Wanting to build this or something similar

[D. Hinton]

Good morning everyone . Saw this boat on my last trip to Arkansas and thought it would be fun to build and use to sneak through the woods.

Anyone one in the Brain trust recognize this build or even better yet have plans ?

Lost the pics I originally took when my phone crashed . Got these off the WWW
Admittedly boats look different to my untrained eye

 

[Steve Sanford]

Good morning, Dax~
That type of gunning vessel was a standard/classic in the Mississippi Flyway - mostly pre-WW II. I think of them as Midwest Gunning Skiffs. Of course, I am an Atlantic tidewater guy - with limited experience with fowling West of here.

This one - from the Hunters Encyclopedia caught my attention when I was a young lad.


Nevertheless, I do have one up in the loft that needs some attention - mostly new deck canvas and a set of floorboards (more properly "duckboards" because they would be removable). I believe it was built by Dan Kidney & Son - in West DePere , Wisconsin - near Green Bay.

The bottom is very shapely - but that keel could foul me up in beaver ponds where logs often lay right at or below the surface.

In a similar vein, I built SWEET GHERKIN many years ago for a similar purpose. I molded the hull off a Grumman 13-footer and decked her over. Note the absence of an aft coaming. I paddle sitting on the stern deck - or kneeling and resting against it.

Here are my sketch plans:

I have used a friend's Carsten Pintail - which is on the plan of a "Midwest Duck Skiff".



https://www.carstensduckboats.com/pintail-duck-boat.html

Note that both the Dan Kidney vessel and the Pintail have a beam of about 39 or 40 inches. The beam on my SWEET GHERKIN is about 36 inches - typical of most canoes. I have learned that discharging my Model 12 (12 gauge) broadside from her - even whilst I am sitting down on her bottom - gets my attention.

Hope these ideas are helpful. If I were you, I would find an inexpensive 'glass canoe that you like (no keel for me!), cut her down and deck her over with 1/4-inch plywood. If you want the oval and flared coamings, consider half-inch PVC "lumber" to make the bends.

All the best,

SJS