black bumper around the top of that canoe. We estimated we weighed about 700-750 lbs. The hieght at the mid of the vessel 10 inches at best from what I measur with a tape.
Michael Grace
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The 16' White Stillwater has a 36" beam, 12" depth, weighs 60 lbs and has a capacity of 700 lbs. This is from the 1989 catalog.
My guess is that you have the hull identification number of XTC64141C585 or something similar which would go with serial number 264141. The information at https://www.usps.org/national/safety/HIN/HIN.pdf indicates that this was built by the Old Town Canoe company in March, 1985 for the 1985 model year. The description from the 1989 catalog is shown below with the specifications that Michael mentioned. MGC's specifications are similar to page 20 at https://oldtownwatercraft.johnsonou...les/2023-01/old_town_2008_product_guide_0.pdf in the 2008 Old Town catalog which is a different canoe with the same model name.
Old Town purchased White in November, 1984. The scanned records stop around 250,000 in the early 1980s so the record for your canoe is not readily available. Let me know if you have other questions or need anything else. Thanks,
Benson
Old Town purchased White in November, 1984. The scanned records stop around 250,000 in the early 1980s so the record for your canoe is not readily available. Let me know if you have other questions or need anything else. Thanks,
Benson
I was able to research the paper records at the factory yesterday and got an image of this build record. The Old Town canoe with hull identification number XTC64141C545 and serial number 264141 is a 16 foot long Stillwater model. It was built in March, 1985. The original exterior color was ivory. It shipped on May 29th, 1985 to Center Harbor, New Hampshire. A scan showing this build record can be found 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 donate, join or renew your membership to the WCHA so that services like this can continue. See https://www.woodencanoe.org/about to learn more about the WCHA and https://www.woodencanoe.org/shop to donate or join.
It is also possible that you could have another number or manufacturer if this description doesn't match the canoe. Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions and I will try to respond more quickly.
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 donate, join or renew your membership to the WCHA so that services like this can continue. See https://www.woodencanoe.org/about to learn more about the WCHA and https://www.woodencanoe.org/shop to donate or join.
It is also possible that you could have another number or manufacturer if this description doesn't match the canoe. Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions and I will try to respond more quickly.
Benson
