Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Around the Campfire => Topic started by: david w. on June 16, 2013, 05:42:02 pm
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Hey PA! Long time since I've been around. Missed this place. I'm looking to fish some backwaters of the Mississippi that I would need some sort of boat. Being a broke college student I can't afford a canoe or kayak. I was wondering if anyone had made a simple watercraft. I was thinking maybe a pontoon type boat with those big Culligan water containers for flotation?
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http://www.wikihow.com/Build-a-Plywood-Canoe How about this? Looks almost too easy
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Google, Plywood Pirouge.
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I just finished a skin-on-frame, Greenland style qajaq. (My 3rd Greenland qajaq and 4th SOF overall.)
Build and first launch video here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37_vGzaPWTw
Some pics.
(http://i1260.photobucket.com/albums/ii573/Gruxxx/Qajaq%20Build%20Spring%202013/DSC_0260a_zpsf0b1d6e7.jpg) (http://s1260.photobucket.com/user/Gruxxx/media/Qajaq%20Build%20Spring%202013/DSC_0260a_zpsf0b1d6e7.jpg.html)
(http://i1260.photobucket.com/albums/ii573/Gruxxx/Qajaq%20Build%20Spring%202013/DSC_0229a_zps699dda66.jpg) (http://s1260.photobucket.com/user/Gruxxx/media/Qajaq%20Build%20Spring%202013/DSC_0229a_zps699dda66.jpg.html)
(http://i1260.photobucket.com/albums/ii573/Gruxxx/Qajaq%20Build%20Spring%202013/DSCF1967a_zps1e4a7f58.jpg) (http://s1260.photobucket.com/user/Gruxxx/media/Qajaq%20Build%20Spring%202013/DSCF1967a_zps1e4a7f58.jpg.html)
I generally followed Christopher Cunningham's, "Building the Greenland Kayak", but did a few things differently; skinning method a big one. Materials cost is about that of the cheapest recreational kayak, but with your time, you end up with the Lamborghini of traditional kayaks. I find that since they paddle so effortlessly, I can cover more water to focus on the hottest fishing spots.
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Man, oh Man, that is gorgeous!
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Great video. I loved the different style of rolls you did. I never mastered the stern roll. I've whitewater kayaked since '78. I learned the eskimo sweep roll, then later the c to c. I've even rolled a canoe in Class III water. But, that stern completely evades me.
Beautiful boat.
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Man, I've been drooling over your kayaks since you posted your first one a few years ago. I think I've told you this before, but one day I am going to make one... just need to find the space and time. That thing is a vision of beauty, I'm always envious when you post those pictures :)
Can I ask what the advantage is to doing the seam in the middle, vs. along one of the gunwales? If I remember right, in Cunningham's book he mentioned stitching along the side?
Did you have a mortice machine for all those joints? I need to find a cheap one somewhere, I can't imagine drilling and chiselling 50-some mortices...
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Hey PA! Long time since I've been around. Missed this place. I'm looking to fish some backwaters of the Mississippi that I would need some sort of boat. Being a broke college student I can't afford a canoe or kayak. I was wondering if anyone had made a simple watercraft. I was thinking maybe a pontoon type boat with those big Culligan water containers for flotation?
A dugout canoe wouldn't cost anything except a lot of work but you can let a fire carve it out for you making a dug out canoe is something I plan on doing one of these days
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Alpinbogen....that is just gorgeous :o I have been wanting to burn and scrape out a dugout, but I am not readily close enough to any waters to get any real enjoyment out of using it
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I suggest you google the Lumberyard Skiff. Special project plans from Woodenboat to get you on the water with lumberyard dimensioned lumber and choices.
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I bought a crappy canoe for $75. I sold a busted fiberglass one for $10. Look hard enough and don't be afraid to ask and cheap ones can be found. Or make a friend who has a canoe/boat. Put an ad on craigslist.
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I was thinking about buying or building a kayak for myself, but just recently found out I can join the local canoe club for $50 for the season, and then have unlimited access to their canoes and kayaks. The only downfall is that I can't book them (first come first served) and I can't take them on overnight trips, but for a beginner like me I think it's going to be a great way to try different types and sizes of kayaks before putting down a large chunk of cash on a good one, or investing a bunch of time to make one myself. Also saves me having to find somewhere to store it, and I don't even have to travel with them if I don't want to. I can just go down to the boathouse and be on the water.
Going to sign up later this evening, I can't wait to get on the water again! :)
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That's a beauty of a canoe! 8).
David- I've seen dozens of single sheet plywood plans for free on the Internet. Should be an easy project.