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Whelp I'm sure I will be seeking much advise for recanvassing the canoe.

Welcome, it may take some more pictures and details (like the length) to identify your canoe. The link below has the build records for...

Posting photos of the canoe (decks, stem profile, seats, thwarts, etc) can help verify it's an Old Town. A good photo of the serial...

The Willits records I've seen show it as planked on August 28th, 1942 and delivered on August 31st, 1942 to Paul Hosmer in Bend, Oregon...

I’m new to the WCHA and this forum. Looking for info on OT serial number 8030 or number 18030. (It’s hard to read). Any suggestions.

I restored the Willits Broters Canoe #689. A member found that it was completed in 1942. It was purchased by Paul Hosmer Sr., in 1958...

I've sailed my ACA rig a few times with the tack of the sail right up against the mast (I have hole drilled in the fore end of the boom...

I’m not saying use a sunfish rig, just to clarify, 80 square feet is a bit too much. Those aca sails ( though I want one) does not allow...

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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...

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...