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Howdy folks Just thought I would get on here and see what was happenin with the bunch of ya's Well to bring all up to date I am still retireded, been paddlin quite a bit. Made a trip to the Keys to do some paddle, lobster,drinkin. Did great at the first and last, not so with the middle one. But...

Chuck & Mac Thanks for inviting me on the trip. I needed the break. Joe

Good Day Folks I made it back home and will post some of my pics of the trip later. Right now I am tryin to get back in the swing of things. It was to say the lest a very interesting trip. One that I won't forget for a long time. Ron: my TV worked great even in the tight confines of the stump...

savannakelly I put the boats on foam pads and secured with ratcet straps. I hookked the straps to chains that I hooked to the bottom of the camper. The chains were just pieces of dog chain screwed to the bottom frame of the camper. Then I put another to the front. I found that the nose of the...

Hi Folks Well I finally got to go on a Vacation with Ms. Val. Been 8 years since the last trip we have been on together. Now that we are retireded we did it. And we took our boats along. We went to Iowa for 3 weeks. Had a great time and did some very interesting paddling on the Mississippi...

Hi Ron Got question Did you build the brazos queen out of luan? I agree the cockpit needed to be wide I like lots of room. Joe PS ( the Ocklawaha Queen is almost done)

Hi Ron Hello Mr. Chucky Ron The rear hatch will be 21 inches and the front will about 35. I planned on taken the hatch down over the tumble home addition the I have on it about 2.5 inches. this will give me plenty of open area to put my larger gear in. And it will also the front one any way...

Well still have bad weather so I am still getting time to work on the boat. Here is some of the last day or so. Starting to put the front deck on .Here is the bow end . I did put 1 layer of 6 oz. glass on the inside seam. Just for strength. This I did before setting the top deck I asked...

Lousy weather does only one thing for me. LETS ME WORK ON MY BOAT so I did get some done this week. [/img] This the inside of the bow section. This will be covered with a deck [/img] The rear deck is on and I did get it welded in place. Had some diffeculty getting the sides to align...

Hi Chucky & Jack Are you talkin to Mac again. We figure you been campin in your back yard thats why it has been rainin so long. And yep I did raise the height of the decks about 4.5 inches. I wanted a little more packin in room. I dont think it will hurt the wind sigature much. L I didnt change...

Well I got some time to work on the boat this week end. I have the back deck cut and in place. I will be weldin it on today so it is dry in the morning. Here is a couple pics. This before I trimmed the top deck. Next is after trimmin. Need to get the seam a little cleaner then do the...

Well it took longer than I figured to get back on the TV. But here are so pics of my progress. Here I put the mat on the main bottom. I have over laped it to give more protection to the areas that I know I will be banging against things. I used plastic trowles to lay out the epoxy. It seemed...

Update on the TV Piroque Got the inside glass done yesterday. Just have to do the sanding on that part yet. Today I will be glassing the outside. If I get the time which it looks like I will. I ll take some pics as it goes. Then I will be figuring the deck parts. Still enjoyin it. Joe

Steve: Yep I seen the cooler in Rons boat and figured if it works fer a Texan it has to be OK fer an ole florida paddler. Chucky: Thanks fer the encouragment. If it hadn't been for you and Ron, Hairy Mick, I would have probably been always goin in the grumann. Joe

Hi Guys I had some more time to work on the Piroque. Here are some of the pics. After This pic I had to start the cutting of the sides. It took a little time to figure just how big to cut the sides but I did get it to fit. The added bulk head is going to add stability to the v bottom. ( I...

You fellas is old. But I do remember most of these things. Ron wasn't the pre air thing called a swamp cooler? Joe

Here we go now I figured out what was going on I punched the wrong buttonsSo here it is with the bottom sealed.[/img] the back end [/img] the front end Still ain't figured the cameras date stamp thing so just ignore it. Heres one more of the bottom [/img] more later Joe

Hi Guys Heres a couple more pics it has been busy here so I ain't got to work on it much. Here a shot of the front, [/img]http://i486.photobucket.com/albums/rr225/lazyriverguy/Joe%20s%20Boat/100_1589.jpg

Chucky: I have been listenin to Val it is her fault the wood is lookin this way. Matt: Val drew pictures for me off of your plans so I could follow allong. She did mention the hole thingy. I guessed it went on the up side. But it is startin to look like some thing I can put in the water and...

OH YEAH Dont look at the dates on the darn pics. My camera is messed up Joe