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In an alternate universe where I travel to interesting places and actually stay long enough to do interesting things, it would be pretty cool to take a folding yak and a fly rod along in my checked baggage. Sure would beat an inflatable yak. If I RV'd, having folding yak would also be a really...

We used 14' x 1.25" closet rods for push poles. I think they were/are fir; I still have one We never found straight enough 16 footers in 1.25". You had to go up to 1.5" closet rods to find straight 16 footers and, yes, they were very heavy. We had a few octagon 16' x 1.75" poles that someone...

Jode, SOF hulls are skinned with nylon or polyester cloth and painted with oil paint to seal the weave. According to the hype, they are surprisingly durable despite their light weight. The owner of Kudzu Craft has a video on his site where he stabs the bottom of one of his (that is in to be...

Has anyone seen a pic of a finished Selway Fisher Shelduck Punt? I would like to see a finished version. The line drawings look good, but line drawings can make things look different than reality. Nate

Jode, Wow, look what Cape Falcon Kayak made (https://www.capefalconkayaks.com/delaware-ducker.html)! I have been looking for an excuse to make a skin-on-frame boat and this one is gorgeous. They built it as row/sail boat which is apparently consistent with the original usage. I would...

Wow! Thank you! Those are beautiful! I've been looking at the Selway Fisher Shelduck Duck Punt, but these are contenders. I need to make a field trip over to check them out. Nate

Steve, I think you have to contact the CBMM library to order those plans based on what I've read online. I am toying around with the idea of using 9 mm. for the bottom and ripping longitudinal kerfs to get 1.5-2" of arc across the bottom of the middle station. I could just cold...

Greg, Fair enough. My expectations of stability is "more stable than a pirogue" which is a fairly low bar. All skiffs that pole well require a robust inner ear; a ~4:1 length to width ratio is the rule of thumb, so they are generally considered narrow. I hunt and fish marsh, so whatever I...

Rick, I keep coming back to this design. I love the Cattail railbird build by CBMM. I do wonder how it would behave if it weighed half as much. Using stitch and glue, I would cut the weight dramatically. I think these old plank hulls achieved better than expected stability and tracking...

Roy, Thank you. I keep looking at that one also. There is no question that it would spin in a dime, but that dramatic rocker coupled with the low freeboard makes me nervous. Low windage is great on a poling skiff, but when it has that much rocker, I am afraid it will dip a rail easily when...

Thank you Eric. I have considered that one. It is a one person/1 dog boat and a bit small for my current intentions. Nate

I am feeling the itch to build another boat. I grew up poling pirogues and still have the pirogue from my avatar. It is a 14 footer and it is great for me and my dog. I can very comfortably balance in it while poling and I have stood up to cast and shoot a few times to prove that I could, but...

Sorry all. Struggling to post. I turned off the smart punctuation, but still had to erase all apostrophes to make it post. Bear with me a moment. Nate

This thread has been quiet, but I am in a similar situation and am not sure what my plan is yet. If you think of something perfect, please let us know. My hull is a bit too big to be hauling in a truck bed, but that is exactly what I'll be doing anyway. I don't intend dragging it cross...

I love the pics of these boats. Thanks for posting them. I just finished my building my go-to, all purpose boat and have no desire to jump into another stitch-and-glue build... but a skin-on-frame scull boat could be very cool and would go together fast. That Whitney is beautiful. I may have...

Mark, Yikes! You did very nice work. I don't know that I have the attention span to do that well. I suddenly feel like painting some nice black and white seaduck decoys. Nate

I'm an idiot. I decided to use the search function after my post. However most of my questions still stand with some modification. Primer? FME, Rustoleum primer, Krylon Fusion primer, rattle can bed liner, Kilz Complete? Color? Black or white for puddle ducks? My wife insists you...

All, I have about 18 decoys to repaint. Most are mallards, but a few are greenwing teal. I plan on using FME from Lou, but I have some questions. First, is FME the best primer for plastic or should I use the rattle can Rustoleum prime that is labelled for plastic? What is the best color...

They are thick around DC also. I have this dream of stalking them with my bow. It would be a blast if I could pull it off without being arrested, but being that they live on golf courses and public lakes, I can't think I can. One of those turkey guillotine broadheads would be too much fun...