A Pirogue like the Louisiana namesake is a skiff and a sharpie is also a skill and both originate (I think) from earlier dories which came first. remember...
Call it whatever you like, the boat won't care. ________________________________ From: john colley <Helliconia54@...> To: "Michalak@yahoogroups.com"...
No matter what formula you use it always costs more & takes longer than you think it will. We all know this going in. There are no cheap boats. If you want it...
copper for me too, i like the adjustability, its easy to sand any wire that gets stuck, not expensive,and user friendly To: Michalak@yahoogroups.com From:...
For me, copper wire ties work best. I've tried zip ties by they cannot be released and re tightened very easily. They tighten incrementally, so sometimes...
Tim, I'm discounting my time, but I haven't yet put it in the time to master the craft, so marine ply may be wasted on my skills. After a couple of smaller ...
john, if you designed your boat i guess you can call it whatever you like. dories are usually designed for rowing, so if your pirogue was designed with rowing...
This a rather nice effort, Don. I wondered where the marine ply at such bargain prices could come from tho, so checked out your Roddis Lumber. Looks wonderful!...
My 17' pirogue took 210 ties of 50lb mono filament fishing line.NEVER AGAIN!!! stitched every two or three inches. "There is magic in the feel of a paddle...
I have a pirogue,is it also a dory? it has flared sides and rocker.Or,is it a skiff? its got a flat bottom,maybe a canoe? pointy both ends and open.Naming a...
you have left out the priceless factor of the equation: the hours of your life that you have invested in the project. We can not purchase replacement hours at...
Ha! I used those for the safety wires on the bolts of my motorcycle's brakes! But for most of my boats I've used heavier wire and ordinary pliers. But I still...
Good news! Drooled over the plans a little more. Looks like the hull beam is 5.5'; so the 6' width listed on Duckworks must include the leeboards or leeboard...
I received the Caroline plans in the mail today. It looks like she is all of 18' feet not counting the rudder. I was sorta expecting her to be 18' including...
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I used the mid size zip ties ( less than 1/4 inch wide )on my piccup and they worked fine. Used a good pair of wire cutters to cut them off very close to...
Most dories have very little rocker. John Gardner's book gives the best explanation of what makes a dory a dory. IMO, a dory has a narrow spindle-shaped...
Just out of curiousity, does anybody have a "rule of thumb" for final boat cost based on the plywood bill? My assumption is that if you go for a marine-ply...
I used the plastic wire ties (same thing?) on a boat with 1/2 " bottom and 3/8 sides without problems. After fiberglassing one side I could pull most out....
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David Calloway
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Nov 21, 2012 6:59 pm
Yes, you can do it, but my advice is only if you're going to put fiberglass on the exterior to cover the holes. The zip ties also may need fairly large holes...
I kept breaking zip ties on my mixer2. That boat has a similar hull to caroline. But mixer2 is all 1/4" plywood, Caroline has a 1/2" bottom going into 3/8"...
