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Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 9:06 pm
by tx river rat
Surfman
I filled the cooler half full of water didn't seem to bother it I realy couldn't tell it was back there I do think a man will need to keep the water drained.
Hatches will be the next thing then rod holders . they will be the same sze as on the rear of the laker that is a perfect size for me.
Ron
Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 9:10 pm
by tx river rat
Something I left out I wasn't sure if the tumble homes were going to be worth the extra effort but I love them even in the weather conditions I was in I never bumped my hand once.
Ron
Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 9:26 pm
by hairymick
G'day Ron,
Just looking at this boat is torturing me. I bloody want one!!
Well done mate on yet another greate build and thread.
Thank you!
Something I left out I wasn't sure if the tumble homes were going to be worth the extra effort but I love them even in the weather conditions I was in I never bumped my hand once
YES!!! 
Now you are talking my language mate.
Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 9:34 pm
by tx river rat
Mick
Close your eyes lean back relax then think of a Laker 16 ft long asymetrical , faster , more storage ,tumblehomes
Ron
Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 10:06 pm
by jem
That's pretty much what you built.
Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 12:46 am
by Kayak Jack
terryinGa wrote:I'm confused, looked at the plans for the touring pirogue and its a flat bottom as I would expect from a pirogue. Yours is a V-bottom which I thought would de-classify it as being a pirogue?...
Or, another way of looking at it is that moving from a flat bottomed boat to a vee bottom is returning closer to what a pirogue was to begin with. As I've read, they were dugouts form logs. No flat bottoms there, but rounded or semi-rounded bottoms.
Flat bottoms came along later, likely because boards are flat and not round?
Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 8:54 pm
by tx river rat
The concentration has been on the big cooler, and it will be great on weekend trips up to week long trips or with a bag of ice in it to keep fish cool till you can dress them. On day trips and fishing trips a small cooler in the hatches will be plenty and the cooler slot will be used to hold are transport fish with the weight close to the center of the boat I also made it with a smooth inside so you can roll up and wash out with a hose so easy clean up.
Ron
Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 8:04 am
by surfman
You could also convert it into a live well.
Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 10:12 pm
by tx river rat
Took a saw to her today
got to have hatches
gluing in the lips for seals
gaskets installed
getting the little things done so if this weather ever breaks can be ready.
Ron
Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 10:57 pm
by jem
You're going to get some offers to buy that one.