Homemade Duck Boat
 

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

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

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...

That's a cool looking rig, Harry!

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.

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...

Scott,

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

Harry

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.

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

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.