JEM Watercraft

I definitely can't stand these blue elastic luggage straps and belts !

However she's a fantastic and very inspiring boat. Have great fun with her !

Thanks for sharing your idea.

Intuitively I would have bet that the gunwales wanted to move closer to each other, hence the thwarts were compressed.

Nice photos/boat/landscape. Looks like a cool place to fish too.

That's an awesome boat !

shawnkfl wrote:ok. i decided that i may have enough time to get this done. i bought more ply and started again. ......

That's very good news.

I was the "guest". Mick and Matt, thanks for your answers.

Shawn, that's fine. Thanks ! I will open a topic when I build it.

Thanks Mick, that is judicious. Right : the take-down system would be less interesting if one couldn't fit one section in the other one.

Shawn,
Take a break, and after that fix what you can and go on.
You can do this boat.

Chuck and Shawn, thanks for your answer. I received the emailed plan of the pirogue today. I had been impressed previously by the free plans od the DK touring canoe. Once again, very good work by Matt. So, I will add bulkheads at the center of the boat, to allow the take-down system. I wonder if the...