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Morning all, My pirogue is now almost done :D I have fitted pine breasthooks which I have faired to match the camber of the rails. I have two outstanding problems: :( Problem One I tried a little varnish on the rails but after 4 days it still had not dried properly - it remained...

This was posted on the www.songofthepaddle.co.uk forum and I thought you guys would enjoy it too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yx3s9YiYFS8 Have a Happy Easter!

Does anyone else use a workshop vacuum cleaner? I can't justify an integrated system but have had my eye on an Earlex wet-n-dry machine designed for workshops. I went out and invested in one and I'm a happy camper. It is a vertical cylinder around 14" dia and about 2' tall on castors. It has...

I have spent the morning sanding. Having arrived home from work at 03:00 this morning I had the day to sleep at home. By mid morning I had had enough of lying around and thought 'BOAT!' I moved to a nicer neighbourhood a couple of years ago. Quiet leafy streets, some retired folk... and today...

Hi everyone, I have been looking at all the examples of UJ pirogues that I could find and wondering whether I could do anything to make the ends of the outer rails look smarter. The usual process seems to be to cut them off and just sand them down at the ends. I am not building true to the...

A man came home from work to find his wife waiting for him in the doorway. She was wearing some slinky lingerie. She looked him up and down and said "Tie me up and you can do anything you want!" So he tied her up and went outside to work on his boat!

Hi All, I have stuck the bottom on and it looks more like a boat. I masked the seams with brown packing tape as I didn't have any real masking tape to hand and I was too impatient. The results were pretty good (I rounded this with a tongue depressor stick). Even though the tape left...

Here is a recipe that should appeal to most of the regular folk. It has a couple of nice features: one of the key ingredients is free and the result is highy alcoholic. I don't know whether Sloes grow in the USA and Oz but in the UK they are a reasonably commen hedgrerow shrub or bush (Prunus...

Morning/Evening All (pick your own timezone!) I was wondering how many folk have raised the sides of their UJ Pirogues by an inch as it should be possible to get 11" sides and the standard width bottom board out of a 48" sheet. How have you handled the join between the ribs and the side...

Of the boat not personally of course although it would save on seating :lol: I have nearly cleared enough space to get a pirogue into our garage and I'm trying to get my head around all the techniques before getting into it. was wondering how you get the glass mat smooth over the bow...

Morning All, I'm stuck at the airport. I am due to work 7pm to 7am both Sat and Sun nights in Scotland so not exactly a pleasure trip. The only plus point is my employer is paying for Buisiness Class (I am a strictly cattle-class traveller myself) and there is free Internet access (and free...