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Regarding rocker on the LSU plans I added another 1/2 " to the 2" curve on the bottom panel. I have been out in some pretty choppy conditions and there is only minimal slap during the worst conditions. The boat has about 2" of rocker. The LSU plans don't specify the angle on the ribs, and my...

I use the buff (mask), gloves, long sleeves, and long pants for sun protection and find it comfortable with the fabrics available now even in summer. The polyurathane doesn't hold up to oysters or rock scrapes, though it has been easy to clean, and held up to scrapes from branches that don't...

After the first coatof polyurathane dried the 2nd coat dried as advertised on the can. The paint has held up ok. Mac

The first coat of polyurathane took much longer to dry than label indicated (over a day). I had used it on my other boat which is several years old so I don't think it was related to poor cleaning of wax from epoxy, and the cost was significantly higher. That plus the more difficult cleanup...

I used 6mm marine plywood (okume) and a polyurathane deck paint. The last time I used luan plywood a couple of years ago, I had problems with some small areas of delamination. If I was going to do it over I'd use latex paint.

The mask is to limit sun exposure. I grew up in Fl and spent too much time in the sun. Consequently I use sunscreen and protective clothing as much as possible. Mac

I recently completed a pirogue after several months of reading the builds on this forum and web surfing. I wanted a light car top boat to fish and explore the marshes and bays in the 10,000 Island area of Florida. I modified the LSU pirogue to have slightly less rocker and used fiberglass...