JEM Watercraft

looking forward to pictures

Looks like you're off to good start, what kind of wood, it's good looking.

It's good to know there's someone out there building

Les, This is my favorite time of tear to fish--but quickly found out the pirogue/canoe simply isn't heavy enough to go through much more than patches of skim ice. anxiously awaiting pictures. Here is a link that I printed to resize bulk pictures https://www.easytechguides.com/resize-pictures.html Andy

Congratulations on persistence! Looking good. It appears the crawdads I have built are similar.
Don't forget to put packing tape on the forms to keep the epoxy from sticking to the forms. I did that ONCE!

Andy

Welcome back!

Tim, This is an answer to a question you didn't ask! When looking at building cost I highly recommend RAKA fiberglass. Good selection, good service and great prices. I'm sure that Matt's specifications are computer based on safety specs. For myself I've started building out of 4 ounce because it's l...

Check out strip,stitch, and glue. Several examples in Builders log forum.
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Thanks, I'll give it a try.

Modified JEM Crawdad I built the prototype crawdad and really like the stability and portability of the design. It is my favorite boat out of several I have built. Matt does an excellent job of design and has opened a bunch of new concepts for many of us. Of course, I decided to make some changes to...