The Wooden Canoe Heritage Association's Old Town Square Stern Classified Listing Archive
16 ft. Old Town square stern sponson canoe
Full restoration
Wayne,Maine
Asking $12,000
1928 Old Town Rowing Canoe with Trailer and Motor
$3,000
New London, NH
1928 16' Old Town, square stern rowing canoe with oars, trailer, 1986 8HP Evinrude motor, canvas cover, gas can and 1 paddle
Condition: Refurbished 1986 - Excellent
Current condition: Very Good
title - Old Town 1946 square stern canoe in superb original condition.
Price - Unsure of true value but am asking $5900 and will consider offers.
location - Boothbay, Maine
description - Built in 1946 for a Mr. Harvey of West Sullivan, Maine, and returned to the factory for repairs in May of 1964 according to the build card from the Old Town factory (copy furnished). I acquired her two years ago in pristine condition for her age, needing only a fresh coat of bottom paint and varnish. She is completely dry and motors very nicely with only 4hp. My understanding is she was barn stored for years, and she looks it! I have no knowledge of how many of these were constructed, but few enough I suspect, and fewer, if any, remaining. So a square stern of this vintage in this condition with the beautiful long deck and special order rear side seat probably make her one of a kind.
condition - I would consider her in excellent original condition, showing only minor nicks for all her years.
Restorable 1953 Old Town Square Stern Rowboat w/Trailer
$700 or best offer
Damariscotta (midcoast) Maine
This is a gem for anyone interested in restoring a wood and canvas boat. It's a 1953 Old Town 16' Square Stern rowboat/skiff. The Old Town catalog indicates that this boat can be used with at 2.5 to 10 HP motor.
Most of the wood is in good shape. In addition to the outside gunwale, I'm seeing two ribs and a few planks that would need to be replaced before recovering in canvas. The brass/bronze fittings are all there including the stem and keel bands and original swivel oarlocks, the latter being rare and expensive to replace. The boat originally came with sponsons, but as is the case with many other canoes and boats, these were removed by their owners.
Price includes Shoreline trailer in very good condition. It needs to have wiring replaced or repaired.
Needs restoration
1952 Old Town 16' Square-Stern Wood/Canvas Canoe - Professionally Restored - $8,900 OBO
Beautiful 16-foot Old Town square-stern wood-and-canvas canoe.
The serial-number stamp appears to read 158318 16, which corresponds to a 16-foot Old Town square-stern canoe in the Wooden Canoe Heritage Association's Old Town records. The recorded boat had a four-foot forward deck and was originally finished in dark green; this canoe is currently gray.
The canoe has been professionally restored and is in excellent condition. The interior woodwork, ribs, planking, seats, decks and gunwales are particularly attractive.
Included with the canoe: Yamaha F6SMHA 6 HP four-stroke outboard, Fully functional trailer, Wooden oars, and oarlocks/hardware.
The Yamaha was purchased new in 2018 and, according to the previous owner, was run for less than 4 hours before being stored. I acquired it this summer. It is exceptionally clean inside under the cowling. The Yamaha identification plate is photographed and shows model F6SMHA, serial S1027720.
This is a beautiful, unusual and very usable classic Old Town square-stern canoe - not simply a restoration project.
$8,900 OBO
Located in Montville, Maine.
Old Town 16 foot Square Stern Canoe, year unknown
Description: Cedar strip construction, canvas covered. Boat is in very good original condition, unable to read hull number on keel near stem, so cannot determine age. Unrestored, easy candidate for restoration. Trailer available.
Price: $1,000 with trailer $850 without trailer.
Location: Westport, NY (1.5hrs from Paul Smiths)
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