IT'S ALIVE...IT'S ALIVE

[papachoochoo]

It floats with me in it anyway.
Showed up at the Neches Race at 7:30 this morning with the pirogue. There were 60 + people there registered to race, with a total of four wood boats. I've decided there are three kinds of boat people: Aluminun, plactic, and wood. The Aluminum people are a hard, fast living group. They drag, pull, drop, throw and kick their boats, trying to get as many dents as possible in their boats. The Plastic people are a lot like the Alumnium folks except their boats don't dent. The Wood people lovingly take their boats down from the trucks, gently carry them to the launch site. Will stand around and talk about the boats for hours if time permits.
I did have lots of comments about my boat, all postive. However the Alumnium and Plastic people all said about the same thing after walking away shaking their heads: " that's sure pretty, but I could never build that and wouldn't want to have to take care of it".

I didn't enter the race, after most of the people left I put in and paddled around for awhile, took some getting used to, she floats and paddles and turns and I love her......

Yes, I'm already planning my next WOOD boat. Thanks to all of yall for the support and advice. I'll post some of my adventures with the pirogue and fly fishing here in East Texas. Looking forward to many many good days ahead.

papachoochoo

EVER FORWARD, BUT SLOWLY

 

[hairymick]

G'day Papa,

The Aluminum people are a hard, fast living group. They drag, pull, drop, throw and kick their boats, trying to get as many dents as possible in their boats. The Plastic people are a lot like the Alumnium folks except their boats don't dent.

Mate that pretty much says it all. These people treat their boats with the contempt that their horrible plastic and aluminium boats deserve.

About the only good thing about em is that they float, IMHO

Ya just need to compare them to your beautiful boat. Nah, ya can't do that. There is no comparison.

Yours has style, grace and class not to mention is a thing of beauty, while theirs are just boats.

she floats and paddles and turns and I love her......

GOODONYAMAAAATE.

 

[oldsparkey]

This picture looks to me like one happy paddler .

" that's sure pretty, but I could never build that and wouldn't want to have to take care of it".

Some of us respect our boats and the wilderness while wanting to take care of them and be a harmonious part of nature.

While others just want to do what ever they do which is usually not that good for anything including there tin can or plastic boats and nature.:evil:

Chuck
PS. Let them get a few more years on then , then they will wise up.

 

[ObionRiverRat]

That shore is a purdy boat. Did you plane the wood down to 1/4 in?

 

[papachoochoo]

plane wood

RiverRat,
my boards were 1 X 17 and 9'long. I used a table saw to rip them into 1/4" X 1" strips, 9' long. Built my panels from that. I figure there's at least 50 board feet of saw dust under the table saw. Still looking for a use of all that cedar saw dust.

papachoochoo

DO I HEAR 40 DOLLARS 404040404040GIVE ME 50

 

[Kayak Jack]

Bag up the cedar sawdust and present it to ladies on Christmas as po-purees (HIH is that spelled?)

Aluminum boats are good for escaping an advancing enemy. Also, for indicating a paddler's IQ. Also for telling all wildlife within forty to fifty miles where you are.

 

[Wannabe]

Hey Pappaho
Take a square peice of cloth, put a pile of cedar sawdust in it and bring the sides of the cloth up and twist it and tie it off. Now you hace a little bag of cedar sawdust to give te wemmen folk to hang in their closets. They will love you for it.
Bob

 

[hairymick]

po-purees (HIH is that spelled?)

Pot-Pourie

 

[BEARS BUDDY]

Beautiful boat.

Screen and mix the fine sawdust with epoxy for the fillets on the next boat.

 

[john the pom]

Nice work Pappa!
They looked into their wallets and bought a boat, you looked inside yourself and created one

 

[paddlin4reds]

This picture looks to me like one happy paddler .

Mornin';
Hey! Is it just me? ....Old Sparky, did you use "PaPaChooChoo" as a model for the caracture on the Southern Paddler Forum's WebSite. "Ploop" him on a gator, and he's a dead ringer :lol:

Looks good ChooChoo. Also looks like you had a good time. Well Done. :wink:

 

[Kayak Jack]

They looked into their wallets and bought a boat; you looked inside yourself and created one.

Now THERE'S one of the best observations I've seen. Good on ya, John. Aye god you're a keeper.

 

[ObionRiverRat]

All he is missin is the "roll your own" hangin outta his mouth.

Still grinnin from my first ride this morn!

 

[catfish]

Hey papa pooch that is a nice looking boat. Some people want take care of anything regardless of what its built out of. :evil:

 

[FlaMike]

papachoochoo,

You certainly did a great job! I suspect you made quite a few Tupperware boat-owners quite envious!! :mrgreen:

And rightfully so.

Mike S.
Spring Hill, FL

 

[ObionRiverRat]

Im new at this. Can you throw those boats away when you are done with em like those Ziplock sandwich boxes? HeHe

 

[FlaMike]

From what I hear, most people don't throw them away. . . Not after a single use, anyway.

But once you sit down in them, you do have to "burp" them, just like the other Tupperware.

Mike S.
Spring Hill, FL

 

[sheena's dad]

Papa..

Just saw your pics. I love the look. Sheena's talkin' about us puttin in the Neches up your way and takin' 'er all the way home... Tho' I don't think she's aware of that portage we'd need to make at Dam B. But her talkin' 'bout it has got me wantin' to fight that climb an' tote t' get by the dam. While we probly won't be makin the messabout, maybe we can catch up to you if we do make this river run the way she's wantin t' do.
As far as I'm concerned there's no better way of spending father/daughter time...unless of course it's in the shop buildin' somethin'.

Beauty of a boat, friend. I admire your work and your choice of water.

On the south end of the Neches

Steve

 

[papachoochoo]

Neches River

Hey Steve,
My freind Tim Taylor who ran the Neches Wilderness Race this year made the trip in 5 1/2 hours (20 miles ). He said he had to get out of his kayak 8 times to go over or around trees and one dead cow. Your trip sounds like a great time, however think about the water level. Here at the Lake Palestine Dam it can vary as much as three feet, and only thirty feet wide in most places. Keep the idea in mind though, would be a trip to talk about forever. I'll be glad to travel some of it with you or be the pick up man, aka "man in the nice dry bug free truck".
papachoochoo

 

[jdupre']

Papachoochoo, love the look of that cedar under glass. It's cool that you combined strip construction and panel construction- the best of both worlds.