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Really nice work! So much nicer than the dowels I saw in the 2014/2015 Swift videos. I wish I hadn't sold that Cruiser, this would have been so much easier than fashioning side pods.

tketcham, I went back and watched Bill's videos from 2014/2015 and did see some canoes with the C/K gunnels and conventional seat drops, but they were in the process of introducing the side pods about that time.

If you ever get a chance to take a pic of the seat showing the underside of the gunnel and the drop interface I would love to see it.

That's amazing. I had a Swift Cruiser 12.6 last year I wanted to convert to a hung seat, but with the cross-section of the C/K gunnels did not think it feasible, nor had I ever seen it done before. I should have talked to Bill.

Hey Tim, arthritis hit me a couple of years ago especially in the spine. For me, alternating between sitting and kneeling keeps me paddling, so I am limited to canoes with a hung seat now under 30 pounds. All my boats are outfitted the same, with Back-savers that help keep my spine aligned...

Lots of newly listed boats available at Hemlock Canoe, including a nice demo Mayfly that I test paddled this summer; all built by Dave before the transition.

My bad, wrong Bob. I assumed Dave dropped the prices to move out the stock and settle old business before handing off the keys.

I think if anyone had an issue in this thread it was with the builder's initial response to Art. That kind of response to a customer of a $4000 boat deserves some criticism, not necessarily getting 'trashed'. In my book, the issue will be resolved when a boat is delivered that meets Art's...

Interesting perspective. I've always found such problems to be indicative of comments in discussion forum threads, rather than reviews. I have been reading the reviews on p-net/paddling.com for years and cannot say I have ever picked up on such problems. I dare say I have learned quite a bit...

I can certainly understand Art's reluctance to call out the builder publicly at this point, since they have agreed to replace the boat. This Forum, as well as Paddling.com, Amazon and a host of other sites that employ a buy and sell function have a review and rating system that benefits us all...

I agree, the time to slash the price was at Slippery Rock. I had a heck of a time selling my Blackhawk Zephyr last year in this very forum. Still, there are some folks who seem to have a passion for these vintage hulls.

They just lowered the price today on some of the 'The Bob' solo canoe collection they have on consignment at Hemlock Canoe, if anyone is interested.

I always thought it odd that my Acadia and the image in the 83 catalogue had the black vinyl gunnels, decks and floatation seats while the other Royalex models those years had the white vinyl trim. Eventually OT would phase out the white trim entirely. Even though the previous owner had stored...

I had a 1982 for a while, decent enough RX tandem. Replaced the plastic seats with webbed as well. Specs below. I do recall reading somewhere that some folks used the Acadia for white water boats, given the added depth and thick hull.

Not to beat a dead horse or add to the mystery, but the USCG HIN database lists 1974 as the first year for Great Canadian. There are always a ton of Great Canadian canoes on Marketplace, perhaps you can get a screenshot of the decals to have replicants made or get someone to send you a pic. As...

I see what might be the impression where the HIN may be in your pic. It may be possible to remove some of the paint and reveal the numbers beneath. While it might be interesting to know the actual manufacturer and date, the info is not required for you to do a successful restoration. I suspect...

Anything like this, maybe under the paint?

I meant to point this out earlier, but the USPS document seems to be missing the Month/Letter code that accompanies the HIN format after August 1, 1984 (Figure 2) that the document references from Boatsafe.com I reached out to them but never heard anything back.

As previously stated, Great Canadian was the importer, not the manufacturer, and so they would usually add a tag with their HIN number. But often, the true Canadian manufacturer's HIN would still be embossed in the fiberglass. There were a few suppliers to Great Canadian, and many began with...

This is one I got from him several years ago. It is a Word doc and was missing a lot of data at the time. Not sure if he has updated it since.