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I've done a lot of Penn Yan boats over the years. I have one now in the shop. Actually, I don't like them to many screws,nuts and bolts...

I have samples from George that say PY Green and red. While most custom colors are cataloged by customer name, I think these are known...

As I suspected, the artificial material is to be avoided. As a traditionalist in most things, I probably knew this internally but...

I used it once and didn't like it, mainly because I left the pieces too long and they were a pain to weave. i should have cut them short...

I have samples from George that say PY Green and red. While most custom colors are cataloged by customer name, I think these are known...

Too bad you're not closer. I love doing it.

Stick with the real cane. It looks better, lasts longer and preforms better than the artificial "cane".

George (from my experience) records his custom colors by customer name, not canoe manufacturer. It is likely that he might be able to...

Not an expert, but Langford's show up fairly often in Upstate NY. They offered a 17 1/2.

Hate to be that guy but I'm stumped. Was advertised as a 16' Peterborough but it's 17.5....I knew it was longer, three thwarts, from...

FWIW - I used Kirby #40 green on my Penn Yan.

George mixes a PY Red and PY Green….possibly more?

I kind of know what the colors are like. But is there still somewhere I can look at original Penn Yan colors. Something for Cartoppers...

Both my seats blew out after about a year with artificial. Seems like the sun degraded the cane, it bleached out even though the boat...