Kevin Kenny

Plank 3 complete and stern installed.

Third plank installed, sides 4” above floor

And there is another one in parts. Hummmmmmm

Plank 2 is now installed and has successfully included all the items identified as errors in the completed pirogue. Looking at the two boats together it is easy to see the difference. The flooring is so much flatter making lots of room for holding nets.

Putting on plank 2 I had to increase the angle at the bow as well as taper the bow cut . Once that fit i shaved the inside edge  at the stern to get it to fit the taper I had previously cut  on the outside edge of plank 1, then installed two braces to again flatten the bottom planks

Ready to install  the second plank

Recess at the stem at the bow started about 2-3feet from the stem

The recess started 3-4ft from the stern

The outer edge of the 1st plank was also recessed at a 45 degree angle to match the 2 nd plank

As a result we had to recess the 2” stern so that it sat flat on the floor boards

At the stern the top of the keel or shell rose 1” above the floor.

We were also careful to get the first plank to give a fatter curve.

We used spacers to flatten the floor boards 1&2 16 feet from the stern.

The angle or the stem was increased to 50 degrees

We tapered the stem with the top wider than the base which sits on the keel or shell.

Here is the new keel and stem which is 2” longer or 21” which at 3/4” :1ft. Is 28 feet.

Today i start on the finial model, actually model number 4 of the same build. Scratch building a model from a book with limited access to actual measurements and building methods not fully described is bound to causes mistakes. Since the objective of this build was to recreate the fishing boat exactly as it was built I have decided to do it one last time.

The book gave detailed materials needed to build a 25 ft pirogue yet the photographs in the book show a 28 ft boat being built. I only discovered this when speaking to Richard Hubbard very late in the build. This explains why we ended up with less ribs than saw in the photographs. So we have prepared a new keel “shell”and stem. 

Some photographs of the finished boat which i am rebuilding on last time.

Today i start on the finial model, actually model number 4 of the same build. Scratch building a model from a book with limited access to actual measurements and building methods not fully described is bound to causes mistakes. Since the objective of this build was to recreate the fishing boat exactly as it was built I have decided to do it one last time.

The book gave detailed materials needed to build a 25 ft pirogue yet the photographs in the book show a 28 ft boat being built. I only discovered this when speaking to Richard Hubbard very late in the build. This explains why we ended up with less ribs than saw in the photographs. So we have prepared a new keel “shell”and stem.