18ft devlin scaup?

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Tony H

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Has anyone here built the new 18ft version? Man that looks like a beast and just what I am looking for. Might have to find the time to build myself a boat. I would love to see some pictures of the 18ft model in action showing the room inside etc. I love the looks of the scaup and an 18ft model would be perfect for me.
 
I am not sure what the "NEW" Honker is. I made mine in 2006. I modified mine to have 27" Gunnels...91" at the beam, and 19'3".... the top deck and interior layout is a bit modiefied as well. My 60 HP Yamaha will push it at 30 mph.

http://s295.photobucket.com/...hesapeakeboy/honker/
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Phil, this is a new design of the Scaup, not the Honker. It is much bigger than the others, has some different design aspects too. I don' tknow of any that have been built.
 
am I completely missing something, I thought Eric's boat that he detailed the building of was an 18' scaup.
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Eric's boat was 16 foot I believe. I know there was a guy building a 21' out of aluninum, and I thought there was someone making an 18 footer out of wood...or there was a member who knew a guy...or something like that...
 
am I completely missing something, I thought Eric's boat that he detailed the building of was an 18' scaup.
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Eric's boat was 16 foot I believe. I know there was a guy building a 21' out of aluninum, and I thought there was someone making an 18 footer out of wood...or there was a member who knew a guy...or something like that...
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Geeze Chuck, teach a man to fish...

Eric's was the original 16, the Eric B aluminum 21 is a scaled up of that design. The new 18 (which I haven't seen the plans or one built) has a number of features that the rest of the duckboats don't - it is a self bailer and it has some sort of integrated longitudinal boxes that serve some sort of structural function. The new 18 is a much more massive boat.
 
am I completely missing something, I thought Eric's boat that he detailed the building of was an 18' scaup.
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Eric's boat was 16 foot I believe. I know there was a guy building a 21' out of aluninum, and I thought there was someone making an 18 footer out of wood...or there was a member who knew a guy...or something like that...
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Geeze Chuck, teach a man to fish...

Eric's was the original 16, the Eric B aluminum 21 is a scaled up of that design. The new 18 (which I haven't seen the plans or one built) has a number of features that the rest of the duckboats don't - it is a self bailer and it has some sort of integrated longitudinal boxes that serve some sort of structural function. The new 18 is a much more massive boat.
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Actually it was Neil with the welded 21 footer. The thread I remembered was a guy about 6 months ago who had bought plans for the 18. Didn't find it he had started it yet

http://www.duckboats.net/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=147733#147733

Chuck
 
am I completely missing something, I thought Eric's boat that he detailed the building of was an 18' scaup.
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Eric's boat was 16 foot I believe. I know there was a guy building a 21' out of aluninum, and I thought there was someone making an 18 footer out of wood...or there was a member who knew a guy...or something like that...
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Geeze Chuck, teach a man to fish...

Eric's was the original 16, the Eric B aluminum 21 is a scaled up of that design. The new 18 (which I haven't seen the plans or one built) has a number of features that the rest of the duckboats don't - it is a self bailer and it has some sort of integrated longitudinal boxes that serve some sort of structural function. The new 18 is a much more massive boat.
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Actually it was Neil with the welded 21 footer. The thread I remembered was a guy about 6 months ago who had bought plans for the 18. Didn't find it he had started it yet

http://www.duckboats.net/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=147733#147733

Chuck
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Yes, you are right, Neil is Eric's son.
 
There are pictures of the blind up.... they are on page two of the photobucket link. I used a 600 denier over 1.25" galv pipe
 
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I don't use the blind 95% of the time....
 
Phil I've always loved the looks of your boat. Do you have any more pictures of your blind from the inside? Is it just made of condiut?
 
Tony,
I have a larger version of the scaup. I don't know anything about the 18', but they are fun boats in general. There are some things I might do differently if I were to build another, but that's probably the case with any build.

I can try to take some pictures if you are interested.

- Neil
 
Pat, I used 1 1/4" galv pipe...like used for chain link fencing... I used Keyclamps to keep in place . I think those are the only pics of th inside of the blind
 
Neil ,

You really need to post up some pics of the largest Scaup on the face of the earth !!! I hope all is well with you and dad




Dave M
 
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