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    Cameras - What do you use.

    I am going to buy a new camera for use when out fishing and paddling. What should I look for in a new camera? Waterproof? Size? Cost(is more better)? Thanks JC Jim
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    Piro in the water

    Well, people, I finally got a chance to put the piro in the water and spend about 45 minutes paddling it. I took it to my buddies house on the shore of Braddock Bay State Park, which is about 7 miles west of where I live. It is a bay off of Lake Ontario, where I live. It is protected from the...
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    Gritzzzz

    Herer is a story on grits. Thought you would be interested. Now, that's a grits eater!!!! http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070930/ap_ ... UxuTkuQE4F JC JIM
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    Maiden Voyage of my Piro

    Okay People : Grab your favorite libation and a comfortable chair and check out this unusual launching. A comment about the pics first ..... No PFD. I did not intend to go into water deeper than my knees, this launching was to test the airtight compartments and not to paddle around...
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    Update on my piro build

    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...
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    Update on piro

    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...
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    Glue problem

    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...
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    Newbie on this site

    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...
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