Howdy,
I'm getting ready as in a few days I'm going to go take a look at potentially, my first watercraft, and first canoe.
I'm 100% giddy as a schoolgirl.
It's a 1 or 2 decade old Old Town Guide 18' canoe.
I am expecting it to look something along the lines of this:
http://www.woodshed.steveambrose.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/img_7579.jpg
It is a canvas and wood frame canoe apparently in good condition requiring some minimal work. I'm a 27 year old graduate student and amateur carpenter, a cabinetmaker with no boat building experience. However, I desperately want a canoe. I realize it may be more worth my while to get a new, fibreglass one, so I'm fully willing to go that route. But, depending on the price, and if the amount of TLC this thing requires (and if it's along my skill level), I would love to own this and call it my own. Look at it, it's a piece of art.
I was wondering if anyone could offer some preliminary advice: i.e., if this already sounds like an awful idea for a first timer, please let me know. In four or five days time, when I check this thing out, I plan to take pictures and I'll let you guys know the price as well,
Please let me know what I should look for, what I should take pictures of, and what I should ask.
Thanks in advance, as I have ZERO idea what I'm doing.
I'm getting ready as in a few days I'm going to go take a look at potentially, my first watercraft, and first canoe.
I'm 100% giddy as a schoolgirl.
It's a 1 or 2 decade old Old Town Guide 18' canoe.
I am expecting it to look something along the lines of this:
http://www.woodshed.steveambrose.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/img_7579.jpg
It is a canvas and wood frame canoe apparently in good condition requiring some minimal work. I'm a 27 year old graduate student and amateur carpenter, a cabinetmaker with no boat building experience. However, I desperately want a canoe. I realize it may be more worth my while to get a new, fibreglass one, so I'm fully willing to go that route. But, depending on the price, and if the amount of TLC this thing requires (and if it's along my skill level), I would love to own this and call it my own. Look at it, it's a piece of art.
I was wondering if anyone could offer some preliminary advice: i.e., if this already sounds like an awful idea for a first timer, please let me know. In four or five days time, when I check this thing out, I plan to take pictures and I'll let you guys know the price as well,
Please let me know what I should look for, what I should take pictures of, and what I should ask.
Thanks in advance, as I have ZERO idea what I'm doing.