I'm not standing right next to your canoe, but from here it seems that all it needs is for you to paddle it. I don't have recommendations, but given my location I'd reach out to Headwaters first. Maybe someone here can speak to their work.
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That is one great canoe. that amount of rocker is very appealing. It is in great using shape already.
f I were you I would just start paddling it. I had a 1951 Old Town that I paddled for 35 years. It had a few repairs and some cracked ribs. Big deal. I loved paddling it. It creaked and groaned in waves like it was alive. I did not baby it too much. It went every where.
If you get it restored, then you won't see it for a year at least. You will spend a lot of money. Then it will be perfect and it will be difficult to paddle it. Canoes are made to be used.
f I were you I would just start paddling it. I had a 1951 Old Town that I paddled for 35 years. It had a few repairs and some cracked ribs. Big deal. I loved paddling it. It creaked and groaned in waves like it was alive. I did not baby it too much. It went every where.
If you get it restored, then you won't see it for a year at least. You will spend a lot of money. Then it will be perfect and it will be difficult to paddle it. Canoes are made to be used.
Well said!
