22 ft. Sea Class Simmons Sea Skiff

THanks Jay, I agree with you....more pics to follow.

More pics coming up Nick. Sorry no dog, he left this earth a few years earlier. I just used the dog/hunter/gear scenario to help demonstrate the size of the boat. However if we were using a dog, I would have made a ladder for him which would have been hung over the side. Keep watching later posts, I have a whole bunch of live bird images I will be posting.
 
Thanks John, pictures of some of that rig coming.....

Thanks very much Joe, I am really happy you are enjoying my book, thanks for the plug!
 
THanks Gene, I like your name choice. I agree with you, that boat is amazing in big seas......that certainly builds you confidence!

I can't find the other images of the interior of the skiff. I am going to NY next week to drop off some decoys, so I will take some pictures for you while I am there. Do you want any other pictures other than the well and stern?
 
That is so true Clint, but those big eiders weighed 50 lbs apiece.......that would test your back trying to haul those in over those really high sides!! I am glad that I and many of us have signed up, I wish we had done that sooner....we just didn't know "decoy carvers" were part of it!
 
Hi Nate, yup, they are surely great birds!! What size dory are you making....15? THat is one special boat, I assume it will be a rowing only style. The inside motor wells are made, but with that water displacement hull and only a small motor rating, the best you caould hope for would be 4 or 5 knots......not quite enough for the canal or duxbury!!

Would love to see pictures of the building process.

Take Care,

Keith
 
Hi MIke, the only way that I could imagine would be to use a side or stern (depending on the design) ladder. I had a 118 lb male chessy and for my 18 foot SR Lund, I used a stern ladder which I designed and made. It was a single step platform that had heavy duty hardware cloth mesh for the step so it wouldn't float when you pushed it down into the water. The water would pass through and the step which would be approx. 15 inches underwater. This allowed the dog to get his front feet on and then you could assist him up by pushing down on the back of his head so he could get some leverage which allowed him to get his back foot on the step. I would hook it on the transom when he was out retrieving, and take it off when he returned into the boat. The only other thing that I could think of would be a lobster boat winch! :)
 
Hi Rick, That is a good point, I used to have a 15 foot dory/scow and I did paint scoter silhouettes on the sides....that was fun!
 
THank you Andrew, I agree, it is a beautiful boat.

You are correct Eric, the design of the stern is perfect for following seas. It handled that just beautifully.
 
One thing is for sure Pete, you could put a whole bunch of broadbill decoys in that skiff!

THanks David, more images on the way!

I agree Capt. Brian! I would have loved to use it outside Ocean Drive!
 
and the way you rig them in deep water........

I'm assuming the drake Eider in the picture that looks like its neck isn't attached is a rocker head? Looks like the head and neck are moving as the body moves on the waves? Wehn you have time in the future I'd love to see that mechanism.....and also the keel on the wings up Eider.....

ove the boat.......

Steve
 
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