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Steve, As always, the comments and "schooling" are appreciated. And beautiful work on the sneak boat. Interesting note related to strongback, Devlin's new (2014) plans called for starting the boat build upside down on a "building frame" , which is essentially the same as the framing member...

Eric, You'll have to check it out in person before it rolls out of here. v/r Bill

Dave, Nice fish. Is this one of those (it's a whole lot smaller)? If not, any idea? It's got teeth, and I caught it deep on a minnow. The forward dorsal fin is folded back. Before you say no, this is a list of fish from where I caught it. http://www.wheelerlake.info/FishingChart.asp Take...

All, Good evening. I am glad to see the variety of duck projects on this site and that everyone (at least here) does not appear to be going stir crazy from COVID 19 lockdown. Continuing on with the build, we added strong backs. The Cackler plans only call for a single strong back centered...

Dave, The dodger looks great. What material did you use? A soft dodger has to be the way to go for a boat of that size; I built a hard cover for my BB2 to travel cross country, but cannot see using it to hunt. Too awkward to deal with while getting ready to hunt at O dark thirty (and best a...

Paul, That looks like a great resto job. Would love to see how you did that. What did you blue with? Also, what did you use on the wood? -Bill

Eric, Good afternoon. Ran through the full range of motions and there is no interference between the lower end of the motor and the sponsons. Probably would have had to trim the bottom inside corners like the BB2 if not for the break away pushing the motor back another 5" or so. I left the...

Steve, Good afternoon and thanks. Agree working through the challenges is what makes this fun, and I have saved a lot of pics and ideas from this website over the years to help with the process. Maybe some future builder will find something useful in these. I think the breakaway came about...

All, Hi, it?s been a while since I posted and update on the longest boat build ever. Honest, I bought my BB2 wood in Feb 04, launched (without power or registration) Aug 04, and made the teal opener registered and under power to put blood (besides mine) on the deck in Sep 04. The Cackler was...

The post I am thinking of was a Bluebill. Not for the faint of heart. http://www.duckboats.net/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=308120;do=post_view;search_string=soaked%20foam#p308120

HI Dave. That's not the boat Eric had posted for sale, is it? Looks like a real project. That looks like a hole going into the floatation compartment of the sponson. I would want to open them up and see what is going on, particularly with the hull. You might find a bunch of waterlogged foam...

Dave, Looking at your picture, I am having flashbacks to programming a handheld calculator (HP 15c) to do a "step" integration by calculating a series of very small rectangular areas under a curve and adding them up. The smaller the rectangles, the more accurate the results. Argg! No sleep...

Ian, Reread your post and realize now you were talking about a step cut scarf. Not sure what that is, so I cannot comment on that. Devlin sells kits with a jigsaw type connection cut with a CNC; you might email his shop to see their thoughts or recommended connection type since you have the...

Hi Ian, And welcome to boat building. I think you'll like having sponsons for the reason's mentioned. Spent a lot of time laying across mine digging long lines and decoy anchors out of the prop..... If you need the room, why not build a bigger boat? Definitely would not try to skimp on the...

Eric, I bought 60 and 80 grit Mirka Gold Random Orbital disks to use on the Cackler, and was very satisfied with both how long/well they cut and effectiveness of the Velcro backing. Really seemed to resist plugging up while cutting epoxy. Also been happy with Sungold 4x36 belts, but not sure...

Eric, put me down for a couple t's.

Andrew, Just curious, why 12' vs the standard 14'? 14' would still be easy enough to handle, and there would not be that much draft difference. Are you thinking of shortening, or scaling it down? As mentioned, most Cacklers built here have been 14' or stretched towards 16' . My son...

Ah, a classic.

Eric, That came out nice! Not sure what looks better- the boat or your shop! What kind of paint are you using on your boats? Take care, Bill

Toledo heads on my scoters held up well. Shame they went out of business. That would be a great product to resurect. And to stay on topic, after snapping a bill on an Eallen buffie, I drilled holes from the back of the heads down into the bills and epoxied nails in. Has held up well on my...