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jd or Scully,

How much resin and cloth did you use on your pirogue? I've made a couple of small boats but never used fiberglass. I just used Gorilla Glue to seal them up. I plan to make another, more permanent model this summer.

duckamateur,

Take a look at the stem design at unclejohns.com. You can make it out of a good straight 2X4 with a table saw turned to the bevel you want and a router set to a depth of 1/4". It makes assembly real easy. Also, I found 1/4 luaun (sp?) plywood pretty good to work with. It doesn't have a lot of voids to fill. Hope that helps.

David

I know this is not a pirogue but it may help you
http://www.conservationcafe.com/cgi-bin ... /1823.html?

[quote="ChrisinAr"]I know this is not a pirogue but it may help you
http://www.conservationcafe.com/cgi-bin ... /1823.html?[/quote]

I've seen that a few times and think that I'm going to build one like it this summer. A few guys at the fuge built themselves one too I think. You might be able to use a few of that guys ideas in building your pirogue.

I used 1 gal. of epoxy resin (wish I had a quart more tho). 6oz glass cloth on the outside, glass mat on the inside and 4" glass tape on all seams. I will have to find my notes- I can't remeber what quantities I ordered. The mat was used to stiffen the floor, but it was the biggest pain to work with and added alot of weight. I may use cloth next time. I have been thinking of building one of those foam boats shown on that link. Ever since I built mine, my partner has been whining about having to wade in while I paddle back. It was a fun project and it doesn't hurt to have a spare.

Hey tennduckdog-- We are not too far apart- if you want to collaborate on building the pink boats this summer, let me know. We can build yours first!!!