Most experienced canoeists have gone through a bunch of boats and fixed a lot of them. My first canoe was a fiberglass Sawyer Cruiser that had been wrapped. Someone jumped on it to straighten it. The side were ripped out of it. I paid $25 for it and repaired it and paddled it for years. I sold it for $400.
Later I had a Sawyer Charger that was a wonderful early kevlar boat and 18 1/2 feet. I knew it had been treated roughtly. The golden kevlar color was faded to a light buff. After many years it started literally to fall apart. I put a layer of glass in the whole interior and sold it for $400. I told the new owner the boat was built in 1978.
If takes some judgement to decide if someone's elses repairs are going to hold up. If it was a good boat to begin with it can probably be repaired. I just repaired an OT Canadienne, the short one less than 16 feet in kevlar. The bow was crunched, it was scraped up. I cut out the bad glass and added s glass and expoxy over the kevlar. Then I added 2 layers of glass tape on the ends. Then I painted it. I paid $250 for this boat and I am in love with it.
Never waste you time on a boat that has been hogged, or one that was crummy to start with.
Later I had a Sawyer Charger that was a wonderful early kevlar boat and 18 1/2 feet. I knew it had been treated roughtly. The golden kevlar color was faded to a light buff. After many years it started literally to fall apart. I put a layer of glass in the whole interior and sold it for $400. I told the new owner the boat was built in 1978.
If takes some judgement to decide if someone's elses repairs are going to hold up. If it was a good boat to begin with it can probably be repaired. I just repaired an OT Canadienne, the short one less than 16 feet in kevlar. The bow was crunched, it was scraped up. I cut out the bad glass and added s glass and expoxy over the kevlar. Then I added 2 layers of glass tape on the ends. Then I painted it. I paid $250 for this boat and I am in love with it.
Never waste you time on a boat that has been hogged, or one that was crummy to start with.
