Vintage Grumman 17' Square Stern Canoe Scanoe W/motor ***delivery Available***

Manufactured by the Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation in Bethpage, N.Y., this rare vintage 17' square stern canoe is from early 1960s according to the conversation that i had with Marathon boats. It was manufactured in Marathon NY and then assembled in Carmichael, PA, using .050 Aircraft Grade Aluminum. These boats are still available today and retail around $1800. Manufacturerer: Grumman Aircraft Engineering CorporationSize: 17'Style: Square SternMaterial: Aircraft grade aluminumLocation of manufacture: Marathon, NYSerial # 279-GP-17SCirca: Not Sure Classic "Old School" Grumman aluminum canoe, super stable, tracks straight, tough as nails with the flexibility to paddle, or motor. Comes with FL title.

Has two small repairs in hull, otherwise rivets are tight and do not leak. Comes with 35 pound thrust electric motor. Has some residual paint on it. Local pickup or I can arrange for 100 mile delivery or shipping elsewhere in the US. Shipping will not be cheap as the canoe is 17' Long!!

Buyer pays for shipping and pays shipping costs. Grumman Canoe History: In the summer of 1944, after portaging a heavy wood and canvas canoe on a fishing trip in the Adirondack Mountains, William Hoffman, Vice President of Grumman Aircraft Engineering, had an idea to make a canoe from the same lightweight, stretch-formed aluminum that Grumman had used to become the single largest producer of carrier-based fighter planes during World War II. Soon 17' prototypes of the new canoe were being built in the employees' bowling alley at Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation in Bethpage NY. In 1945, the very first aluminum canoe, a 13-footer, was produced at the aircraft plant in Bethpage, Long Island, N.Y. John Achilich, a Grumman tooling engineer, designed the 15, 17 and 19 foot canoes.

"The important thing about a Grumman canoe was that it was so strong. It had a nice flat bottom for stability and had a nice prow," stated Achilich. The plant relocated to Marathon, N.Y. In 1952. Executive Director of the Canadian Canoe Museum James Raffan described the Grumman aluminum canoe.

“Grumman learned to bend and rivet flat sheets of aluminum into elegant, complex curves as a result of making aircraft wings and fuselages," explained Raffan. "The process of using panels of hand-riveted, stretchformed aluminum alloy translated ideally to canoe construction."