what year is my old town canoe

I don't know how old my parents' Old Town Tripper is, either. I …

Old Town Vapor 10 Stable, Comfortable Recreational Kayak Compact yet boasting lots of volume, the Old Town Vapor 10 recreational kayak offers a stable, yet efficient ride. Good luck. And the flat bottom made it very easy to turn when going downstream. The Hunter is a canoe brought to you by The specs are very similar to the Wenonah Fisherman 14. Submitted by: For people who know what it is, they'd never do it.

Notre actualité. I paddle from the bow seat with the stern forward, and put a Sealine bag of water up front to trim it(on lakes). As a solo boat she is very stable.

Old Town Canoes & Kayaks Discovery 158 Recreational Canoe A rugged canoe that doesn't have a lot of bells and whistles, but is built to provide years of fun on the water. Even though they bought it in the 1970s they can't remember the year. Call Old Town Canoe Co. at (207) 827-5514 or (800) 343-1555 and request to speak to Customer Service, or email customer service. Surprised the Old Town Hunter hasn't been reviewed here before. CHARLES RIVER? Nos marques. I got a new Old Town Discovery 11.9 Canoe and took it to Silverton Reservoir to try it, talk about future plans, and explore with the ducks. The company had its beginnings in 1898, in buildings constructed in 1890 for a shoe business, and was incorporated in 1901. Old Town Canoe Company is a historic maker of canoes in Old Town, Maine. Edit: It was one of the first ABS (now called Royalex) canoes that really caused Grumman's aluminum canoes to drop in popularity because they had slipperier bottoms, floated when swamped, and didn't crunch quite as easily when hitting a stob in the water. It was such a perfect solo canoe I replaced it with a new one in 2010. When the Carleton factory on South Main Street in Old Town burned on May 17, 1911, all of their canoe building was consolidated with Old Town Canoe.

Read reviews for the Hunter by Old Town Canoe and Kayak as submitted by your fellow paddlers. Equipped with a comfortable, adjustable seat, the large open cockpit is designed to give taller or larger paddlers more room to stretch out and easy access in and out. Beautiful recurve stems, classic canoe look. Plus she easily cartops even on our small Mazda 3! You have to love the Old Town Hunter, 14' royalex, 36" beam, very shallow arch bottom, almost flat, but not quite. I gave it a 9 because the tall stems do catch wind, however burying the bow with the water bag will keep you on track and make it even more stable.

In the years to follow, Old Town introduced a 15'8" model dubbed the Discovery 16, and the series quickly became one of the most popular in the market, and helped Old Town regain the title of largest manufacturer of canoes in the world, stealing the position back from Coleman. For everyone else, it's just an old canoe. I picked up my first Pack canoe on a 1987 trip to Montana, but I made the mistake of selling it about 2004. They'd have to destroy it to steal it.

Without any identifying information (or pics) this will be pretty impossible. (note - move the seats on them 9" closer to center) Solution - I picked up a 14' Hunter last year and converted it to a solo boat. Some of our oldest boats are still navigating our favorite waterways. CANOE DISCOVERY SPORT 15. With the closing of the factory at Old Town, Maine, the company contracted with Island Falls Canoe, owned by Jerry Stelmok of Atkinson, to build and maintain its wooden canoes.Most of the individual records for Old Town's canoes and boats built prior to 1976 still exist. Decks, some planking, canvas, filler, and some paint All ribs are original, and some have cracks. It weighed in at 53 pounds.