Boundary Waters Quetico Forum :: Items For Sale or Wanted :: Hemlock Supreme Canoe
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Bannock |
gravelroad: "Gus, Gus, Gus. You had an eye for lines. What on earth possessed you to add that aluminum keel? (I'm guessing it was prompted by requests from livery customers.) Hey, hey! Thanks for that! I've been unable to find such info. Thanks! |
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Bannock |
First off it is not a Curtis canoe. It might be confusing because of the Hemlock name. This canoe was made in Birchwood WI by a company called The Canoe Outfitters. HIM # TKFG140A696. It is a 17 foot cloth boat that I believe to be kevlar. To me it seems to be a kevlar version of a 17' Grumman (weird, huh?) -width, length, and shape. It was so different I bought it. There was some shoddy repair work done to it which I cleaned up. I re-read enforced potential weak spots, re-epoxied the outer hull, cleaned up the seats and yoke, added new sling yoke pads (CVCA), added inwales. Caned seats. Aluminum keel (weird right?). I don't know the weight, but it's not very heavy. Anyway, I never paddle it, so I'd sell it if someone wanted it. |
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Adam32 |
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AAslesen |
Does anyone have any ideas on where I could find a replacement keel guard? |
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cmanimal |
And along those lines have you looked into marine salvage sites? Don't expect any canoe HW but you never know. If you want to make a set marine supply sites (id guess with a sailboat focus) will have sticks of radiused material I'm guessing in Aluminum, brass and stainless steel. |
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AAslesen |
I do have one question that I'm hoping to get some help with. I see your boat has an aluminum keel guard. Mine did not come with one. Should I add one, and if so, where might I source something like that? Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks, |
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deerfoot |
We have immediately scraped 4 or 5 donated canoes in the past 10 years. People donate them to us but we have pick them up - an easy way for people to get rid of them. But we have gotten nice ones that people could have sold. Our favorite canoes to get are aluminum, they hold up well in rental service and don’t deteriorate - all our boats (canoes and kayaks) are stored outside year round. |
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Bannock |
Adam32: "Is this still available?" Sure, but it would have to be picked up in La Crosse, WI. |
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gravelroad |
Hemlock canoe (WI, not NY) backstory |
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AAslesen |
cmanimal: "I don't think your going to find preformed keel strips for canoes, unless you come across someone scraping one out and they think to hold onto the hardware. Good call on the marine supply sites. I will check into that as an option, Thanks! |