You've come to the right place Thor... Here is our Pirogue page. At the bottom there are several links to explore. The first of which is our resident designer Matt Langenfeld of JEM. He's designed a stich and glue version. Now about the sectional boat... I have a Popular Mechanics book from the 50's with a nice sectional/stackable row boat. There is a link here somewhere of some reprints... Lets see... ya, der it is... http://www.svensons.com/boat/?p=RowBoats/ThreePieceBoat Not the same one i have, don't think, but sectional all the same... Enjoy, Thor2306 says:
I'm interested in building a plywood pirogue and also a sectional boat and would like to have access to your group in order to interact with others having the same interest. Thanks!
Thanks for the welcome. Here's another sectional boat that I kinda like: http://www.motherearthnews.com/library/2001_June_July/Float_Your_Boat There was a three-piece boat in "Boats Anyone Can Build" that I'll also have to revisit. That was a three-piece 10' 3" rowboat similar to the one in Mother Earth News. I am pouring over plans and dimensions now and I intend to start a pirogue next spring. I'm looking at combining features of the (1) Cheap Canoe, (2) Uncle John's Cajun Pirogue and (3) the free pdf plans at lsuagcenter.com. I like the stems featured in (2) and (3) but I prefer the clean interior design of (1) only scarfed instead of butt blocks. I kind of like the bottom chines in (3) instead of fiberglass fillets in (1) and (2) and would like to keep epoxy use to a minumum. I'd glass the entire outside though. My intentions are to use as much as the 4' x 16' plywood as possible to make a canoe that would handle my #230 and (best case scenario) a #200 field dressed whitetail buck. The vast majority of the time I'll surely be alone. I intend to portage this canoe 1/4 mile to a medium sized, often shallow, river and leave it upside-down, covered and high and dry for the bowhunting season. From there, I can quietly paddle the remaining 1/4 mile to my favorite hunting area. I would also use it for recreational paddling and fishing on the same river. I've looked at the Spokanoemaker's Firecracker here and it looks very nice. The lsuagcenter pirogue has concave shaped sides similar to the Cheap Canoe. The Uncle John's Cajun Canoe appears to have straight sides with more rocker. Do any of you have any opinions on how much rocker would be preferred on a pirogue of this size to be used for this duty? I'll probably add a keel for extra bottom protection. What do you think?? P.S., I'd love to know of a source for 16' plywood in Minnesota if anyone can advise. Thanks again, Thor
Thor: Good luck on the plywood. The normal stocking that I see here in Rice Lake, WI is 8' and 10' at Menards. I've had good success using 1/4" AC and scarfing the joint with epoxy and taping the seams. I have a home made jig I use for scarfing using a power planer. I don't have local access to a Home Depot but I think either one of these could special order longer lengths... Andy
Thanks Andy! I stopped at Home Depot yesterday and found 1/4" Lauan (it looked thinner FYI) for $10 per 4' x 8' sheet. It looked pretty good with very few voids. Thor
Glad to have you in the group, let the quesions roll.
You've come to the right place Thor... Here is our Pirogue page. At the bottom there are several links to explore. The first of which is our resident designer Matt Langenfeld of JEM. He's designed a stich and glue version. Now about the sectional boat... I have a Popular Mechanics book from the 50's with a nice sectional/stackable row boat. There is a link here somewhere of some reprints... Lets see... ya, der it is... http://www.svensons.com/boat/?p=RowBoats/ThreePieceBoat Not the same one i have, don't think, but sectional all the same... Enjoy,
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I'm interested in building a plywood pirogue and also a sectional boat and would like to have access to your group in order to interact with others having the same interest. Thanks!
Thanks for the welcome. Here's another sectional boat that I kinda like: http://www.motherearthnews.com/library/2001_June_July/Float_Your_Boat There was a three-piece boat in "Boats Anyone Can Build" that I'll also have to revisit. That was a three-piece 10' 3" rowboat similar to the one in Mother Earth News. I am pouring over plans and dimensions now and I intend to start a pirogue next spring. I'm looking at combining features of the (1) Cheap Canoe, (2) Uncle John's Cajun Pirogue and (3) the free pdf plans at lsuagcenter.com. I like the stems featured in (2) and (3) but I prefer the clean interior design of (1) only scarfed instead of butt blocks. I kind of like the bottom chines in (3) instead of fiberglass fillets in (1) and (2) and would like to keep epoxy use to a minumum. I'd glass the entire outside though. My intentions are to use as much as the 4' x 16' plywood as possible to make a canoe that would handle my #230 and (best case scenario) a #200 field dressed whitetail buck. The vast majority of the time I'll surely be alone. I intend to portage this canoe 1/4 mile to a medium sized, often shallow, river and leave it upside-down, covered and high and dry for the bowhunting season. From there, I can quietly paddle the remaining 1/4 mile to my favorite hunting area. I would also use it for recreational paddling and fishing on the same river. I've looked at the Spokanoemaker's Firecracker here and it looks very nice. The lsuagcenter pirogue has concave shaped sides similar to the Cheap Canoe. The Uncle John's Cajun Canoe appears to have straight sides with more rocker. Do any of you have any opinions on how much rocker would be preferred on a pirogue of this size to be used for this duty? I'll probably add a keel for extra bottom protection. What do you think?? P.S., I'd love to know of a source for 16' plywood in Minnesota if anyone can advise. Thanks again, Thor
ReplyDeleteThor: Good luck on the plywood. The normal stocking that I see here in Rice Lake, WI is 8' and 10' at Menards. I've had good success using 1/4" AC and scarfing the joint with epoxy and taping the seams. I have a home made jig I use for scarfing using a power planer. I don't have local access to a Home Depot but I think either one of these could special order longer lengths... Andy
ReplyDeleteThanks Andy! I stopped at Home Depot yesterday and found 1/4" Lauan (it looked thinner FYI) for $10 per 4' x 8' sheet. It looked pretty good with very few voids. Thor
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