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I built a boat years ago from Gardners ,The Dory Book. The Canadian Light Batteau. Some years ago it was lost in the bottoms during high water. I found the boat a year later with a very damaged shear line. The easiest fix was to trim both sides down to 10 inches. so I turned the batteau into a...

I pulled out a photocopy of a book I've used for reference in the shop. I don't know if it's still in print but is a good source of information plus drawings of several boats meeting this configuration.

You nailed it with the pronunciations Paul, all those are correct in Cameron Parish.

good to know thanks Eric

Years ago I bought a bunch of Otter Decoy Company bodies from a guy. Must have been a couple hundred for a dollar each. They were goose or oversize mallards I think. For the ballast they had a hole bored running from under the tail to just under the head mounting shelf. Some sort of weight was...

Back before the site I collected duck boat info, measurements of skiffs, and put it in a big three ring binder for future reference. When the site began I didnt know there were hundreds of other people that shared this passion. The site brought it all together in one place. The stored info is...

A club i was a member of in late 1980s had hundreds of them and they worked well. Prone to leaking around the keel. Some of the next batch i paint will be black ducks for that reason. They made pintails in this size and I only found a few so far, they too are hard on my eyes.

Thanks George. I had thought of that and i'll give it a try on the next batch. Also i've used in the past a product called Bulldog, it's an adhesion primer for plastic car bumpers.

Im using a closed cell 2 lb urethane foam that is used in boat flotation . It expands 25-30 times it size at 75 degrees or above. These will be left out all season so at least they will be light one time if the foam fails. The plug will keep the foam from coming out as it expands and ive...

I picked up 150 old Flambeau oversize Mallards from the 1980's. Guy had a barn full of them. These are huge, about 22 inches. The head reminds me of a loon with a pointy bill. They are big and that's what I'm going for. I have a spot that will be good for them. Open water. I sorted through them...

thanks for that video

nice to have you back on this site

Nice work.

i used the 5200 fast seal in white on the seat of my high and drys this season, worked great. i even called the company and thats what they use. i went inside and dabbed a bit from the back as well as the outside. i also hit my leaky hip boots that i use for working and it fixed the problem. go...

Thanks for the info, i have built a couple of Steves coffins, looks similar but without the bonnet

Cody , what type of sled or box are you dragging there in the pic