Kayak Jack said:
Toon ,the pirogue experts will weigh in soon. I just want to give you a tip o' my hat for helping your boy build a boat. Actually - you will be building a boy with a boat. Good on ya!
Thanks Kayak Jack! I have a good young fella...mostly! Haha! He is the typical boy, but he is a keeper! He is my hunting and fishing partner! I want him to remember all this one day when he gets a kid!
And thanks also to you Old Sparkey! I have built two boats for myself and my best friend out of plywood. for this one we will use cypress planed down to 3/8 inch. I have never worked with cypress and want to use scarf joints as my lumber is only 12 foot lengths. Have you ever done this? I have two boards that are 1" x 16" x 12 '. I want to plane these down, put them together, and use them for my floor. Any suggestions on putting them together? I am thinking that I will scarf them down the entire length of the board. I am using the piroque kit from uncle johns, so I have four ribs. Ithink that will suffice in helping brace the floor? what about you guys? I will post pictures as soon as we get started and I invite evryone to offer advice and food for thought along the way! Thanks Y'all!
Oh yeah... The cool part about this project is my son will use this boat in getting his Eagle Scout required camping merit badge. He (and I) will have to paddle into a location about 3 miles with our gear and camp for the weekend. We will either do the Satilla river or the swamp! Gonna be fun! Thanks again!