Gotta love it when a canoe comes in for work and all it needs is new varnish and canvas. 17' Chestnut Cruiser "Cronje". What I find particularly interesting about this canoe, other than the fact that I really like its shape, is that it is really well built for an Oromocto era Chestntut. Chestnuts from this time are usually pretty crude, like the crews building them didn't really care. A couple of interesting points: under the green paint are traces of the original Chestnut "grey", which is actually a mossy green; and there are screw head impressions in a lot of the ribs from the screw heads of the mold strapping sitting proud of the metal straps. Nobody bothered to sand them out.