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Title: Any canoe gurus in the house?
Post by: Toecutter on May 06, 2018, 06:13:14 PM

I'm just trying to identify an old canoe I've inherited.

Aluminum, 15', flat bottom, formed side sponsons, four ribs, two seats, and three thwarts.

I originally thought it might be a Michicraft, or an Osagian... But small details are proving those two to be wrong.

If anyone here knows about such things, I'll post a pic or two. Otherwise, this thread can die an ignoble death.

Thanks.

Title: Re: Any canoe gurus in the house?
Post by: fotoguzzi on May 06, 2018, 06:17:51 PM

my canoe art,
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Guzzi/i-QL4rk2x/1/4e4f4a4c/XL/IMG_0720-XL.jpg) (https://fotoguzzi.smugmug.com/Guzzi/i-QL4rk2x/A)

Title: Re: Any canoe gurus in the house?
Post by: Gliderjohn on May 06, 2018, 06:28:30 PM

Grumman?

(https://thumb.ibb.co/jcmT67/Screen_Shot_2018_05_06_at_6_27_36_PM.png) (https://ibb.co/jcmT67)

GliderJohn

Title: Re: Any canoe gurus in the house?
Post by: John A on May 06, 2018, 07:46:55 PM

Yeah, it looks like a Grumman. They were well built canoes, very durable

Title: Re: Any canoe gurus in the house?
Post by: Testarossa on May 06, 2018, 08:11:22 PM

Not Grumman. Seats and decks are wrong.

Title: Re: Any canoe gurus in the house?
Post by: Sasquatch Jim on May 07, 2018, 08:00:34 AM

  If it is Gruman the rivets will be flush.  Other brands the rivets will be rounded like humps.
 If the one in the picture is a Gruman, it could be a white water model.  It looks like that is what it might be.
 I had a 15 foot white water canoe  That I bought in about 69.  It had extra cross ribs and a double shoe keel, and yes the rivets were flush.
 I also had a 19 foot model with a transom for an outboard and a mast for a sail.

Title: Re: Any canoe gurus in the house?
Post by: Triple Jim on May 07, 2018, 08:25:45 AM

fotoguzzi, what's the cymbal there for?  Does something fall on it on the hour or something like that?  :)

Title: Re: Any canoe gurus in the house?
Post by: Toecutter on May 07, 2018, 08:58:27 AM

I'll get a pic taken tonight when I get home.

it's definitely not a Grumman. Never seen a Grumman with stretch-formed sponsons.

Michicraft have them... but the seats in mine don't look like Michicraft, plus I have forward and rear handholds in the bulkheads.

Osagian have the handholds... but again, the seats are wrong.

Title: Re: Any canoe gurus in the house?
Post by: fotoguzzi on May 07, 2018, 09:06:39 AM

Quote from: Triple Jim on May 07, 2018, 08:25:45 AM

fotoguzzi, what's the cymbal there for?  Does something fall on it on the hour or something like that?  :)

It makes music when the wind blows the waterfall off line onto it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjCVlZ7IbW8

Title: Re: Any canoe gurus in the house?
Post by: geoff in almonte on May 07, 2018, 09:57:56 AM

Send a pic to wburton@ovck.com.  He can prolly help.

We call him Canoe Bill - he & his wife run Ottawa Valley Canoe & Kayak.

Tell him I sent you.

G