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BobC
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Anyone have a boat in process ? Just wondering whats on the shop floor at this point.
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seedtick
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just finished this dugout
working on this pirogue
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Harrod
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Cool pics. What's the pirouge made of?
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seedtick
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The wood in both boats is sinker cypress, old growth cypress that was harvested from the late 1800's until the early 1900's but was lost during the logging operations and subsequently sunk. Boat building starts with the recovery of these old logs. Not all are this size but this one is particularly nice
A pirogue finished bright (varnished) looks like this one
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la sainte-barbe
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Location: Montreal
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| Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2010 6:58 am Post subject: |
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Very cool pics!
Buccanners often used pirogue. I would like to build one one day. How long did it took too make them? Very impress by the dugout one.
Probably more difficult to do right? |
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PAUL C. DAIUTE
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| seedtick, Most excellent good! Paul |
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mboyce
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| Seedtick, that is some beautiful work! |
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seedtick
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thanks for the compliments
a dugout, using hand tools (e.g. crosscut saw, various adzes, hatchets, pull shave, plane,etc) takes about a month depending on the degree of final finish
a plank pirogue takes about 7 to 10 days to build then another 2 to 3 weeks to varnish. Most of that time is waoting for varnish to dry |
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piker
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Im in AWE! Pics are great but the craftsmanship is unreal! Im envious  I love the trees in the dugout pic. Would love to visit a cypress swamp some day. Thanks for posting!
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moosebreath
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| Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2010 3:42 pm Post subject: Re: Building anything? |
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| BobC wrote: | Anyone have a boat in process ? Just wondering whats on the shop floor at this point.
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I have a birch bark canoe on the building bed right now. Making good progress. Should be done in a few more weeks.
I recently got the ribs bent (34) for the birch bark canoe.
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PAUL C. DAIUTE
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| Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2010 5:06 pm Post subject: |
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| Moosebreath, Very nice, I like your sails, we don't have them on our tribes canoes in Mayne. Paul |
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molsem
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Minnesota Mike
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Waaaaay too cool!!!
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PaulN/KS
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GREAT WORK !
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molsem
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Seedtick,
Love the dugout and Pirogue! What does the bottom of the dugout look like? Round?Squared? (I am currently searching for a log to make one myself...)
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