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The usual expression is 'too thin to plow or walk on but too thick to drink' or something similar. Benson

These are generally known as "photographer's canoes" so they can more easily match the color of the canoe to the background of their picture. The image at https://forums.wcha.org/attachments/32530/ and link below have some more information and other examples. Benson...

The fragment of the hull identification number indicates that it was made by Old Town Canoe in the early 1970s. The picture below shows a similar complete tag from that era. There should also be a six digit serial number stamped into the hull just below the rail near the end. The picture...

No small boat builder ever seems to have enough clamps. I attended the estate auction of a long time canoe builder several years ago and noticed that Rollin Thurlow was also there. Rollin has been building canoes for fifty years now but he bought a large assortment of clamps at this auction. Benson

Murat's Paddle Making blog is a great resource if you want to explore very old paddles at the first link below. Paddles, canoes, and other wooden objects don't survive very well in most North American soils so the archaeological record is a bit thin. We know much more about the stone tools used...

I believe that is actually an Ojibway model and not a Discovery, although it is made from the same material. The 2005 catalog description below has more details. This model name was also used previously for wooden and fiberglass canoes. Benson

A long time ago I ran the canoeing program for a few years at camp Timanous in Maine and the page at the link below indicates that they charge $12,900 for the full season and $8,500 for a half session (which is about a month). My understanding is that some other camps in the region charge more...

The recording is available now at the links below. Benson https://www.wgbh.org/forum-network/lectures/waltham-on-the-charles-canoeing-capital-of-the-world-in-the-early-1900s

The link below has more about Alexandra Conover's paddles and her ideas about blade tip design which contribute to the lack of balance. Benson https://maineboats.com/print/issue-164/living-legacy-north-woods-paddle

White and Old Town each offered paddles with both style grips in a broad variety of blade widths, lengths, and woods. The 1911 White and 1978 Old Town catalog pages below confirm this. Benson

The links below should give you an idea about their boats. Benson

This is an interesting test and a sharp departure from the Olympic results last year shown below. These are different paddlers, positions, boats, and days but they provide an indication of what top athletes can do over the same distance with single and double paddles. Benson

The Fox model was listed at 60 pounds in the 1973 catalog as shown in the first line of the chart below. Benson

The page at the link below has a bit more about the history of Moore Canoes, Most of the condition of a fifty year old fiberglass canoe will depend on how much time it has spent in bright sunshine. Good luck, Benson https://forums.wcha.org/threads/info-on-vega-canoes-and-kayaks-please.1599/

The home page includes the erjones@paddlestats.net email address who might be willing to provide a copy. Good luck, Benson

I made the list although it confused me with a Ben Gray who was racing after I had stopped in the late 1990s. It does confirm that I was the Maine state kayak champion for two years in the mid-1970s. Ancient history, Benson

The official Coast Guard site at https://uscgboating.org/content/manufacturers-identification-detail.php?id=11548 shows that Scott's Custom Boats in Arizona is currently using that prefix but Stowe Canoe, Stowe Canoe and Snowshoe, along with South Coast Seacraft have all built boats with that...

The hull identification number (HIN) just below the rail on the starboard stern can probably answer most of your questions. Can you post a picture of that? There are at least four Adirondack boat builders as shown below. Benson

The link below has more about the canoe from 2010 if you haven't found this already. Benson https://forums.wcha.org/threads/kennebec-build-information-request.6450/

Nice paddle, Shaw & Tenney has a long history. They advertised 1858 as their founding date and as being the "Successor to T. J. Shaw & Company of Boston" since at least 1919. The exact source of this founding date isn't clear. An old sign shown on their website lists an 1856 date. They were...