She's a Beaut Clark

Eric Patterson

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As I keep digging for duckboat info to go in the Resources section I came across an old wooden canoe heritage forum post where a guy found the below boat. His research led him to believe it was home built. He never followed up with post refurb pictures, but I must say pre-refurb the lines of the boat are sweet. Just thought I'd share his picture as he came to the conclusion it was a duck hunting boat. Whatever it is I really like it. His specs are below.



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length: 138 3/4" (11' 6 3/4"
beam: 36"
transom: 27 1/2"

depth at transom: 14 1/4
middle: 15 1/4
at front decking: 16 1/4

materials:

strips: red cedar
outwales: red cedar
transom: white pine
inner keel: white pine
outer keel: white oak (appears to be replaceable)
coaming, inwales, ribs: white oak
Oar blocks: white oak

stem band: appears to be galvanized
nails: appear to be galvanized
 
That's a sweet looking boat. From the looks of it there were two plank seats in her at one time.
 
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