Built a pirogue today

[RickyH]

Originally Posted by Matt G

Man that's sweet! If you dont mind, were did u get the plans to build it. That looks like a pretty cool project for me and my brother.

I attached a copy of the plans.... They are free to distribute in the metric measurements. I just found a converter from mm to inches online and switched it all over. The plans are good guidelines but the only thing I really used these plans for were to get the measurements when cutting out the 2 pieces of plywood. After that, its pretty much just a matter of putting everything together with the right spacing.

[RickyH]

This is the third pirogue I've built but one thing I learned after building the first one is to have all gaps come together as good as possible. On the 2nd and 3rd one I did, I used liquid nail between the bottom and sides. After that dried, the boats would float but I put fiberglass cloth and resin along the bottom and up the sides.

They really are fairly easy to build and come in handy when you need them.