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thanks everyone for the nice words. steve you judged the boat at the duck boat show with jimmy r. back in mid 80s. I will try to show pictures of boat and gun not tech savvy. I just pulled the boat out of storage. it hasn't been used in 6 years besides cobwebs and one cracked grass rail she...

back in 79 I was hunting on the ice of great south bay on long island everything was frozen up solid. clammers were cutting holes in the ice with chain saws. one pocket of water didn't freeze up on a point in my cove still to this day it remains open. I would drag my box to the opening an set...

I heard he had a stroke and he is selling out.

i own both boats ( bay and hawk) the flex in the floor is usely from broken ribs. builder of bay screw floor boards to ribbing and water gets in rots oak that is encased in glass causing rib to crack. the stakes are also wood enclosed in glass when ribs crack hull starts working on stakes and...

tony flaps are glass lay up. i made a mold for them. t hinge mount off alumium angles on boat. helps keep weather and wind off your body plus closes cock pit hole up for over head birds. rick

bill, i called the boat the hawk, people just started calling it the marsh hawk. i do not think the other company was started in 1999 or 2000. i dont advertise just word of mouth on long island. the boat was made by someone on island before me . i bought the mold an stored for years before...

zac, boat is 14 long and added 12 inchs to beam. it has same cock pit 6-6 but wider

rich, nice boat i bought the mold for that boat many years ago. i had it in storage. the guy sold it when he closed down. i pulled it out of storage and layed up a few boats for friends under the name marsh hawk. i still have mold with changes to original boat. i am building a boat with south...

andy, i bought a 20 ga single shot new england fire arms shotgun for my son when he was 8years old. i cut down the stock and reamed barrel to ic from full also took some off end of barrel for balance. i copied his red ryder bb gun for fit as he grew i added shims to stock with different recoil...

steve, good luck with the build. i still have mine and use it on special days. you judged it at one of the shows on the island back in early 80s. the boat is cedar plank over steamed oak ribs. i use to tow it and pole in to different spots. now i have a 9.9 pancake evirude on it. have fun and...

john , had a 14 garvey many vears ago. i made a blind with electrical conduit and burlap. sat on 5 gal buckets. i took size of cockpit came in afoot each end for poles and divided half for middle one. the ht. of pole was determined by you on bucket. i would cut pipe to height then put a bend...

tony just a thought on floor. the original tdb floor is flat across, when decoy placed down sides they jump all over(decoy bags and shelf bags came later) the boat in a bad chop. i am thinking of running a raised center floor with a decoy gutter down sides. i have done this on the boat i build...

tony where floor liner drops to drain plug that box down ward holds water to keep floor pretty dry(wet dog or wet waders), with gas tank in transom bilge pump is a liitle high sticking up,if float pods in back were wider on 14 tank goes long way in just off centerfor bilge pump but could be hit...

with having the 14 tdb and 17 tdb classics both do tend to stuff the bow in high chop when coming down a wave and trying to pick bow up with more throttle to much weight to front puts bow into front wave causing water to come up tocombing and sometimes into boat. i have found that moving second...

the older boats had air pockets for floatation. the foam was not required. the hole in bow deck might be for sail rigging mast. have a friend with that option in his older southbay .if you look under deck down on floor there is a female receiving block for mast if chris still has his hawk pull...

you mite try mounting a youth stock of another gun at a gun store . see how she handles that length. then go to the over under cut to that size about 12 half in. now have her look at target and bring gun to mount.U standing on gun side to see where our if catchs on underarm( tee shirt on) you...

mike there is apaint and art store in hicksville long island, ny. its on rte 107 ( hicksville rd.) the name escapes me rite now. hope this help. rick

neal, just a thought motor wt and torque are going to pull on center span of raised transom. prop push forward pulling back on top of transom to plane boat. you mite think of putting a structural knee center of transom to deck and or to hull. nice job rick

my son started shooting with me at 7 yrs old. i pickup a new england 20 single shot . i took measurements off his red ryder bb gun which fit him pretty good. i cut stock to those numbers and added a recoil pad. i also reamed barrel to a more open choke for steel. the best part about this gun to...

chris, boat will carry bow high with 25 hp. you mite try pulling pin on trim to get lower unit tight to hull or put shim on back side of transom plate top this will get same adjustment if pin needs to be in. good luck rick