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Anyone recognize this boat? Don' t recall seeing one like this before and was wondering if it was commercial or hand built. Looks like a neat little boat. Have a great day! -Bill

All, Good evening. Continuing on with the build, right after we had the engine installed it we decided to deck the area between the motor mount and the rear bulkhead. It really took having the engine in place to make it easy to visualize. While not in the plans, decking this area should...

All, Good afternoon. Hope all the folks up north are getting to hunt this weekend; we?re still waiting for end of Nov to start season. Continuing on with the build, the next step was to make sure all the mating surfaces where the deck attached to the bulkheads, sides, and shear...

All, Good evening. It?s been a while since I provided an update on the Cackler build progress. I apologize for not keeping up as the boat was being built- all I can say is no excuse and I hope to finish up posting the build over the next couple weeks. Last update we were getting it ready...

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...

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...

Hi, Still making progress fairing the bottom. Usually sand the previous work, then mix a small batch of expoxy/mirco ballons using plastic spoons and a yogert cup, then skim coat the ugliest areas. Was looking at some old posts and came across a snow goose where the where bottom edges of the...

All, As you can see, work is progressing and we are starting to fair. We got that aluminum strips screwed and 5200?d in place. We decided to install the screws every 4 inches on a zig-zag pattern since the aluminum is 1-1/2 inches wide. Good news is, the epoxy survived 3 yrs in the garage and...

All, I may need to reintroduce this Cackler project. In 2015 my older son and I started a Cackler build and completed all the work up to and including flipping the boat. However, with work, schedule, and other silly excuses, we have not made progress in about 3 years. We are now getting...

All, Started a Devlin Cackler build in 2015 but stopped working on it right after flipping. Our U.S. Composites Epoxy has been sitting in a dark, unheated/uncooled detached garage in North Alabama, so it gets fairly warm. I was getting ready to sheath this Sunday and decided to check the U.S...

All, Been crazy busy here, but have we made some steps (and sidesteps) working on the Cackler. As I stated before, we opted to lengthen the lofting stations to 12.75” and “upsize” all the plan dimensions by 12.75/12 (with a couple exceptions, mostly related to motorwell geometry). The...

Hi. Progress on the Cackler has been slow, but we should pick up the pace soon. Have been shopping for keelson/combing/strongback wood, and have been considering white oak. Does anyone have any experience on how it holds up with epoxy/fiberglass boat construction? It is listed as a wood that...

All, It’s looking like a Cacklery kind of summer on Duckboats. We have started the build process on our upsized Cackler, and will see if we can keep up with Bob. The wood arrived last week, and epoxy/fiberglass today. We decided to go with 3/8 meranti hull/deck, 3/8 okoume deck, ¾ okoume...

All, Hello. Well, after 11 years (boy, how the time flies), it’s time to start on a new boat. I offered my older son a boat for his college graduation, which he enthusiastically took me up on, and it looks like it is going to be a stretched Cackler. Over the years we got a lot of mileage...

Hi, Hope season is going well for all. I've had some outboard problems that have slowed me down and would like to see what the mechanics out there think. Last season I thought I was having some overheating problems with my 2004 2-stroke 25 hp Yamaha (posted about it) and thought a new...

All, For anyone who was missing it, Devlin's duck boat specs page is back up. http://store.devlinboat.com/duck-boat-specs.aspx Take care! -Bill

Hi. I have a question for the outboard mechanics out there. On 2 recent hunting trips my 2004 Yamaha 25HP 2-stroke lost power on the way back and dropped RPMs. It died after letting off the throttle. I also noticed a huge puff of steam comming out of the rear of the engine (believe from...

Hi. I'm getting ready to paint some hen redheads "gunning decoy grade" and trying to figure out the paint scheme. Would like to do something a little better than one shade of brown, but do not want to be painting individual feathers, either. I painted some hen bluebills with #6 FME and used a...

Hi. I'm considering replacing the regular type bulbs in my stern lights with LED and was wondering if anyone out there has had any experience with them. Both my stern lights are pole mounted 12v w/ 906 automotive type bulbs. It looks like an LED like this http://autolumination.com/906.htm...

All, Thinking about making some slotted gunnel decoy storage bags for the BB2. Any recommendations on material? I used Cordrua 1000 for the dodger and side curtains. Based on how well the 1000 has held up, I am considering dropping to 500 for the decoy storage, but was wondering what others...