![]() ![]() The Otca has a distinctive 20″ long deck with a coaming. Otca Model (1908-present): The name “Otca” comes from Old Town Canoe Company’s telegraph code.There was an earlier uncatalogued model with the same name based on specifications by Belle Isle livery owner C.J. Molitor. The Molitor deck is a distinctive 4-lobed design. Molitor (1965-present): The Molitor model was built using the Otca form, but with extended “torpedo” stems and heavier gunwales that produced a canoe that does not require thwarts.Livery Model (1913-1919): Old Town’s most stable offering, it was renamed the Yankee for 1920. ![]() Ideal Model (1906-1929): Same as the Charles River model, but with the newly introduced open gunwales and half ribs.Model (1901-1953): No one knows for sure what the “H.W.” stands for, but most likely it stands for “Heavy Water,” a descriptor used in Old Town’s catalogs to promote the models seaworthiness. ![]()
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