Boundary Waters Quetico Forum :: Gear Forum :: OT Penobscot 16 1995 RX buying used price?
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strainer: "Thanks. I'm looking at it in person this afternoon (and bringing the truck w/ the rack). I'll let you know." Curious what you found. It's old but in good condition - we have 5 of these at our camp and they are damn near broke. Weak points in the gunnels where the yoke attaches, and to some degree the seats, are the worst. We've ended up drilling new holes but that throws the balance off. Somehow at least two of ours have gotten nasty gashes in them as well - I'm not sure how because one other group was regularly using them. We've patched with fiberglass patches but now they drag. This one looks positively new. |
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strainer |
The good: Hull interior looks great, vinyl gunwales and end caps are good. Included a bracket accessory for an outboard. The bad: Hull has two gouges where I can see into an inner layer. Cane in seats is brittle. Missing thwart. Some rot at edge of yoke. Owner has applied fiberglass skid plates (likely 20+ years ago) which are flaking away. I'll be replacing the entire seats, yoke, and thwart; and applying 731MMA adhesive to hull gouges that show inner layer, then some Aerospace 303 all over. Not sure what to do about the old fiberglass skid plates. |
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strainer |
Serial number ends in 95, so presumably 1995 vintage and Royalex. Seller says it's been used less than once per year. Storage conditions: outside, in shade, hull facing up. This is in Texas weather :) I see some mildew inside, but the weave seats still look surprisingly good. I plan to check out the wood for rot near the gunwale. Thanks for the insights! |
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gravelroad |
Sun-stored Royalex used boat buying question |
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justpaddlin |
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gravelroad |
Mad River Royalex FAQs Repairing a Royalex Canoe with G/flex Epoxy |
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strainer |
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