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stripper I love wood and she has some pretty wood, very, very nice job. You did a great job, the wood can only do so much.Keith

Bresthooks I think I seen that movie star at the Oscars las' night. He was on the Red Carpet chatting with Joannie!

skiff Thanks Matt, neat story, good photo (I'd like to see more boat). That is the design I'm thinking of, it is indigenous of the area, its no design to go into a open lake. The same thing about a pirogue, it was for the marsh and swamp. Of course what we call a pirogue is not what Lewis and...

pirogue design Hi Bear, sorry about the info I sent on building a pirogue. The information I sent was for a pirogue with more curves and angles that I learned from old boat builders that didnt have writtenplans. I know when I wanted to learn how to build pirogues (more then one style), I...

scarf I have a router and circular saw jig, but i'd just as soon use a belt sander by hand and eye. I'll see if I can find a drawing and beam it up.Have a nice day,later, Keith

screws and nails Well Im not sure if its a pissin contest or a gunfight. And I have made a few plywood boats and a few wood plank boats, most of the time you have to paint the plywood to make it a "thing of beauty ". Is the strongest, the best? How strong is enough, down here our crawfish boats...

dugout pirogue Thanks for the nice words Catfish. No one is born a boatbuilder, You have to want to build a nice boat and then work at it, the first fifty are practice. And your right the wood has alot to do with it.The time getting the log and then the amount of wood that is lost ( from being...

pirogues in 1812 when Louisiana became a state, they made dugout pirogues from logs, then around 1930 the logs were getting hard to find ( the easy ones to get to )so people started making them out of planks ( you could get about 10 - 1 by using planks). Then after the big war, they had marine...

southwind Ha Mick, I see you have a NEW use for Valentine chocolate, it looks sweet. Keep th photos coming. By the way what kind of chocolate was that. Later Keith

nails and screws NUTs! I use nails, screws , glue and good wood. Others may use cheap wood and expensive epoxy and glass. You can get away with it on small boats. Large boats dont use glue below the waterline. Your choice, good luck, later keith

pirogue OK, I'll give you the stretch, but how much did you cut out of the center of the 18 and 25 footer sides. How wide was the bottom and at what angle was the sides ? Thanks, later Keith

south wind Hi Mick, nice thread with some good photos mate. I've never did a stich, but you make it look like a lot of fun. Where is the snow, you must be in South Australia? Your doing a great job ,thanks for sharing your knowledge with us. Later Keith

pirogue sides On a 14 ft. pirogue with a 24 in. bottom, the 12 in. sides need to be cut 1&1/2 ins. in the center. Good luck, Later Keith

nice boats It looks like two nice pirogues on Colyell Bay in the fall. Later Keith

ice box Ya Chuck, thats what i used, an old ice box for that 100 # gar fish. you could make a years supply in one nite. Later Keith

jon boat When I lay out my sides for my jon boat, I mark all my ribs, seats, drybox, decks and have them square and use them for reference when installind my jigs and can rack it if need be to keep it square. Later Keith

out house Ha Seed, it looks like a 3 - seater under a shade tree with another bald - one. It must be the water down there. Bald Cypress, nice pirogue, with those round sides it looks like a canoe, it must be the lite. Good job,Later Keith

jerky Hi all, I think "gar fish " is one of the best that I have ever made. It takes about 8 hours to do a 100 pounder. Later keith

dougout The log itself will sink, it is full of water/sap and will stay that way for a long time. It can only dry out so far, the heat of the day can only penetrate so much. But anyway after you dig it out, its displacement at first, then at ~1" thickness it will dry and float full of water...

graphite Thanks Chuck and DM for the info and read. IT was a good and informed thread. Thanks for the quick reply, Keith