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Harry Collins 12-02-2010 04:48 PM

Homemade Duck Boat
 
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Not much happens at the office so I built a duck boat. Going to use it like a Barnagat Bay Sneakbox and shoot faceing aft. When I get the numbers on the side I will power it with a 5HP Briggs & Stratton air cooled outboard. I intend to give it a good coat of mud too. Like everything else I own this is a 20 footer, looks good from 20 feet and won't bare close inspection. The truth is it is 12' 9" X 4' and weighs about 150 lbs. I have some good spots picked out on the Kentucky River.

Harry

scott kittredge 12-02-2010 05:10 PM

very nice, you will have a ball with it. i went to a 20 ga, because the birds would come very close. post pics after your hunts! scott

Dean Romig 12-02-2010 05:10 PM

Nice one Harry, that'll do the trick! An electric trolling motor would probably work well too but without the noise. I keep getting the urge to get back into waterfowl hunting but I'd probably have to live in my truck...

Greg Baehman 12-02-2010 05:17 PM

That's a cool looking rig, Harry!

Pete Lester 12-02-2010 05:24 PM

Looks good to me, it aint got be pretty, just functional and watertight. When it's grassed the defects won't be seen. I'll bet if you built a 2nd one you'd have no trouble selling it.

Dave Suponski 12-02-2010 06:00 PM

Thats one hell of a sneak boat Harry....Looks great from where I'm sittin! Now we need pictures of some duck's laid out across her bow...

Harry Collins 12-02-2010 07:41 PM

Scott,

I'd like to see some pictures of the boat in your avitar and hear your experiences.

Harry

Thomas L. Benson Sr. 12-02-2010 07:51 PM

Harry: That is a great looking layout duck boat. I had the urge to get me a layout boat about 15 yrs. ago and a friend of mine designed and helped me build it and it is a great boat designed for a man and his dog and some decoys. Happy hunting. Thomas L. Benson Sr.

James T. Kucaba 12-03-2010 05:00 AM

Home Brew Duck Boat
 
Harry ... WHAT A GREAT BOAT ! ... Please tell us more ... I bet there's a good story that goes with the building of such a great watercraft ... Did you build it from scratch, from plans, or from a "kit" ?

Best regards,
Jim Kucaba
AriZOOna Cactus Patch
Email: JimKucaba@aol.con

Harry Collins 12-03-2010 07:52 AM

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I looked around for a Barnagat Bay Sneakbox and found a few, but the cost was out of my reach. Then I started looking at plans and found these for Spira Internationals Marsh Rat. Committed many sins building this boat and was able to hide most of them with fiberglass. By nature I am a "chain saw carpenter". I nail it together and trim it up with a chain saw. It would realy have helped it I had understood the basic concept of a ruler, straight edge and how a saw works.


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