I like the way you can slide around on cane to adjust your trim or plant a paddle in a hurry.ģ03 is the sort of de-facto standard for the hull. Webbed weave seats are a matter of preference.they are lower maintenance but I don't like the way they grip your rear when you are sitting on them. It's pretty easy to eyeball the lines to fit even if you are not sure of the exact original dimensions. The seats and thwarts come long, you cut them to fit. My son used seats from these folks for his Camper. Is that the best source?Ĭlick to expand.I'll hold my story about putting a hatchet through an aluminum canoe in reserve.I'm not a big fan of aluminum.but that was not the reason.įor canoe bits there are quite a few sources of inexpensive options. Does that mean I buy a 34" yoke, or were the gunwales included in that measurement? Also, it looks like Old Town sells all the parts. The Penobscot description Benson posted says the boat had a 34" width. So I need seats, a thwart, a yoke and some carrying handles and all the hardware. It's been years since I've done any real paddling but I'm excited to get back into it, and to fix up this boat. We painted it red again and continued to use it for years. I guess their brief tenure with the canoe hadn't taught them how heavy it was, and they soon gave up and ran off. After paddling a half a mile trying to get away they made a dash for the shore, and started dragging the beast up a steep hill. About a week later we saw the boat on the lake, painted black! My brother and I sprang into action, ran to both sides of the lake, and started calling them to come ashore. One day, someone stole our red, 17+ foot aluminum bomber. We had a couple of boats, but not too many others did. MGC, those are great stories! I grew up on a lake in an area with lots of homes nearby. I was a little worried, but hearing that Royalex is apparently super durable puts my mind at ease.
I think I'll pressure wash it as MGC suggested, to cut through the outer layer of grime. Thanks Todd, it's good to know it's vinyl, which explains why Benson said Armor All was safe.
Royalex (Oltonar) was incredible material! Old Town really had a winner. The cowling was damaged but the hull popped right back to shape. The next day 4 of us returned and with considerable effort somehow got it off the rock and out of the river. It was unable to remove it so I left it there and found my way to the road and then home. I managed to get out just as it collapsed from the water pressure. I managed to get swept up against a massive boulder midstream and as the current pushed on the canoe it wrapped itself around the rock. A particularly inept paddler (me) dumped it while running spring thaw rapids. I also owned an Old Town Royalex Kayak.as I think about it, that was also stolen once but it never got stuck in a dam. I did add Kevlar stem guards to (all of my Royalex boats) it. We've been using it for the last 40 years without any problems. The shape more or less returned to normal. I replaced the deck, gunnels and made an horribly ugly repair to the cut. The canoe was replaced by the insurance company and eventually found it's way to me. The bow of the hull was crushed and cut through on one side. When the canoe was extracted the damage looked like it was beyond repair. The folks that stole it abandoned it and allowed it to drift downriver where it eventually got jammed into the turbine of a small power dam. It once belonged to a college outing club from whom it was was stolen. Click to expand.In addition to the Penobscot 17 I own, I also have a 16 foot Camper living here.
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