Old Town Penobscot Canoe

[Al Agnew]

jd, I painted my first aluminum canoe to make it look like wavy water surface with a smallmouth jumping...that was over 35 years ago, and I believe my brother in law still has that old canoe, with some of the paint still on it.

I'll get some more pictures.

[jdmidwest]

jd, I painted my first aluminum canoe to make it look like wavy water surface with a smallmouth jumping...that was over 35 years ago, and I believe my brother in law still has that old canoe, with some of the paint still on it.

I'll get some more pictures.

There you go, OAF fundraiser for a good cause. Paint it up and raffle it off, donate the proceeds to a charity. I think it will fly, I think most that have seen your work would pay for a shot at it.

Or post some pics, my buddy needs a cheap trapping rig.

[Al Agnew]

Here are a couple pics of the canoe inside...

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[Gavin]

Looks like a set of skid plates would fix it right up...How long will it last...dunno really? Depends on how much you float...I used to go though the stern skid plate in 2-3 seasons when I was single and floating 30+ days a year. Married with kids...not floating so much. Cheers.

[fly2fish]

Here are a couple pics of the canoe inside...

How much is that little flat bottom red 1-man canoe beside the one in the picture?

[Al Agnew]

'Bout a buck eighty two ninety seven...does double duty as a cat litter box.

Siusaluki, the rear area that's scraped up is a little longer than a skid plate, but you'd only have to cover 6 inches or so with the G Flex. You could probably use about any epoxy to cover an area that size, but I've heard G Flex is the best for Royalex. With skid plates installed and a little maintenance on the wooden thwarts and seats, I'd think the canoe would last a long time, depending upon how rough you were with it. I've got two Penobscots, and this is the newer one of the two. I'm keeping the older one, which is probably more than 20 years old...it has skid plates and I just put some epoxy just in front of the rear skid plate, and the cane in the seats is gone (I've got a temporary fix for the seats--duct tape), but other than that I don't see why this old model can't last another 10 years or more.