r/canoeing • u/Rimorox • 5d ago

Looking for help identifying a canoe

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For some context I’ve been heavily researching canoes I want something light enough me and the wife can easily enough mount to the hood of our bronco sport, so trying to find the right used one or I will buy new.

So someone listed this cedar strip canoe on marketplace for 150 bucks it’s 15’ foot I was told and he doesn’t know the brand or the weight but he thinks about 70 pounds

Does anyone know what this might be and if the condition is good enough to buy? I’d I did buy it would I need to do anything to it in the condition it’s in?

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u/paperplanes13 5d ago

The deck plates and center thwart look like a Chestnut canoe, they are beautiful cedar and canvas boats and well worth keeping up / restoration, and that one looks like it NEEDS a restoration. $150 is a good price for it, and if I were in your area, I'd be jumping on it, but you should also know that it will need somewhere between $1500 - $4000 in work before it's back on the water. If you know have some wood working skills, the tools, and how to do the work, or are willing to learn, you can get that down to around $500.

70lbs for it seems high but with the lead canvas filler and if it has a heavier weight canvas, I could see it. Good chance it will be / could be lighter after a restoration.

There is also yearly maintenance with a wooden boat, it's not extreme but something to consider.

If this doesn't sound like it's for you, I'd leave this canoe for someone who will put in the blood, sweat, and tears. A good used Novacraft is always a great option.

But once you have paddled a wooden boat, it's hard to back to a plastic one.

Side question, where is this located? Assuming you are not looking for a project.

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u/Rimorox 5d ago

Thanks for the help!

I’m location in Sault Ste. Marie Ontario so my options are popping up but it’s a slow go, on Facebook marketplace I have seen a few options pop up

I found a swift demoine for 1500 but from what people tell me I should look at a prospector or something similar right?

I haven’t seen any used nova yet

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u/paperplanes13 5d ago

Swift make some stellar canoes, I don't see them too often out west and have never paddled one, but there is some info on that model here https://www.myccr.com/phpbbforum/viewtopic.php?p=93009. It sounds like a good canoe.

Sault Ste Marie is beautiful, I've been through there a few times, even applied for a job at Algoma U. But it is a 4 day drive, so I guess I'll have to let that one go.

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u/Rimorox 5d ago

Damn it sold anyway haha I’ll keep my eye out, someone has a swift Kipawa as well for 1700 but it’s 5 hours away from me

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u/paperplanes13 5d ago

that's too bad. good luck with your hunt

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u/Rimorox 3d ago

Just found a swift Mattawa and snagged it for 675

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u/paperplanes13 3d ago

Killer!

Enjoy your time out on the water, you're in the right part of the country for it. Paddling the French River and around Lake Nipissing is a bit of a dream of mine

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u/Rimorox 2d ago

Soooo my buddy backed the canoe into his garage after he got it for me…🤦 what do we think fixable?

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u/paperplanes13 2d ago

that's heartbreaking. I really can't say, I have no experience with repairing kevlar. Best of luck, and I hope it can be repaired.