lewisboats Posted December 31, 2008 Posted December 31, 2008 What do you think of her? I would like some opinions of it before I give out more details... kind of a raw first impression. One bit of info...I didn't build it. Steve Quote
lbrewer Posted December 31, 2008 Posted December 31, 2008 I like it. It's certainly roomy and stable looking, and appears that it would still row well with a couple more people aboard. Larry Quote
lewisboats Posted January 1, 2009 Author Posted January 1, 2009 Now for the info...This is the first build of a Duckskiff, a humble design effort of mine. Plans are free exclusively from Duckworks...on the plans page. This guy did a really nice example and I wanted to show it off a bit. Steve Quote
Bill Paxton Posted January 1, 2009 Posted January 1, 2009 That's a nice looking boat, Steve. Clean lines, not complicated, practical yet smart looking. I think you've got a winner. Bill Quote
lbrewer Posted January 1, 2009 Posted January 1, 2009 I had seen the plans on the duckworks site. Cool!. Looks great! Larry Quote
Mike Pennington Posted January 9, 2009 Posted January 9, 2009 Link? I have been wanting to build a lake boat for fishing Quote
lewisboats Posted January 9, 2009 Author Posted January 9, 2009 http://www.duckworksbbs.com/plans.htm ...down on the bottom "Duckskiff" click on one of the links in the article. Thanks for all you folks' kind words...if anybody decides to build one...please send/post pictures. I will add that the sides of this one were raised slightly (about 2") from the original plans so if anyone wants the "high shouldered" version let me know. Steve Quote
Mike Pennington Posted January 9, 2009 Posted January 9, 2009 Steve, that download is a book You must have hours upon hours of time invested in this boat. I copied the down load to paper and will find a note book for my copy. Thanks for the plans, and yes, if I choose this boat I will send you a photo log of the construction. At this point I will most likely build the motor version, but the rowing skiff is very tempting. Mike Quote
lewisboats Posted January 10, 2009 Author Posted January 10, 2009 Don't kid yourself...most of the pictures are of other boats and are used as an example of how something might be done or look. I keep all of my sketches too, so what you see might have been done to answer a question or post in a forum anytime over the past 10 years or so. Keeping them gives me a library to draw from. The typing was time consuming but seeing as I did it at work during down time...I was getting paid to sit on my butt anyways so I used the time wisely Quote
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