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Fellow builders: I took my piro down to the beach today for its maiden voyage and it proved to be a mite rough on the water! The wind was out of the north and the waves were one to two feet high. Needless to say -- the launch was very difficult and proved to be a wet afternoon. I have...

Okay people, go get your favorite libation and sit in a comfortable chair. This is going to be a lengthy report on my piro build(complete w/pics!). I decided to add the deck back to the first rib and then to make them airtight. Added the port hole in both ends of the piro. This...

I have run across another site for a two anchor system for a canoe. The system can be adapted to a piro. Check out these sites: www.flyanglersonline.com/features/warmw ... 01104.html www.flyanglersonline.com/features/warmw ... 11504.html JC

I drive OTR for a local trucking company here and go to Atlanta at least once a month and it is not the worst area to drive in. New York City after 5:00 AM is the worst place to drive. People are rude as well as impatient. I go to NYC once every two months and that is too much. I don't think...

Canadian tax refund Chuck: You can get a tax refund(7% GST tax) on all your purchases and acomadations. Your goods have to be more than $50 and hotels, more than $200. Go to www.canadiantaxrefund.com for more info than I can give you. I am not up to date on all the rules and regs. You...

Markc: Here is my two cents worth..... I am a rookie at boat building so I can only give you my limited opinion on the type of wood to use. I am in the middle of building my first piro (from UJ plans) and I am using 5.2 mm luan from Lowe's. It is maple on one side and birch on the other...

Well, I have made a lot of progress on the piro today and will try to bring everyone up to date. I have the ribs screwed in temporarily and the gunwale and inside chines glued in. This is the first void that I have run into with this cheap plywood. (3/16" Luan from Lowe's) It's only...

Martin: I am new to this forum, so I can't help you with your epoxy question, but I do live within 2 hours of you. I am in Rochester. You can have it sent to me and pick it up here. That will save you some money. JC

Chuck: Sorry about that ! I didn't realize that it took so long to load. I have hi-speed wireless in my home and everything just pops up very fast on my laptops and desktops (I have 4 computers), so I just don't think about it. It's kinda like turning the faucet on and you just assume...

Thanks Keith & Seedtick for your suggestion on the block plane, but I ended up cutting the new angle on the table saw. I can operate that better than a plane. I inherited a whole storage shed full of woodworking tools and included in that was two table saws, a band saw, router and table, 2...

Hello Everyone: I got back from Atlanta yesterday and decided to spend the day(Sunday) wo*king on my piro. But, I have a small problem with the end ribs matching the curve of the sides. See photos. The angle of the rib doesn't match the sides curve. This angle is machined in by UJ and I...

Swamp Rat: Great pix! I was up in that area three weeks ago to the Poland Springs bottled water plant and drove right thru that area. It is a pretty area. The photos remind me of northern Ontario, where I go Pike fishing every May. The lodge where I go is on the end of a 12 mile gravel...

Seedtick: Good explanation. It makes sense to me. I am a rookie in this boat building business, so I did not attempt a scarf joint. I didn't have a lot of confidence with working with 3/16" plywood. I am planning on trying it on my next boat. I checked on the side pieces that I...

Mike and others: Thanks for the suggestions and ideas. I decided to cut the end of each side panel off and re-glued them this morning. I had to cut 3" off each piece. The overall length of each finished (glued) panel went from 15' 8" to 15' 2". I also used waxed paper this time as well...

Matt: It's 5.2 mm luan from Lowe's. Maple on one side, birch on the other. Jack & Wannabe: The plastic is polycarbonate(lexan). It's used for windows and doors. I replaced the window in my aluminum storm door a number of years ago because the wind broke the glass. I bought a full...

Thanks for the suggestions, guys. But I think I had too much weight on the plastic sheets. Chuck said he uses a light weight and I had two concrete blocks on each piece of plywood, so I think that was the problem. Here are some photos Chuck: I took the paper off...

Yesterday I had time to butt glue the two side panels together and put them between two pieces of plexaglass. Well, this morning I went out to see what they looked like and found out that the epoxy had glued itself to the sheets of plastic. When I separated them from the plastic, the plywood...

Thanks for the quick reply gentlemen! Tom: It has been many years since I worked @ Crosman and don't consider myself an expert on that stuff anymore. But you are right, I am from the steel and wood era. I actually worked on the Model 760 when we converted the stock and forearm from wood to...

Greetings all: I ran across this forum a couple of weeks ago and have decided to build an UJ Piro kit. I ordered the kit and got as far as cutting the plywood and then had to go to work for a week. First, a little about myself, I am a fisherman for many years and have always had a boat...