Ok so here starts the tale of my canoe, or perhaps my chapter of this canoe.

Bought slightly used.  Zoom in and have a look.  Made in Vermont.  1980’s.

When i got it in 2017 it hadn’t been used in a while.  For years it was in the owners back yard upside down by a shed.  People get busy and into different stages of life and interests change.  So these folks were getting ready to move south.  Put the boat up on Craigs list

Its a 17 ft with a composite hull and Ash gunwale strips. The hull is amazing.  Impervious to water.  While the ash strips are not.  Especially when left outdoors for years.  Rain and snow, north side of a shed so never really dried out. See those things along the top edge of the side?  Those r the screws sticking out where the ash used to be.  But the hull, tough piece of stuff.  It collected water while it waited for me to start work on it.