Yo Duckmen -

[dos gris]

How you like them Chapman pirogues ya'll purchased? Had a chance to use them yet? Thats all I use is Chapman...got 3 of them...very good choice.

Chalmette is a beatufil town, huh? HAHAHA!!!

Different breed down there...they call em "Chalmations"...
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[ November 15, 2001: Message edited by: dos gris ]

[Micah]

I love my Chapman piroque, but if I put on a few more pounds, I'm going to need the two man model.
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[4-EYED GADWALL]

FATASS He he he he

[mallardchaser]

they're nice boats, but if you get 2 in the 2 man, one better lay down and hardly breathe or the sucker will tip..riverhawk is a lot more sturdy; i know they don't paddle as easily as a chapman does.

[dos gris]

Chapman is not a very tippy pirogue, IMHO. If you've experienced a lot of different pirogues (and I have) Chapman is one of the more sturdier (non-tippy) ones. Hence, a flat bottom as opposed to a curved/veed bottom.

I grew up using my Dad's old wooden pirogue. It had a front seat but no back seat because we pushpole (standing up) pirogues thru the marsh, in fact all of our Chapmans are made with no back seat. Anyway, we switched to Chapman's, oh I don't know, maybe 15 or so years ago. A couple of years back we had a good group huntin one morning and needed an extra pirogue, so I pulled the old wooden one out of retirement. I hopped on in that ole pirogue and went flying right out the other side into the marsh bank. After years with the Chapmans' I had forgotten how tippy some of them old pirogues were. I had a hell of a time that morning makin the push to my blind.

I will say however that a two-man loaded down Chapman can be harry when you have some rough seas. [img]images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img]

[damnyankee]

How much weight can a two man really carry?
I'm around 250 my dog is about 75 I figure I'd have around 50-75lbs of stuff?
Can a Chapman 2 man handle this?

[mallardchaser]

I'VE ONLY BEEN IN ONE A FEW TIMES..I GUESS I DON'T HAVE MY "SEA LEGS" FOR THEM...THEY'LL GET IN SOME SHALLOW STUFF.

[Jeff]

If you hunt with a lot of weight, get the 16 ft. model, it aint tippy at all. You would really really have to work at it to flip that thing. We put two people 2 doz. dekes, dog, and two shell buckets in them easily. The 14 ft. is a little tippy, but as far as pirouges go they aint too bad. Another good boat is the Campagna from just up the road from Champan.

[damnyankee]

Well I know I've said this before but I'd really like to build one.
However the price on those Chapmans seem pretty fair.

[MSDuckmen]

Dos,
That sucker is the best, I have been all over two of the WMA's and once in the Nalt. Forest. It moves like silk through the water and I'm going to have a ball in it this year.
I got the two man and it is not tippy at all. Now I don't do a dance in it but I have stood and poled my way through some thick brush.
Yea Ron does a great job on the boat and I added three coats of seal to the wood to help keep it in shape longer. I also made a two wheel dolly to fit under one end that goes through the spud tie off hole and I pulled that thing half a mile through the woods to a honey hole last weekend. It was really nice to be able to take a boat to a hole I never was able to cross before.
It is the duck hunters tool of tools.
Going down there to pick it up was a adventure to say the least, Glad I live here and not there. Didn't realize Jazz Land was where it was till I passed it going.
Tells you how much I make that trip.

Thanks for asking

[dos gris]

Yeah, the best thing about those Chapman's is their lightness...very easy to handle from loading in the back of the pick-up to draggin a couple hundred yards thru the crap.