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We're getting there, slowly but surely. The last couple of days has been a good bit of work but not much visible progress...I rounded over the edges of the ribs and sanded them a little, then routed some notches in the bottom so water doesn't pool in the bottom sections between ribs. We...

Somehow the two sides of my boat ended up being 16' 4.5" long (top dimension, laying flat...maybe a function of using metric okoume?). I was having trouble locating 16-foot stock for the rubrails but I don't think I stand a chance of finding stuff that is 17-feet or longer. I was thinking...

The next big step in building this UJ pirogue will be installing the stems and ribs. Stem installation looks pretty straightforward, but I have an idea on installing the ribs I want to run by the group here. I'm obviously brand new to boat building but it seems like getting the ribs...

I saturated the edge grain/end grain and one side of what will be my pirogue's sides, then put a piece of fiberglass on (about 12" by 12"). It was a fight the whole way due to the edges wanting to raise up where the butt joint is. I'll be shocked if it all looks okay tomorrow when the wax...

A god-awful travel schedule and working for a living are conspiring to keep me without a boat, but I am determined to get the sides butted together this weekend. I'm using the method shown on JEM's website (wood flour mix to get the long pieces together, then fiberglass) but I don't know howw...

Okay...me and the boys are out of the chute with this project, slowly. Turns out the workspace doesn't meet ADA guidelines so we've had to improvise, but you can really make a 3-year old's day by letting him have some time with a sander and some stain. As of today, we've got two of the...

Slowly gathering steam on this project, and I'd like to order the epoxy & fiberglass so I can get the pieces joined together. Anyone have a recommendation on the quantity of epoxy and fiberglass cloth I should buy? The boat will be built as long as the pieces allow (something a little over 15...

I bought my okoume this afternoon. After weighing the benefits & drawbacks of 1/8-inch and 1/4-inch, I ended up buying...3/16-inch. In what might have been a mistake, I had the shop make 11-inch rips (for sides 1-inch taller than the standard Uncle John plans) on both sheets. I figured they...

After looking at my unused UJ pirogue kit for awhile, I've decide it's time to get off my butt and get it built. To keep it interesting, I'll be getting some "help" from my 3 and 6 year old sons. When I bought the kit I purchased the extra rib so I could do either the 3 or 4 rib boat. I...