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Neches River Hey Steve, My freind Tim Taylor who ran the Neches Wilderness Race this year made the trip in 5 1/2 hours (20 miles ). He said he had to get out of his kayak 8 times to go over or around trees and one dead cow. Your trip sounds like a great time, however think about the water...

ORR, Man, that was fast build, I'm sure you didn't have time to take very many pictures, please post the ones you did take. One of the things I learned building a strip pirogue is why yall build them ou of plywood. They will go together faster. Looks very good, hope you take pictures...

plane wood RiverRat, my boards were 1 X 17 and 9'long. I used a table saw to rip them into 1/4" X 1" strips, 9' long. Built my panels from that. I figure there's at least 50 board feet of saw dust under the table saw. Still looking for a use of all that cedar saw dust. papachoochoo...

It floats with me in it anyway. Showed up at the Neches Race at 7:30 this morning with the pirogue. There were 60 + people there registered to race, with a total of four wood boats. I've decided there are three kinds of boat people: Aluminun, plactic, and wood. The Aluminum people are a...

cedar coloring Harily Mick, The wood is local red cedar, with white veins running through it. I did not put coloring of any kind on the wood, that's the way it comes out after epoxy. Thanks for all the compliments.

Kayak Jack ???????? Boy, I have always heard you yankees were weird... wall, tape, measure, get someone to help. Where do you get these ideas? Down here we look, guess and start cutting and nailing. However your idea might work if you could get someone to help. THE FAT LADY SANG HER HEART OUT...

seat back slats Paddlin4reds, Thanks to yall for the kind words. The seat back has 5 slats cause it fits me, I'm long wasted and big.... I mean low center of gravity, 6'2", 270 lbs.

Tomorrow is the big day, headed to the Neches Wilderness canoe race. Yes, I'm taking my pirogue. I won't race, it's 22 miles, the river is down and not moving fast, I'm just not ready yet. The pirogue is as much of a boat it will ever be. I have 3 coats of epoxy over all the glass, not finished...

Today marks the 28th day of construction. Got the bulk heads installed, inter gunnels. Also epoxyed a 1/2" copper pipe through the bow and stern to run a rope through. Yes, I'll cut them off flush with the sides ( I know how yalls minds work ) Added an extra block for strength. This Saturady is...

fiberglass Mark, I'm using 4 oz fiberglass, it's great, makes all the curves and lays down nice and flat. Put double on the stems, just for luck. Russell

This Sunday I had some help so we fiberglassed the inside of the pirogue. We used old credit cards to spread the epoxy, worked great, even thought of sealing my old drivers licence in the epoxy for identification. The East Texas cedar looks pretty good, don't ya think? I...

fiberglass Here's the latest on the "East Texas Pirogue", I put the fiberglass on the bottom and sides this morning. The 4oz fiberglass is wonderful to work with, with any luck I'll do the inside Saturday.

messabout Steve, No there's no airconditioner in the shop, just fans. The heat doesn't bother me much, however the cold shuts me down completely. I'll be looking for ya at the messabout. Look for a middle aged fat man in overalls, that's me. papachoochoo

I read and gave a lot of thought to all the ideas about my boat without a bottom. I even asked my wife what she thought. I know I married the right women, she's always "right". So I put a bottom on her today. Next week I'll start fairing the hull and fiberglass. Can't hardly wait until she;s in...

All I need is a ride to the Neches River.....maybe a bottom, fiberglass, epoxy......did I mention sanding

messabout I got this off the site - duckworks magazine - click on the "calendar" and scroll down to September. Sounds like a nice place to spend the day. Conore is about three or four hour drive from me. That's my goal anyway.

Been a full day around here, first to the doctors office, ever notice the certificate behind their desk to "PRACTICE" medicine. I'm sure tired of him practicing on me, between him and the drug companies I'm going broke. Got home in time to finish sanding on the two sodes and this evening put...

east Texas cedar Hi Steve, There seems to be two kinds of cedar trees over here, that I know of anyway. The first has a very rough knoty look to the bark, the second has a smooth look. Thats the one I cut down, about 42" dia. and 40' tall. If this pirogue works out I have enough wood to...

strip pirogue OK, here's my first try at pictures. This picture shows the two sides of my pirogue. made up of 22 strips, 8' long, I butt glued the joints (sorry chuck,your advice came to late). Let me know if this works. By the wat, papachoochoo is the name my grandchildern gave me, I do...

Hey yall, Russell Powell (papachoochoo) here. I've been read'n yall's site for a long time now and decided to join in on all the fun. Bought a UJ kit, cut down a cedar tree two years ago. Started ripping up the cedar into strips last week, plan on making a strip pirogue something like...