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FUnny Jimmy. Here's an engineer who really built a Jet Bettle.

Nice. I thought of making foot rest/rudder pedals to help control the boat while drift fishing.

Really? Man, I was about to use this kind of system on my pirogue. Is it really unsafe?

Epoxy, dude. Just go with epoxy. Glass the inside and outside. Build a strong boat. That way when the situation get bad you won't have to worry about you boat cracking out there in the middle of nowhere :cry:

Ahh, thanks Jack. I need a way to exercise my back muscles anyway. What paddle length is best for a double bladed paddle? The beam on my boat is 31 inches

Dunno, I just use exterior latex. It works fine. It's cheap, readily available in as many colors as you can imagine.

I've got the thing built, but how do I paddle it with a single blade paddle? I tried sitting slightly aft of center but the boat just seems to spin around on its own axis. I sat aft all the way back to the rib and paddling got easier with J-strokes and all. But then the bow raises way up. Do I...

Finished !!!!!1!11!11! Okay, here are some pictures on my pirogue Mingrev's Refuge: I guess it's lopsided because the port side rub rail is thinner than the starboard side rub rail. NEVER USE GORILLA GLUE!!!!!1!!!!1

Jack, I think you're right about varnish.

You in Hawaii? Then you have got to outrig that sucker. Here's a good ama plan: http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/garyd/quikama.html

Exactly what is a Canadian canoe? I keep hearing that term thrown around and have no idea what it means.

Why would I expect a positive answer?

But what if you don't like the look of wood?

pirogue rouge

Nice write up. If I ever built another boat I think this is the one.

Yah seed, I just found that out when Jack let me know what he thought of painting a wooden boat, lol.

Here is another option: outrig the boat like a a pacific island canoe then make a box transom out of 3/4 inch plywood and mount the trolling motor and transom on the aft crossbeam. Look at the very last picture on the bottom of the following page...

That sounds like a good plan, especially the dry sew part. I always wondered how you wold make all that work. Although the UJ skiff kit has a square transom but only uses one stem. So I guess there are different ways of doing things.

If you want to mount a trolling motor why not make a square transom and mount it there?

Wow, thanks a lot. I may give this a try sometime soon.