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I like wood. If you happen to break a wood handle, you could probably cobble one up on site. If you break a fiberglass handle ( that's a BIG if) I don't know that you could easily get the remnants out of the head. I have a feeling they're epoxied in. You might dull a knife several times to...

I'd say you have the design about perfected. IF you wanted to pick the stern up some, you could make it wider and/or add more flair behind center. That may create a bit more resistance, but there are almost no free lunches in boat design.

It should work fine.

Thanks. Let us know how it trims out.

Looking sharp, Bee. Just don't be fishing in any boiling water! How far behind center in the widest part of the bottom?

Good fix, Bee. I've got a bubble on the bottom of mine too. I'll probably do the same.

I only use my pirogue once or twice a month lately. I normally go on 2 to 4 mile easy cruises with almost no added weight. If I fish, I'll have a lightweight fly fishing outfit, a few flies, a 3 lb anchor and a plastic bucket for the fish. Add a water bottle and it's less than 10 lbs. By...

I wouldn't think rocker makes much of a difference in buoyancy of a certain area of the boat. Probably better to concentrate on width in the area you want to carry more weight. Use rocker to tune the handling characteristics of the boat.

I measure mine by sitting the boat on a flat surface with the gunnels as level as I can get them. With a pirogue with a hard angle from the stems to the bottom, you can get a pretty accurate measurement. With a a canoe or kayak with curving lines at the stems, I tend to measure from a place...

That's for sure.

I don't think his plans were even in HIS head.......just kind of winged it as he went.

More than one way to build what is, essentially a plank pirogue. Looks heavy as heck, but I doubt it will ever be more than 20 feet away from the water for the rest of its life. Cara Membuat Sampan Kayu || Perahu Kayu (Part 1) - YouTube

Chuck, I don't think any of it matters in actual cruising speed to most of us. It's fun to contemplate the details, though.

I've never read anything on the reasoning or usefulness of more rear rocker. I'm actually surprised that there was a difference in all of those boats you measured. I've read the specs on canoes ( closest thing to our piroguess) and they normally have different amounts of rocker between...

Bee, facts and numbers can only get you so far. I look for the reasons WHY certain design elements work the way they do. Once you know that, it's easy to figure what certain changes will do to a boat's performance. I can pretty much walk by a boat now and tell how it will perform.

Bee, you can never "know" how much a change in design will change the characteristics of a boat. The best you can hope for is to look for tendencies. My MO is to take a design change to a ridiculous level on both ends of the spectrum. Wider is more stable........but a 48" wide boat is too...

Yep, you would have 2" more of "boat" to displace water to raise the stern. Also, 2" less of an obstruction for the free, linear flow of water under the floor.

Tell me they're not following this to the letter!

Tell me they're not following this to the letter!

They know.........they just don't care. No guns for you means they can do anything they want. One of the classic takeover steps to gain power.