Found the folks at Wooden Canoe Heritage Association WCHA. Created a profile and signed in. They have a forum for serial number searches. I posted and within a few hours they posted back with a copy of the original sales info for serial number 141110!
Cool. All of the description seems to match this boat, except for the color. I have not found any evidence of green, but only have the sponsons, and perhaps they were repainted? But, it is 18 feet, and has all ash trim. E-mail from the forum indicated that the aa (top) grade usually had mahogony trim, 1944 war shortages is likely why this one has ash. Overall interesting info to know... 1945, 18 ft Otca Old Town.
Talked with Dave and commiserated about the number of cracked ribs. He floated the idea of edge epoxying some of them in place. He also found a WCHA forum post that suggests ribs with cracks that do not distort the shape may be plenty strong with no fixing. Re-inspection found about 15 with severe (distorted or completely broken in 2 places) problems. Much better than 40. Perhaps I'll try a post and see if anyone has opinions...
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