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The Old Town canoe with serial number 176636 is a 16 foot long Otca model with a keel. It was built between August, 1966 and January...

PS..on the illustration above, I add an adjustable kicking strap or vang. Smarter minds than mine might have opinions on wisdom of that...

Welcome and congratulations, the Old Town canoe with serial number 105478 is 11.5 foot long dinghy that shipped in 1931 so that isn't a...

I always enjoyed sailing Sunfish and Sailfish as a kid in Barnegat Bay. Those plastic robands are not so canoe like but of course...

Can I get some info on another Old Town please. # 176636. Im told its a 16 footer from the 60s

I posted this before and Todd talks about it in his book- Sunfish sailing has a ton of information on YouTube and the web, the rig is...

Was gifted this canoe by an old friend, hoping to find out how old this is, it should be from the 70s or so. Serial #105478

Good point about gluing down any wood flaps that could save a plank, Worth!

If it were in my shop, I would remove the worst of the worst planks and replace them with planks from a “donor” canoe of similar patina...

The classic post glass mess. It's often ugly. What I generally do is make sure that I remove any remaining hardened resin that might...

A standard Opti pram rig is useful..not reefable and a bit small for light winds on my 17 footers. I rig mine with carbon fibre mast...

Good point about gluing down any wood flaps that could save a plank, Worth!

Yes. I have a few to contribute too, recently picked up at a garage sale as part of a group lot of tools.

Or coaming?

I agree on picking out the junk between the planks with a heat gun and sharp picks. But for the planks damaged by the fiberglass...