Payson Pirogue is sold... to a nice man and his young daughter.
I have just started building the Payson Pirogue, designed by Philip Bolger. I am using scrap plywood from my stash. It includes part of a packing crate (4mm luan) used for the bildge panels, door skins salvaged from a door I took off a trash pile (used for the side panels" and a piece of 3/8" plywood that I used for the bottom panel. I have used PL Premium for gluing the butt blocks and for attaching the sides to the stem and stern posts. I am debating about epoxy or polyester resin. I have never tried polyester and since this is a cheap boat I might try it.
I am building from the miniature plan published in Instant Boatbuilding with Dynamite Payson. I have found a few errors (or I simply can't read things that small). Dimensions are missing from the aft mold layout and I had two sets of layout marks not on a fair curve of my batten when I was laying out the bottom panel.
Modifications: I added gunwales... they were not called for in the plans, but the plywood I used was approx. 3/16 thick and wavy. Adding 5/8" by 5/8" gunwales straightened everything out and made a beautiful sheer line. I tapered the gunwales to the stem and stern posts going from 5/8" to 1/4" in the last 3'. I may also add small flotation/dry storage chambers at each end.
I am building from the miniature plan published in Instant Boatbuilding with Dynamite Payson. I have found a few errors (or I simply can't read things that small). Dimensions are missing from the aft mold layout and I had two sets of layout marks not on a fair curve of my batten when I was laying out the bottom panel.
Modifications: I added gunwales... they were not called for in the plans, but the plywood I used was approx. 3/16 thick and wavy. Adding 5/8" by 5/8" gunwales straightened everything out and made a beautiful sheer line. I tapered the gunwales to the stem and stern posts going from 5/8" to 1/4" in the last 3'. I may also add small flotation/dry storage chambers at each end.