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    Still Here and alive

    Howdy folks Just thought I would get on here and see what was happenin with the bunch of ya's Well to bring all up to date I am still retireded, been paddlin quite a bit. Made a trip to the Keys to do some paddle, lobster,drinkin. Did great at the first and last, not so with the middle one. But...
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    The Fisheating Creek "Swamp" Trip

    Chuck & Mac Thanks for inviting me on the trip. I needed the break. Joe
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    The Fisheating Creek "Swamp" Trip

    Good Day Folks I made it back home and will post some of my pics of the trip later. Right now I am tryin to get back in the swing of things. It was to say the lest a very interesting trip. One that I won't forget for a long time. Ron: my TV worked great even in the tight confines of the stump...
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    Mississippi River trip

    savannakelly I put the boats on foam pads and secured with ratcet straps. I hookked the straps to chains that I hooked to the bottom of the camper. The chains were just pieces of dog chain screwed to the bottom frame of the camper. Then I put another to the front. I found that the nose of the...
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    Mississippi River trip

    Hi Folks Well I finally got to go on a Vacation with Ms. Val. Been 8 years since the last trip we have been on together. Now that we are retireded we did it. And we took our boats along. We went to Iowa for 3 weeks. Had a great time and did some very interesting paddling on the Mississippi...
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    Touring Pirogue T-V AKA Brazos Queen

    Hi Ron Got question Did you build the brazos queen out of luan? I agree the cockpit needed to be wide I like lots of room. Joe PS ( the Ocklawaha Queen is almost done)
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    Touring Piroque TV Started

    Hi Ron Hello Mr. Chucky Ron The rear hatch will be 21 inches and the front will about 35. I planned on taken the hatch down over the tumble home addition the I have on it about 2.5 inches. this will give me plenty of open area to put my larger gear in. And it will also the front one any way...
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    Touring Piroque TV Started

    Well still have bad weather so I am still getting time to work on the boat. Here is some of the last day or so. Starting to put the front deck on .Here is the bow end . I did put 1 layer of 6 oz. glass on the inside seam. Just for strength. This I did before setting the top deck I asked...
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    Touring Piroque TV Started

    Lousy weather does only one thing for me. LETS ME WORK ON MY BOAT so I did get some done this week. [/img] This the inside of the bow section. This will be covered with a deck [/img] The rear deck is on and I did get it welded in place. Had some diffeculty getting the sides to align...
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    Touring Piroque TV Started

    Hi Chucky & Jack Are you talkin to Mac again. We figure you been campin in your back yard thats why it has been rainin so long. And yep I did raise the height of the decks about 4.5 inches. I wanted a little more packin in room. I dont think it will hurt the wind sigature much. L I didnt change...
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    Touring Piroque TV Started

    Well I got some time to work on the boat this week end. I have the back deck cut and in place. I will be weldin it on today so it is dry in the morning. Here is a couple pics. This before I trimmed the top deck. Next is after trimmin. Need to get the seam a little cleaner then do the...
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    Touring Piroque TV Started

    Well it took longer than I figured to get back on the TV. But here are so pics of my progress. Here I put the mat on the main bottom. I have over laped it to give more protection to the areas that I know I will be banging against things. I used plastic trowles to lay out the epoxy. It seemed...
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    Touring Piroque TV Started

    Update on the TV Piroque Got the inside glass done yesterday. Just have to do the sanding on that part yet. Today I will be glassing the outside. If I get the time which it looks like I will. I ll take some pics as it goes. Then I will be figuring the deck parts. Still enjoyin it. Joe
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    Touring Piroque TV Started

    Steve: Yep I seen the cooler in Rons boat and figured if it works fer a Texan it has to be OK fer an ole florida paddler. Chucky: Thanks fer the encouragment. If it hadn't been for you and Ron, Hairy Mick, I would have probably been always goin in the grumann. Joe
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    Touring Piroque TV Started

    Hi Guys I had some more time to work on the Piroque. Here are some of the pics. After This pic I had to start the cutting of the sides. It took a little time to figure just how big to cut the sides but I did get it to fit. The added bulk head is going to add stability to the v bottom. ( I...
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    Older then Dirt ...Quiz.

    You fellas is old. But I do remember most of these things. Ron wasn't the pre air thing called a swamp cooler? Joe
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    Touring Piroque TV Started

    Here we go now I figured out what was going on I punched the wrong buttonsSo here it is with the bottom sealed.[/img] the back end [/img] the front end Still ain't figured the cameras date stamp thing so just ignore it. Heres one more of the bottom [/img] more later Joe
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    Touring Piroque TV Started

    Hi Guys Heres a couple more pics it has been busy here so I ain't got to work on it much. Here a shot of the front, [/img]http://i486.photobucket.com/albums/rr225/lazyriverguy/Joe%20s%20Boat/100_1589.jpg
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    Touring Piroque TV Started

    Chucky: I have been listenin to Val it is her fault the wood is lookin this way. Matt: Val drew pictures for me off of your plans so I could follow allong. She did mention the hole thingy. I guessed it went on the up side. But it is startin to look like some thing I can put in the water and...
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    Touring Piroque TV Started

    OH YEAH Dont look at the dates on the darn pics. My camera is messed up Joe