RE: Re: Canoeing, anyone????
BY: Thomas Lutz to Charles Heisig on Wed May 01 1996 09:57 pm
 > The last time I canoed in NYS was in the General Clinton Canoe Regatta. 
The 
 > mile flat water endurance race from Cooperstown to Bainbridge on Memorial 
Da
 > weekend in 1976? That was the third time in that race. I finished, but 
that 
 > all you could say for me. I have an old (1941) Old Town wood and canvas 
cano
 > that right now is out of commission. If I ever get ambition, I'll put it 
bac
 > in service, but it needs a new canvas. I see, once in a while, some canoes 
o
 > Keuka and Seneca Lakes, and it wakes up the canoeist in me, but it quickly
 > passes.
 > 
We also have an old oldtown in our family that has been passed down for a few
generations.. its been though alot.. great grandpa nailed it with buckshot 
when
he was trying to take out a varmit and its been dropped and backed over with 

van and who knows what else. they tried to fiberglass it once when the canvas
gave out, but I think they tried to use plyster fiberglass and it didn't 
tick
for very long, next they got rid of that and put some strange white stuff on 
it
to seal the holes and just painted it an ugly green. when we went to try and
renovate it we found that a major portion of the High part of the bow and 
stern
was all rotted. most of that has been fixed but it is still out of 
commission..
one or two days of work and it would be back in shape.. It was the most 
table
canoe i have ever ridden in.. i have seen 4 people have a hard time tipping 
one
guy in the water.. they tried from inside and outside. they finally got him 
y
tricking him.. (G) would you consider selling it and if so how much? thanks
--Bryan
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