. The Touring pirogue T-V hit the water today .
The weather was terrible 30 mile an hour gust and up to 18 inch whitecaps on the river but I couldn’t wait had to get her wet loaded the ice chest and off I went
The boat turned out pretty light 43 lbs and she handled like a dream turned well and was very stable in the wind there was very little nose swing and wind cocking I had waves breaking over the front deck no problem (would have got wet in a open top boat) heading into the waves she just handled beautiful I let her drift sideways to waves road them well a very stable ride.
I played around a little then headed down river to see a friend that was fishing there even with the 30 mph wind blowing in my face and the waves I was cruising at 4 mph this little darlin is fast. I had to play really started digging in with the paddle and was up close to six mph.
Paddled on down the river and visited a while we started back up bucking the current crusing at 3.7 mph was no problem.
In summary I LOVE THIS BOAT if I had built this one first would probably not built another Shes fast ,nimble ,stable ,carries my cooler well, cockpit is perfect for me bulkhead just the right width apart, seat worked great front deck is right distance for rod holders
This is my favorite of all the boats I have paddled.
Ron
