Hi I’m looking to buy my 1st canoe and there’s one on Craigslist in New Hampshire and someone is selling an “Adirondack” 16’foot canoe for $425. Problem is apparently the company name is actually Adirondack so it’s not easy to find any info about it online. He thinks We-No-Nah might have bought out the company but he’s not sure.
http://nh.craigslist.org/boa/2445663032.html
If anyone recognizes this canoe and has any info about it I would appreciate it. I’m looking for a canoe do to part of the Northern Forest Canoe Trail with…
Thanks!
-Kristine
Contact info for Adirondack Canoes
It’s here in the pnet reviews.
http://www.paddling.net/Reviews/showReviews.html?prod=273
I don’t know if they are still in business.
Perhaps the one you are looking at is 16’6? If so it could be this one http://www.paddling.net/Reviews/showReviews.html?prod=273
Looks like a decent canoe in the craigslist ad.
wenonah
all I can add is that Wenonah does make a canoe called the Adirondack. Good boat.
Not a Wenonah
This canoe is definitely not a Wenonah Adirondack. It has recurved ends and the Wenonah Adirondack has angled stems.
There is a listing in the 1988 Canoe Magazine Buyers Guide for Adirondack Canoes by Glocester Boat Sales of Chepachet Rhode Island. There was no listing in the 1990 Buyers Guide or any i have after that. Their canoes are listed as having a full length keel reinforced with a galvanized steel tube encased in the fiberglass hull. All hulls are listed as hand laid glass, the 16’6" is listed at 78# and it sold for $625 msp. The listed dimensions are 37" wide, 23" deep at the ends and 14" deep in the center.
I don’t believe Glocester Boat Sales made these canoes. A note below their Buyers Guide listing says they will only respond to inquiries from the North East. Their canoes may have been private labels from a manufacturer in the south or midwest or Canada and they worked a deal using their own brand in the northeast only to not compete with their manufacturer.
Construction and design are very traditional, a fiberglass version of a Wood & Canvas canoe like the Old Town Guide.
The asking price is higher than i would pay, but its a better canoe than what you would get new in a plastic canoe like a Pelican or Rogue River for the money.
Bill
HIN number
try to get the Hull Identification Number from the seller. It will be on a tag, or molded or engraved into the hull, on the right side at the stern. The first letters of this number are a code for the manufacturer of the hull and the numbers that follow give the date of manufacture and a serial number of production.
Bill
I don’t know anything about the canoe
… but I like the hull shape .
Looks to have slight rocker , nice chines , probably a mild arch bottom , semi wide (full) bow and stern , maybe a tad of tumblehome , good volume … sure looks like it will clean up nice too . I’d even be willing to bet it paddles nice on mountain river currents .
If I wear shopping , I’d definately go see it in person with $$ in my hand , get a feel for it’s weight , check it’s skins for anything serious , check the thwarts for soft wood at the under gunnel attach points … and 400. wouldn’t bother me if I liked it and it was a hand laid cloth and ester construction … (or Royalex) . I’ve seen quite a few people advertise Royalex as fiberglass , why I can’t say (or just don’t want to) .
I’m in the same situation as Kristine was and this thread is the only place I can find any information on this canoe. Does anyone have any more information? I haven’t seen in yet but the seller says it’s extremely light, and I can’t find anything to verify this.
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There is an Adirondack Canoe Co. that makes a 16’ model called Tamarack with an MSRP of $2700K. https://www.adirondackcanoecompany.com/
As noted in the old posts, “Adirondack” has been used on models made by other companies too. Asking the seller for the HIN (Hull Identification Number) is a good place to start your search for info.