1942 "scaup" sneakbox plans

Tom Barb

Tom Barb

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I received this as a Christmas gift from my parents. My grandfather was a packrat and they found these plans in the original envelope that they were mailed in from 1942. Pretty amazing shape and a very sentimental gift. Kind of blurry. Sorry.

Anyone ever see these?

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That's a neat display. My grandfather got those same plans and built a boat in 1943-44 to keep his mind off my dad being away at war. I've built three of the boats over the years, using different wood and fiberglass. I haven't been brave enough to build one with the daggerboard well. They are a super one man boat for someone who wants to build a planked boat for the first time.
 
Tom, that is one heck of a find! I am green with envy! I have a scanned copy, not nearly as nice as that. I used these plans when I rebuilt my Sam Hunt BBSB. I wanted the angled daggerboard truck, and banana daggerboard. Used some of the details for ideas when I built the sail rig too. If you could get a clear/no glare photo of the plans to share I would like a copy. The copy I found on-line do not enlarge real well.
 
Tom, I also am green with envy. Those are some great plans. Love the way things used to be so simple. I ordered some boat plans from Boys Life magazine when I was a kid but wore them out dreaming about building one. Never built one then but some 50 years later I did and now there is no cure!!
 
Oh nuts, I think I got the boats mixed up, the boat built during the war may have been a different hull. I'm pretty sure looking at my records that these plans were not available until around 1948. Do your plans have a date in the bottom right corner? Great boat though, simple and straightforward for the first time builder.
 
That is AWESOME!

Anytime a gift like this is given or received, I AM jealous!

After looking this over, and reading (what I could) the instructions, I am amazed at how similar they are to the plans drwan by a gentleman named Harry Magargee. In Zack Taylor's book "Succesful Waterfowling", Harry drew the plans for Zack's version of the Sneakbox named "Sneakbox Widgeon".

Maybe it's just the way most plans of that era were drawn?

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Anyway, I like the idea of the frame, etc. It's very nice!

Jon
 
Jon,

The Scaup plans were originally drawn by Magargee, it appears that the plans you posted were modified to permit the use of plywood decking.
 
Thanks for te kind words guys. It was a perfect gift. I had only heard stories from my father about these plans and thought they were lost forever. It was a nice surprise. Dave, it was professionally framed so I don't know if I want to tear it apart to get it out. Maybe this weeked I can take it outside and try n get some no glare pics with a good camera.

I will also inspect it better for a date when I get home. I beleive in the instructions it said 1942 but that might have just been when it was published.
 
I checked my plans, they say "Field & Stream 10/12/48" right under the jab board detail. It's interesting that Dave's do not have that notation, but I think I can see it in the first picture of Tom's framed plans. Regardless of the date, those original plans are something special Tom. If anyone wants a copy of the plans, the Publications section has a .tif file of them.
 
SJ,

Where is the publication section? O this site??

I wish he would have made copies of these plans, as I would have paid for a set. I believe the copyright is void after 50 years. That's what I'm told when I make copies of Winchester advertising for fellow collectors.

Thanks for any info you can give me.

Art
 
These plans also say field and stream magazine 10/12/1948. I am Sorry there are no copies. I had no idea they were doing this for me and they didn't think they were anything special. Just old plans to a boat he never got around to building.

I will do my best to get te highest quality pics I can take. I snapped a few with the camera and will try uploading tonight.
 
SJ,

Where is the publication section? O this site??

I wish he would have made copies of these plans, as I would have paid for a set. I believe the copyright is void after 50 years. That's what I'm told when I make copies of Winchester advertising for fellow collectors.

Thanks for any info you can give me.

Art
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Art,

Go here........http://duckboats.net.nmsrv.com/specs/publications.html
 
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