Devlins Egret

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My progress on a Sam Devlin Egret.

Questions on Piro - opinions needed

Ok, I put her in the water and she floated fine, the problem was with stability and how much of the sides was left above water when I was in it.

 

Reminder on demensions, total length 11'5" at gunnels, 10'6" at floor, Max width at floor in center of length 26", sides flaired to max at 34" in center, it is symetrically tapered to the ends, and the sides are 11" high in the middle and 12 at ends

It seemed like the sides were about 3-4" submerged with me at about 195 and nothing else in the boat. I'm guessing the angle of the sides from the bottom is about 12-15 degrees.

 

I quickly discovered the seats will likely have to go, sitting on them made the boat feel like it was gonna go over any second, but I was able to balance. I am about 6'4 so sitting height is about 3 feet if I'm sitting up straight, Is it normal for the canoe to feel that unstable, or am I expecting to much from such a small boat?

 

Sitting on the floor seemed better, not as tippy feeling, I could probably deal with it, but not sure how wife will feel about it.

 

It seemed to paddle easily, a couple strokes and she was scooting, and seemed easy to keep going strait the little I actually paddled, I was not sure of the ability of the boat, or mine since I have not canoed much in the past,  and the water was too cold to swim so I did not do much.

 

So now for the questions.

Is this thing too small to be useful for calm water canoeing?

 

Did I make my sides too short for adequite displacement to carry about 345 lbs total weight

 

Is the stability directly related to the bottom being too narrow or too short?

 

I only have about 65 dollars material and 5-10  hours labor in it, should I scrap it and start over with a slightly larger plan? Or take the seats out and see how It works for us in calm water?

 

 

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Prio Painted - ready for trial tomorrow

Got this thing painted, gonna trial run tomorrow, will let ya'll know if I end up swimming.

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RJW Projects

Photos of my wooden boat projects

Vacationer named Veronique

Vacationer from stevenson project

Pironoe Primed,

Got her primed, now I have to decide on color,

 

 I have some not quite dark green, and not quite barn red, and some white,  high quality exterior grade paint available, so red w green trim or green with red trim or white with green or red trim?

 

Wondering about inside color also, same as outside? or completely different?

 

I guess trim will equil the rub rail and seats

 

all opinions welcome

 

Regards, RJW

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Forward rowing

Does anyone know of plans I might obtain to build a forward rowing aparatus? In the movie U.S.Marshalls, Wesley Snipes' character steals a boat (it looked like a pirogue) with oars that have what I would call elbows for lack of a better description. As he drew back on the oars' handles, the blades would pull back. I saw a similar device sold on the web but it was a bit pricey. I'd like to try my hand at building one if anyone knows of plans anywhere.

Thanks

Flapjack

Well I just wanted to touch base with everyone. It seems like we have had a long, wet winter but the weather here in Nor. Cal. Has finally started to cooperate and I am making progress on the Flapjack. I have just added a few photos for anyone interested. You will at least be able to get an idea of what she looks like. I have made some progress since these pix were taken and will probably post some more pix next week. I just got an order from Jamestown Distributors today with my oarlocks and oar leathers. I have the interior sanding almost finished and plan to start painting next wk. With any luck at all I should have her in the water by the first part of May. It will be a while before I have her mast built but I am looking forward to getting on the water and logging some rowing time. I will be in touch soon. In the meantime I am comforted by the spirit of the immortal Ratty who so wisely noted that, “There is nothing, absolutely nothing, half so much worth doing, as simply messing about with boats.”

 

 

Until next time,

 

 

Winks

Prime and Paint Question

I am building with a modified stitch and glue, I have used PL Premium polyurethane construction adhesive for my seams, stuff is strong, waterproof and I found once fully cured the plywood will fail way before the glue. It will take paint according to manufacture.

 

now the question, all the "stitch and glue" techniques call for fiberglass tape and resin at the seems inside and outside, (more expensive than I want) and all I have found built this way are left clear coated with the resin.

 

I plan to apply two coats of exterior wood primer and paint inside and outside, do I have to apply fiberglass and resin to my plywood, this boat will be used maybe 10 times a year during camping trips and stored inside a climate controlled shop.

 

 

New to Forum RJ

Hello everyone,

I just wanted to introduce myself, I am new here and new to wooden boat building. A few weekends ago my wife and I were camping, and talked about renting a canoe for the day. It was windy and we decided against it, but it got me thinking (obsessing) about owning a small canoe that I could throw on top of the SUV when going to camp and use in lakes or rivers. I wanted something with a shallow draft, yet stable since neither my wife or I have ever been in a canoe. I looked at prices/weights/sizes on factory built canoes/kyaks (outrageous)and then hit on the wooden canoe idea, many web searches later I decided I could easily build something sized right, and priced right,  with my background in wood work I had any tool I might need, so I decided on a simple piroque plan, combined with a couple other ideas from various free downloads, and came up with a plan. (currently about 1/2 finished)

 I dont have the demensions with me today, but will post them later, along with a pic of the finished product, for ease of finishing she will be painted, but I'm thinking of a stained finished for my second project if this one floats...

 

Regards from TX,

RJ

 

 

hey hey atlast

Hi  Me harties I am getting to add photos after all and I did exactly the same as the last time when it would not let me? confused / dam pcs boats much easier.

Picture under title "8ft rowing boat" , did you know you can only access the pictures from the home page or is it me and the fight with this dam pc thingy?!"짙$%^^&****

sail on.

Bogsdolics.

 

West Marine Catalog 2008

The new catalog is out for West Marine - You can view it on line or order a paper copy through the link below.

 

www.westmarine.com

 

Andy