MallardBay wrote:Rick wrote:Can't imagine any glass pirogue matching wood's stability.
Absolutely agree. I have been in a nice fiberglass Chapman and a couple others but none I can manage to stand and pole with a dog and gear without changing underwear. The next will be wood too.
Have a pair of the Chapman Cottonmouth pirogues, with the vinyl gunwales.......wouldn't have anything else for most hunting situations. I stand and pole and it slides nicely across slick bottoms, and the dog's not too bad in it. I have run a big wooden pirogue that I refinished and it was super stable BUT heavy. (below)
Hunting buddy had a pair of PawPaw's pirogues and they handled well, but were heavy and only stacked with themselves given they're particular design.