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My fun is when I spring the sides out on the center form. Always makes me smile.

I went to Lowe's this morning and got 2 sheets of sanded pine 1/4" ply and a few sticks of Western Red Cedar. Came back late morning and drew out the sides. After lunch, I cut out and planed and sanded the sides to shape. I just finished putting on the glass patches on both sides and what...

Yep, rabbit hole indeed! I think I watched about all of them. That man knows his way around a plane, doesn't he?

I don't think the all-over effect of glassing would increase the flexing strength of the plywood as much as the localized strength of a rib. There is hardly any flexing out close to the ends..... in the sides or in the bottom. One rib close to the middle is about all I've ever needed in my...

For me, I think adding the one rib I think I may need is a LOT easier than a complete outside glassing. I just don't want to glass, fill, sand, fill, etc. I'll see what kind of chine material is available and then I'll make up my mind. Building on the fly.......ya gotta love it!

More vertical stems do hinder log jumping a good bit and beaching a little bit. Both compromises I'm willing to make for a lighter, sleeker boat. Like I say, I like the 3D sculptural aspect of building a boat probably more than any other reason.

I suspect the gunnels would even out that wonky section. The sheer line pretty much makes itself on my boats, depending on the amount of flair. More flair= more dip in the sheer line at midships. I'll probably cut the sides about 12' long. The finsihed length will probably be about 11' 8"...

Spent an hour this morning making a 1/3 rd scale model of the proposed pirogue. I went with a bow shape used in many short, pack canoes. This should give waterline length very close to the overall length. The sheer line is a bit wonky because the ply didn't want to bend exactly right. The...

I love Sky News Australia. THEY know what's going on. No progressive spin on their watch.

Bee, that's one of those "it depends" situations. Reducing side flair slightly increases the draft, so it slightly lowers the center of gravity. A lower center of gravity, on paper, increases stability. I'll have to work out the seat height for my individual taste. The only boat that I...

Yes, if you move the form to widen the bottom, then the form will protrude below the floor. Easy fix on the fly, though. You could just cut a plywood shim for each side and lightly tack them onto the bearing surfaces of the form. Same thing if you want to change the flair. Tack on a tapered...

Someone commented about the form I use to build my pirogues. I use this form on all my 3 panel boats. I got the design from my neighbor over 45 years ago when I built my first pirogue. It's pretty simple......one board with the proper side flair angle and bottom width and two clamping...

Thanks for the compliments. It did paddle very well. Very stable, tracked straight and turned pretty decent, too. I didn't keep it long, though. It was really too long for my use and really cumbersome to store. I sold it for a LOT more than I had in it. This next one will be quite a bit...

Chuck, unforturnately the idea that epoxy penetrates deeply into wood does not coincide with the testing. I've looked at multiple sources and the finding is that epoxy, no matter the viscocity, penetrates less than .004 of an inch...........about two thicknesses of notebook paper. I tested a...

53 lbs. , 25" bottom , length -15' 8", 25 degree flair , approx. 15' 2" at waterline. The floor length doesn't really correspond to a normal pirogue floor length.

I never did get around to post an "after" picture.

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I would think white pine would be strong enough to do the job. I'll look for some for this next boat. I don't even consider rot resistance when building a pirogue. The way I use one, I don't think that comes into the picture. Our boats are protected by some kind of finish, used for 6-8...

On paper......yes. In practice......it might be hard to determine. When you're talking thousandths of an inch, you're probably getting out of the realm of our simple boatbuilding. Some things just don't make enough of a difference. You know, if you run your truck with a quarter tank...

That sounds about right. You might also be able to cheat a little by increasing the flair out towards the end that you want more rocker.