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  1. Todd Bradshaw

    Sailboats used for duckboats

    I think Charlie has the sane answer if you go with the Laser hull, but I'd be willing to bet that starting from scratch with a good plan for a stitch-and-glue type of plywood boat would be easier, more successful in the water and maybe even cheaper in the long run. Sitting low and traveling at...
  2. Todd Bradshaw

    Sailboats used for duckboats

    A 9.9 on a Laser hull?......Not if you're planning on staying upright very long! The boat may be 5' wide at the hull/deck seam, but the waterline beam is something more in the 3'-3.5' range. The rest of the beam is out of the water and the part that is in the water is pretty round in...
  3. Todd Bradshaw

    Sailing a duck boat

    Greetings gentlemen. I happened to stumble upon your forum while looking for other stuff and noticed this thread. I don't know much about ducks, but I am a sailmaker and about a year ago I built a sail for Jim Marsh in Michigan to fit a duckboat that he was restoring. We did a fairly extensive...
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