revycanoe
Remember those you miss...
Recently purchased a Faber Ranger after a long search for just the right canoe. Found on an Internet site and it was close enough I could spend an afternoon to go and check it out. However it worked out I was on my way back from a week long cycling trip so made arrangements to view.
I found out a brief history of the canoe. The owner had purchased it from a friend who had gotten it through an inheritance years earlier. They had never used it but it was always stored inside.
Arriving at the home we wandered to a shed on the back of the property. It was upside down so looked over the exterior and found that it was in very good shape. Could tell there had been a paint job in its past but no telling how long ago. After my visual of the outside we took hold of the canoe and flipped it over....
That's when I knew the canoe was to be mine.
The inside was in beautiful condition! The finish was in great shape, the ribs are all intact, the planking excellent, nothing I was seeing was going to deter me from purchasing this canoe.
I just told the owner I would take it. He responded with a quizzacle 'really?'....
Made arrangements to return that week and brought it home!
Best $400.00 I ever spent!
I found out a brief history of the canoe. The owner had purchased it from a friend who had gotten it through an inheritance years earlier. They had never used it but it was always stored inside.
Arriving at the home we wandered to a shed on the back of the property. It was upside down so looked over the exterior and found that it was in very good shape. Could tell there had been a paint job in its past but no telling how long ago. After my visual of the outside we took hold of the canoe and flipped it over....
That's when I knew the canoe was to be mine.
The inside was in beautiful condition! The finish was in great shape, the ribs are all intact, the planking excellent, nothing I was seeing was going to deter me from purchasing this canoe.
I just told the owner I would take it. He responded with a quizzacle 'really?'....
Made arrangements to return that week and brought it home!
Best $400.00 I ever spent!