Pirogue Photos

Customers' Pirogue/Skiff Photos
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Forum Member: Gray James Island, SC

This is my first boat so I wanted to start with an easy one. It is a very simple design, I would recommend it to anyone. I have pretty much gone with the plans on the design. I added some seat rails that will hold two woven seats when the boat is finished. I epoxied the whole thing and glass clothed the outside as well as taped the seams. the last pic has bricks wrapped with duct tape, I think there are 50 of them in all. They are holding down the floor boards I glassed in until the epoxy sets up. The Pirogue is about ready for paint now, I will send more pics when it is complete. Dustin Rockrohr

Well Harry, I said I would send you some more pics when I was finished so here they are. I put foam floatation in both ends of the boat, Then boxed them in with some plywood and cabosil epoxy putty. I painted the whole boat with Valspar exterior latex paint, we will see how it holds up over time. This boat is in for a rough life so I'd say it will be a good test for the latex argument. I floated it on March 6th it was really windy as you can see from my 2 dogs ears. The first time I put in it was a little shaky and the wind pushed me straight into the bank. I got the hang of it pretty quick and was off and paddling around the pond in no time, soon my cousin had to give it a shot so we both went for a spin. It was a little bit of an overload but the pirogue handled surprisingly well. we only had about 4 inches from the water to the gunwales so we couldn't tip it too much. By the end of the day I even took one of my dogs for a spin, that was interesting. So much for the woven seats I had to improvise on the treated 5 quarter board seats just to get something to sit on. They sat so high in the hull I didn't think they would work. After a couple of trips around though they are just fine, it takes a little better balance but is much more comfortable. I think I will call mine Floater, was a great project thanks for such good plans and a very helpful webpage. Dustin

Hi Henry – A while back I told you I would send you some pictures of my new Gator Pirogue. Well, I finally found some time to put it in the water and test it out. Everything went great and we had a lot of fun. My son and I learned quickly how to handle a little boat like this. This was a test run so we didn’t stay out long but we did find a creek that we would like to explore later which is exactly the kind of thing this boat will be good for. Thanks for the great plans and, as usual, your assistance. Dennis McGinnis *NOTE: Dennis has also built our Duckhunter model -Henry*


Dear Henry, We built a 14' Pirogue last summer, which went really well, and we thought you might like some pictures of it to put on your Web site. It was our first launch of the season, the location is the Yamhill River at McMinnville, Oregon. It was great fun building it and even more fun paddling in it! Thanks for such a great boat to build! Sincerely, Andrew & Brian Plett McMinnville, Oregon

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