Any canoe gurus in the house?

[Toecutter]

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.

[fotoguzzi]

my canoe art,

[Gliderjohn]

Grumman?



GliderJohn

[John A]

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

[Testarossa]

Not Grumman. Seats and decks are wrong.

[Sasquatch Jim]

  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.

[Triple Jim]

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

[Toecutter]

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.

[fotoguzzi]

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

[geoff in almonte]

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