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Offline Ppanepinto

One man French Boats
« on: October 13, 2013, 03:41:14 PM »
Not sure where this should be, but I'm looking for some research help on what I could build as far as a one man boat for South Louisiana at or around 1750. I was thinking ether a canoe or a pirogue, but I can't do a dugout and I can't find anything on birchbark canoes in the area. Can someone point me in the right direction on where to look up some of this information. I was thinking about planking or strips, but the issue is what would be PC/H/C.
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Re: One man French Boats
« Reply #1 on: October 15, 2013, 10:58:04 AM »
You might find some useful info here...

http://womenofthefurtrade.com/page20.html
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Re: One man French Boats
« Reply #2 on: October 15, 2013, 11:53:57 AM »
Try googling Pirogue, I'm positive you will get results. I was looking into building one and had gone as far as looking for plans. I remember finding a couple of sites......"Doc"
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Offline Ppanepinto

Re: One man French Boats
« Reply #3 on: October 15, 2013, 07:56:49 PM »
I have plans for a pirogue, but I think it only dates back to about 1880. Thought about strip planking a rowboat/skiff out to 15 foot. The bullboats look like a cool idea, but being 300 lbs, it may turn into a soup bowl very quickly.
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Offline mario

Re: One man French Boats
« Reply #4 on: October 17, 2013, 08:51:09 PM »
As far as the PC/HC issue:

You won't find info on birchbark canoes in LA because they weren't there. The BB canoe is a North Woods vessel.

Dugouts are obviously #1, but heavy and not very practical for 21st century folks (although I want one anyway when I move South).

You may simply have to fudge it a little and make a pirogue out of cypress planking or build a punt-type boat.

Mario
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Offline Ppanepinto

Re: One man French Boats
« Reply #5 on: October 17, 2013, 09:39:29 PM »
Thanks Mario, I know someone that builds dugouts from recovered sunken cypress logs, but 1.) I want to do the work, and 2.) I can not afford one of his finished boats. The punt is something I will look into.
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Offline mario

Re: One man French Boats
« Reply #6 on: October 18, 2013, 07:58:05 PM »
Out of curiosity, what does one of his dugouts cost?

Mario
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Offline Ppanepinto

Re: One man French Boats
« Reply #7 on: October 18, 2013, 08:47:33 PM »
last time I spoke with him, around $4000-5000. The issue is the long drying time for the sunken logs.
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Re: One man French Boats
« Reply #8 on: October 19, 2013, 07:33:12 PM »
All things considered, not terrible. Runs about the same as a good birchbark canoe.

They just found an 18-footer in Florida made of pine. Pine seems easier to find (and cheaper) than cypress these days.

Mario
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Offline Ppanepinto

Re: One man French Boats
« Reply #9 on: November 09, 2013, 09:33:48 PM »
Think I'm going to go with this one:

Free plans to build an English Style Punts from an old children's book.

what do you think?
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Offline mario

Re: One man French Boats
« Reply #10 on: November 09, 2013, 11:50:54 PM »
Seems similar to the sketch I posted above.
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Re: One man French Boats
« Reply #11 on: November 10, 2013, 09:32:43 AM »
Quote from: "Ppanepinto"
Think I'm going to go with this one:

Free plans to build an English Style Punts from an old children's book.

what do you think?

I have that book! Loved the Ben Hunt stuff!
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