Pinou II, Launched and Mostly Done!

[Roger Stouff]

Launched Sunday to great success, though I am not accustomed to such boats yet. I didn't tip it, and I got in and out with only minor heart flutters.

This was built to be a pocketwater and ponds fly fishing craft in my native waters of south Louisiana. It was built largely with materials on hand, including framing of scrap cypress, mahogany, fir and maple! The sides are 1/4" luan and bottom is 3/8" luan. Bottom is West System saturated inside and out. Thickened-epoxy fillets added to all joints and seams. She's 15' long and 35" at the bottom, flat-bottomed. I call it a "pinou" because it's a hybrid between a canoe and a pirogue. I added the fore seat after the launch.

She's meant to function in a spartan, utilitarian sense, but I think she turned out kinda pretty, too. I got about $100 in her.

http://www.native-waters.com/wooden%20boats/images/pinou9.jpg

http://www.native-waters.com/wooden%20boats/images/pinou11.jpg

http://www.native-waters.com/wooden%20boats/images/pinou12.jpg

[Donn]

:cool:

[Ron Carter]

There is an extra satisfaction to doing it your way. Having the results please you is an additional bonus. Enjoy!

[JimD]

It's a boat! Turned out not too shabby. It's amazing what can be done with leftovers laying around the shop.

[L.W. Baxter]

Looks right at home there!:cool:

[Roger Stouff]

Thanks, folks. I'm researching ideas now for a quick and dirty (and cheap) pickup truck rack I can build.

[Peter Malcolm Jardine]

That's a great looking little boat Roger... a perfect fishing boat. :)

[Wild Dingo]

She looks like a larger version of Canoeythingy... if so she wont be very tippy at all in fact with that flat wide bottom she should be very stable and with the high sides should mean that your fishing should be pretty damned successful

Well done congrats mate :cool:

[Roger Stouff]

Gosh, it feels like old home week around here. :)

If the cost of building materials wasn't so ridiculous these days I'd be doing a lot more boats but alas, things is tough down here in Lousyana and we're making pennies stretch as faaaarrrr as we can. But I doubt I'll build many more larger boats, and fewer still outboards. I may have a few left in me, like a cedar stip canoe one day, but the bigger boats, even the little runabouts like I built just four years ago, are too ridiculously expensive in materials to build anymore.

Still, I miss this place and you kind folks! :)

[John Gearing]

Gosh, Roger,
Don't stay away!! We miss your posts! They were always interesting. Do set down and stay a spell.

[Dave Fleming]

ACES

Mon Ami!

[Mrleft8]

Very nice Roger! Are you putting in some floor boards?

[Roger Stouff]

Negatory on the floorboards, Doug. She's too heavy already. Here's a pic of the rigging as I started working on it last night...note the rod holders, paddle holder and bow lines on each end. Pardon the junky shed. :)

http://www.native-waters.com/wooden%20boats/images/pinou13.jpg

[Tar Devil]

Sweet looking boat, Roger.

Nice to hear from you!

Regards,

Phil

[Mrleft8]

So..... You cast from a sitting position? Or is the floor stout enough to hold your weight?

[htom]

Looks good, Roger. The thing that's always bumped along in my mind when I hear Louisana and fishing together is alligators and crocs. Do they just sleep in the day, and so they're not a problem? Or are they even there? Am I a victim of Hollywood geography and critters?

[Roger Stouff]

Thanks, Phil, it's good to peek in now and then. :)

Doug, yes, from sitting position. It's the way I fish in my dad's little 12' bateau and even from my big ugly feebleglass boat. :) The bottom has supported me on the initial launch, and I believe it will continue to. It's all 3/8" ply, epoxied in place, with epoxy fillets in addition. I actually, this is true, beat on it with a rubber mallet pretty good before I put it in the water!

Htom, the only gators that are a problem are those that people have fed or otherwise caused to grow less fearful of human beings. I have had small ones (5-6 feet) follow my boat around waiting for a handout, but have always been able to dissuade them. I carry a .22 loaded with shorts or ratshot in my tackle bag for more serious persuasion if needed. Now, that's not to say that what you're hearing on the news in Florida isn't real or possible here...we have had cases of gators taking small dogs and cats off of bayouside subdivision lots, but no human attacks for decades.