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NICE!!! Can't wait for my boys to be old enough to make some memories like this!

Same here! Thank you for the prayer . . .

Oh, it's coming together! I have promised to post some more pics of my progress, but I have so little time what with a boat to build and a baby on the way and a house to sell . . . any time I DO have I spend actually putting the thing together instead of posting pics of me putting it together...

Apart from having spent a pretty good chunk of my life in and around boats, I don't know much about fixing a problem like this. I know there are people with a lot more boat smarts around here that can maybe help. Here's what I DO know: boats with a lot of flare (how the hull widens out above the...

A big un definitely COULD deliver more volume if he wanted to! Hahaha . . . I've read that the juveniles haven't yet learned to control how much they inject and just empty themselves with every bite. I'll need to recheck my data . . . thanks for the critique. I've been enamored with snakes...

Those are some great shots! You didn't hop in for a swim with the bar?

Thanks for all the advice, guys! I really appreciate it! What a great site . . .

Most ply boats that I've seen have all the grain running longitudinally--bow to stern. By "cross-grain" I mean having a horizontal-grain piece scarfed to a vertical grain piece. Or, scarfing a 4ft edge to an 8ft edge. I see your point: all the plies in a sheet are cross-grained (and that's...

You were worried about THAT little guy? He's so tiny he couldn't have hurt anybody! ;-) Kidding of course . . . the little ones usually inject MORE venom than the big uns!

Cross-grain as in the top ply is 90 degrees from the first. The scarfs would be in the same place on either side of the hull. I've never scarfed plywood before. You say the scarf joint is stiffer than the surrounding wood? My scarf would end up about 5ft from back from the bow, right before...

In order to make best use of the plywood I have, I may need to nest my cuts in such a way that a cross-grain scarf is necessary for the hull. (The grain would be vertical on a couple sections of plywood rather than horizontal.) Should I avoid that altogether, bite the bullet and buy another...

Ok, so I PROMISE I will get some pics of my progress up soon! I don't have a ton of time right now and I'd rather use the limited time I DO have to work on the boat! Hahaha . . . I'm wondering if the oarlocks in the pics on this link (http://spirainternational.com/hp_mars.html) are the best...

Anybody else have an opinion on that Trex material? I know one reason people love plastic canoes is that they have a tendency to slide over/off rocks rather than "sticking" like aluminum & fiberglass. I wondered if the Trex stuff would just be a simple, low-drag choice for rocky stuff...

Thanks, guys! Huge help!

I've nearly got my Spira Marsh Rat ready for planking. Hopefully, I can get going on that this weekend. Once the hull planks are on, I'll want to install keelsons for protection. Keelsons aren't spec'd in the plans--this is just my minor addition. Here's a link to the design where you could...

Coming along nicely, man! Great work!

A full-on turkey addict, a couple buddies opened the door to waterfowling for me a few years ago and I have run so hard through it there's no getting back out! Hahaha . . . this will only be my 4th waterfowl season, but I am already so obsessed that I've begun building my own boat. I have an...

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Old Mossberg 500 w/ fixed modified choke . . . I wanted a gun I don't have to worry about! It's been dropped in the mud, skidded down river banks, submerged in salt water . . . A duck gun is a workman's tool. I take care of it for sure, but it's an old, worn slop-monster I never wince at...

Long shot question, but since this is a group of some serious boat aficionados I thought I'd give it a go . . . Anybody ever hear of or come across an old McNiel boat? And yes, it's spelled M-C-N-I-E-L. My great uncle (and my granddad sometimes) built them from mahogany back in the '50s &...