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OK. I decided to use the MR luan. If I have to rebuild it in a year, so be it. But I will have my first boat done and a great father/son project with my 7 year old. We spent the afternoon doing the scarf joints. Probably could have done it in 5 minutes with a belt sander, but we spent an hour doing ...

So, since it will be fully covered, the luan is not an issue? If the encapsulation makes it OK, does that mean that any wood is OK exterior or not if it will be fully coated in epoxy and/or fiberglass?

Jbo

I am starting my first boat project with my son. The specifications are for 1/4" exterior Luan(Bateau.com cheap canoe). I can only find luan labeled as moisture resistant. The thinnest exterior I can find it 11/32 pine(about double the weight of the luan in spite of the close measurement). Which way...

Thanks for the feedback, Archie. Sounds like you know exactly what I'm asking and why. I'm a little intimidated about building the CS20, but that is the one I'd really like to do. My son and I will be building a pirogue this fall as a preliminary project to ensure that I want to tackle a bigger one....

Anyone ever made or seen an inboard engine on a small boat made from lawn equipment type motors? Can it be done? I'm thinking I might be able to power a Pierre Dory that way. I've got access to those really cheap. However, my guess is that by the time I modified the drive, it wouldn't save anything ...

I've got one I use for a RiverHawk. My only real complaint is that they don't supply submersible lights with it. Seems dumb to me.

For the money, I think this is a perfect little trailer.

Jbo

How much issue would it present to stretch the cabin on either of the cabin skiffs? I'd like to take up maybe an additional half of the cockpit space and trade it for cabin space. Would that move the center of gravity too much toward the back? Will the design allow it without significant modificatio...

I had posted about a micro-cabin boat and got some good feedback on what I'm looking for. But, can anyone give me ideas on converting a small day cruiser sail to a power boat. Many of the are exactly what I'm looking for, but I don't want to sail. Seems like a no brainer to build it without the sail...

Thanks, Kens. That's about exactly what I'm looking for. I found a plan for the one I originally saw, but it's not stitch and glue. This is my first, so I'm really hoping to find one I can do with stitch and glue.

Jbo

Not sure where to post this. Since the commercial version is people powered, I guess I'll post here. I've been considering a "personal pontoon" for river fishing. Has anyone ever seen plans for something like this in wood, or maybe something a little bigger - with just room for a chair for one or ma...

I'd like to build a [b]small[/b] cabin boat that would allow me to maybe take one person with me for a ride, but only handle one for overnights. I'd like it to be in the 10 to 12 foot range with a beam of maybe four feet -really like a wide pirogue with a permanent cover on it. I'll need it to be pr...

I'm with you on the size of the regular cabin skiff. The guy in the picture looks like he's in a bathtub too. That's why I'm expecting to build the CS20. I say expecting because I've only just found Glen L in the last couple of weeks. But I've always wanted to build my own boat, so I've got a lot of...