The serial number in 4 digits long, and according to information I received from the customer service department of Marathon Boats, this canoe was manufactured sometime prior to 1974. I have purchased the Grumman motor mount, and powered it with a 50# thrust Minkota trolling motor and was very pleased with the performance. In 1990 the Grumman boat and canoe division was sold to O.M.C. Of Illinois, who soon purchased the DuraNautic Boat Company's tooling. Created in 1945, Grumman Boats was founded as manufacturer of aluminum boats and canoes. Grumman Boats line-up has expanded to include skiing, fishing and utility vessels.
A Grumman Sportboat, (also Sport Boat, SportCanoe, or Sportee) is a 15' 4' long, 43' wide square stern canoe manufactured in America.[1] It, as well as the Coleman Scanoe, are patterned after 'Grand Lakers,' wooden fishing guide boats built on Grand Lake, Maine for oar power, subsequently modified for the advent of small outboard engines with the addition of more bearing aft and a flat tumblehome transom.
The Sport Boat is designed to be rowed, sailed, or powered by an outboard motor, and is among few designs to be fairly efficient at all three. It can also be poled or paddled, but is too wide for efficient paddling. It is manufactured in a fashion similar to an aircraft, made of a stressed skin aluminum, riveted together, and weighs slightly over 110 pounds. In current production, it is rated for 805 pounds capacity and a 7 horsepower (5.2 kW) outboard motor. It can plane with as little as a 3.5 hp motor, and has been used with as much as a 25 hp motor. Moving a lone operator forward to the middle seat enables planing performance over 10 mph with as little as 2.5 hp. Ballasting the bow greatly improves operation under power.
As a canoe, the Grumman Sport Boat was originally rated for an 1,100 pound payload. Due to its unusual planing ability, the United States Coast Guard in the 1970s applied a different rating rule. Without any changes to the boat, the payload rating dropped to 550 pounds. Evolving rules for planing boats, requiring level flotation when swamped with maximum payload and rated engine, led to the demise of production by Grumman in 1979. The inaugural issue of Small Boat Journal decried the end of Grumman's Sport Boat production in a black-bordered article evocative of a eulogy. The Grumman Sport Boat was named by the editors of Small Boat Journal as one of the 10 best small boats of all time.
Grumman Canoes – Built For The Long Run Built to Last. All models feature.060″ aluminum deck caps and.080″ stem caps with special T-6 alumilite finish rivets for top strength. A special sealant ensures long-lasting water-tightness. Optimum Strength. Formed.062″ aluminum thwarts are secured with marine grade stainless steel bolts. How to conduct a boat manufacturer database search lookup. Domestic boat manufacturers are required by federal law to obtain a unique Manufacturer's Identification Code (MIC). The same applies to domestic importers of foreign built vessels. This code must be incorporated as the first three characters of all hull identification numbers assigned.
Boatbuilder and designer Robb White wrote of one in his essay 'The Chicken Feed Boat,' and made a strip-planked wood variant and sold the plans. Small Boat Journal founding editor David Getchell wrote a feature SBJ article about the SportBoat and bought one, and mentioned it again in 'Outboard Boater's Handbook: Advanced Seamanship and Practical Skills.'
Early models included the mast base clip and gunwale holes to use with the Grumman factory sail kit, with either a gunter or lateen rig. Sail kits are long out of production.
1986 also saw the Grumman Boats’ purchase of an assembly plant in Minong, WI. All units produced at this location were assembled with parts supplied in the flat, shipped from either Marathon, NY or Arkadelphia, AR. This was done to achieve lower freight costs to dealers and consequently better sales penetration in the North Central and Northwestern market areas of the country. This strategy had been employed to a lesser degree some years earlier with limited success at Grumman sister locations in Carmichaels, PA and Corcoran, CA.
SportBoats remain popular in the Great Lakes and midwest, and are a favorite of duck hunters, frequently camouflaged with the oarlock sockets removed to eliminate hang-ups in grass. Except on Alaskan rivers, Sport Boats are uncommon west of the Rockies. The University of Washington Aquatic Recreation Center has a dozen or so heavily used and extensively repaired SportBoats in its rowing fleet on Lake Washington at the Montlake Cut.
The Marathon Boat Group, a company of former Grumman managers and investors, reintroduced production of the Sport Boat with sheathed flotation under the gunwales to comply with the level-flotation rule. Originally, the Sport Boat featured twin sets of oarlock sockets, but the current version has only one, and the sheathed flotation makes retrofitting the second set difficult. Marathon continues to make the Sport Boat and other Grumman canoes, and in 2000 acquired rights to use the Grumman name and logo. (see also 'Discussion' in this category). L. Manser, England.
Revision G. Walsh, U.S. 2012
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- 'Outboard Boater's Handbook: Advanced Seamanship and Practical Skills' David Getchell, editor. 1994, International Marine, McGraw-Hill
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Jun 06, 2008 The plant relocated to Marathon, N.Y. In 1952.and in 1988, Grumman produced the largest aluminum boat in its history at Marathon. Designed for the Great Lakes, it measured 22' 3'. In 1990 the Grumman boat and canoe division was sold to O.M.C. Of Illinois, who soon purchased the DuraNautic Boat Company's tooling and. Created in 1945, Grumman Boats was founded as manufacturer of aluminum boats and canoes. Grumman Boats line-up has expanded to include skiing, fishing and utility vessels. Existing within the Outboard Marine Corporation from 1990 to 1996, Grumman Boats was officially divided in 1998. How can I determine the year in which my canoe was. I know it's a 17' Grumman Sport Boat, but the serial number will probably give me a good ball park estimate as.
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Is it a BOAT or a flat bottomed CANOE? Does yours match any of dimensions for the canoes listed on the 1962 Grumman list: Did it come w/ any paperwork, title/registration? Do a google image search for 1962 Grumman aluminum canoe/boat. Might get lucky and find a pix that matches yours, then when you look thru the pix/info about that boat you may find what your looking for. Pre-1974, boat makers didn't use VIN code 12digit compliant HIN codes. Just a wild guess, but I'd guess your boat is: The 1329th model 13N built that year. Some makers used serial numbers for the boats as they came off the line, but it was sequential no matter what model it was.
My 1957 Duracraft Custom Deluxe is serial # 17898. #17897 may have been any other boat made that year. For lots of boats older then 25 or 30yrs, there just isn't a lot of info available.
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Watch ebay & other sites for a 1962 Grumman boat catalog. Welcome to iboats, good luck on your search.