On Mon, 05 Jul 2004 09:38:21 GMT, GaryJ wrote:

My Old Town Tripper is 15+ years old, and I know others that are about the same.
No problem with ABS if it is stored out of the sun.

Mine was old when I bought it in 1988. I even stored it in the sun.
It has been reconditioned by the people I gave it to in 1999 (though
it was still carrying me on many weekends per year. I had a newer and
prettier boat). I do advise keeping it out of the sun, but Old Towns
are really durable. If I'd had a clue, I'd have popped a tarp over it
on a frame, but by the time I knew about sun, it'd gone so many years
so well that I just let it be.

Of course, you specify a Canadian garage, and that may be constructed to block
snow but not sun, although mine does both!

GaryJ

mraycraft wrote:
Fellow paddlers;
I have the opportunity to acquire a 10-year old Swift canoe made of
Royalite. Apparently, it has been kept in a Canadian garage when not
in use.
Assuming that the boat is otherwise structurally sound, I am not sure
what to expect in terms of durability of the material it is built
with. Does Royalex/Royalite deteriorate noticeably over time? Put
another way, would a 10-year old boat have lost anything solely due to
age?

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