Restored Wood Canvas Canoe

This is a fully restored 1929 Carleton 16' cedar on cedar canoe, owned by one family since new. I acquired it for restoration in 2017. The boat was restored in 2019/20 and is hanging in a barn at this time. A copy of the build sheet is included in the photos. Old Town Canoe has the original.

In the photos you will notice the Old Town decal. There was one on the deck when I found the boat so I replaced it. The family who owned the boat thought it had always been there. Carleton Canoe was acquired by Old Town soon after this boat was built and production continued using the Carleton molds so hard to say if it got a decal on the way out the door or not. 90% of the wood is original, I found no evidence of past repairs.

The White Ash rub rails are new, all of the cedar is original and in very good condition. The decks are Butternut and the only change from original. I have the old decks, they are in rough shape. Rub rail and decks have 6 coats Epiphanes marine gloss varnish. I stripped the interior varnish then applied 6 coats of semi gloss UV resistant marine varnish.

Thwarts and seats are original, seats are refastened and re-caned. The floor is original and refastened. We recanvassed in the traditional method using cotton duck and slow drying paste filler. Two coats Interlux marine primer and three coats Interlux gloss topcoat protect the exterior. The bow and stern half round are the original copper.

The boat is in Northern Vermont and can be delivered a reasonable distance or picked up. If it were to be shipped there would be added crating cost.