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So we went and picked up the boat. Its awesome. The boat above was built in 1930 and it’s in great shape. Jim has some beautiful boats. Spent 2.5 hours talking and inspecting them, he an artist. I’m adding a trolling motor mount to the boat. It was an epic trip 2500 miles. The boat is a cedar...

Well it is labeled a 1930 design. I’ll see it next week. It appears to be in very good shape for a 95 year old wooden boat.

He build's beautiful boats, I’ll ask him why he’s not building more duck boats when I see him.

Thanks that’s very helpful, the is 10’ long and approx 4’ wide, weighing in at approx 100 lbs. I will be driving 1200 miles to pick her up, but I feel much more confident that it will serve me well. So road trip is on. Thanks again and I’ll be back with some pictures soon. Got bored yesterday...

Thanks for the response, however my question is this…. I have hunted out of a Kara, how does the sneak boat compare to hunting out of a Kara for stability? Better, worst about the same? My experience is that the Kara is very stable, easy to pole and paddle. A great shallow water boa, a bit heavy...

If you have the website please let me know, I have looked all over the net and no where I’ve looked are the plans available. Leonard’s web site is no longer available. Happy to purchase plans if I can find them…

Also looking for a set of plans for the Kara Hummer.

I’m looking at Jim’s boatworks 10’ sneakbox. I’ve built and hunted on a hull similar to a 14’ Kara Hummer. It was very stable shallow draft layout hull. I’ll be building another one this summer. But back to the sneak box. Jim has one boat that we have been working on, and I was asking anyone...

Looking at a 10’ sneak box. Never been in that style boat before. Anyone have an opinion on the stability of this style boat? Built and used 14’ layout boats like the Kara Hummer. Any comparisons would be welcome.