Father & Son & "The Learning Curve"...

[WDfrmTN]

...or "BUB" (Butt Ugly Boat).
11 year old and I started, and so far we are up to hulled in, outer rails on, inner rails almost done, & outer hull painted.
Sorry...kept forgeting to take pics up to now, but will post some Thursday.
Did some 'strange' things, as we used mostly what was "laying around". Made a few mistakes, which I'll point out in the upcoming pics.

 

[a Bald Cypress]

Hay, Don't point out the "special mods" we like to find them on our own.

It's sorta like one of those games where you have to find 5 different things in a picture.

Don't spoil our fun.

Just post the pics of your FINE LOOKING boat.

 

[Bellybuster]

lookin forward to the "where's Waldo" pics

 

[Kayak Jack]

Kinda like a Rorschach Knot Hole Test. If you pass with a high score, you get a paddle with a smooth handle and no slivers. sigh

 

[WDfrmTN]

Okay, then fellas, pics sans captions!

You guys can do the "fill-in"!

 

[Kayak Jack]

Well, with a great looking young man that involved, I see no mistakes - only sound judgment. Good on ya, dad. Keep up the good work.

 

[WDfrmTN]

Thanks, Jack! Only thing I screwed up on was not documenting it for the home-school records...means we gotta build another one! :wink:

Karl is pretty forgiving and reasonable...where I mis-measured the center board I added, it made sort of a hexagon "box" between UJ's two mid-ribs. The kid started telling me how hexagons are strong, how honey bees use them, etc., etc.. (I think he was trying to make ol' Daddy feel better).

 

[Kayak Jack]

OK, now you can tell him about hexagon and octagon gun barrels. And, that the reason bees use a hexagon is - it requires the least amount of wax per cubic inch of honey storage space.

 

[WDfrmTN]

YUP! :lol:

Well, about the boat, we really did use "what was laying around". The Luan is some that was in the garage when we bought the place (probably have enough left for another pirogue). It's less than 1/4", a bit over 3/16 (to these old eyes)...some metric stuff, I think.
The outer rails are from a bundle of trim that was in the barn, left over from building the house (how we formed that I'll let you guess!).
About all we bought were the UJ kit with extra rib (I have no table saw), the lattice strips for the inner rails, the fibreglass stuff and the outer hull paint and trim paint (The inner hull paint will be a gallon of grey exterior paint we found in the barn.). Oh, my Daddy had two cans of resin left over he gave us, too.
We still have less than $200 in it!

 

[BEARS BUDDY]

I see another great boat in your futures. Good job dad and son.

 

[Bellybuster]

I see no flaws.... I too built my pirogue from stuff laying around. Made it all the more special to me

Only sughgestion I have for you is get some safety glasses on the young feller when blowing out the debris with compressed air.

 

[WDfrmTN]

I see no flaws.... I too built my pirogue from stuff laying around. Made it all the more special to me

Only sughgestion I have for you is get some safety glasses on the young feller when blowing out the debris with compressed air.

Yup on the glasses...they would fit right with the mask. Need to find some kid-size dust masks where he can wear both.

 

[Kayak Jack]

A bandanna - outlaw cowboy style - is a good start. I never got beyond it.

 

[WDfrmTN]

Well we got the two UJ center ribs and my center bottom board glassed, and the interior painted with resin. Started sanding a bit last night.
Still need to fit the fore/aft (which is which?) deckplates, finish painting, wax it, and make the paddles.

I'm getting impatient!

 

[WDfrmTN]

Well, we sanded the inside, then took it out in the yard to wash it down good, inside & out.
I couldn't resist the temptation....float tested it in the pool!
While I was standing in it, showing Karl how strong it is and how far it would heel, I got over-centered and fell out :lol:
I'll get some pics up when I get home.

 

[Kayak Jack]

It does a Son good to see Dad upended - once in a while.

 

[WDfrmTN]

It does a Son good to see Dad upended - once in a while.

Oh, hell, he sees stuff like that regular with me...

 

[Kayak Jack]

OK, then he knows you're human.

 

[WDfrmTN]

They're a bit dark...it was 23:00!

 

[Kayak Jack]

SURF'S UP!