Chris Craft duck boat

Ryan Werden

Ryan Werden

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Does anyone have a picture or scanned flyer of a Chris Craft duckboat? I would have sworn there was on in the old Reader's rigs but I can't seem to locate it.

Thanks,
Ryan
 
Ryan

As a gift, my wife bought me the book - Building Chris-Craft Inside The Factories by Anthony S. Mollica with Chris Smith. She got it while we were at the Clayton decoy show last July.

Page 20, has a photo of the 1953 boat, built from the kit they offered. Caption reads, "The Smiths first commercial craft was a duck boat offered in 1874". Hope this helps in your quest.

By the way it's a Very Good Book, and Chris Smith made some damn fine Decoys..... Waterfowling history goes hand and hand in American History.
 
There is a picture of one if you Google for a picture of Chris craft duck boat.
 
Ryan

As a gift, my wife bought me the book - Building Chris-Craft Inside The Factories by Anthony S. Mollica with Chris Smith. She got it while we were at the Clayton decoy show last July.

Page 20, has a photo of the 1953 boat, built from the kit they offered. Caption reads, "The Smiths first commercial craft was a duck boat offered in 1874". Hope this helps in your quest.

By the way it's a Very Good Book, and Chris Smith made some damn fine Decoys..... Waterfowling history goes hand and hand in American History.
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Thanks Vince. Does the book show a couple of drawings with lines and hardware to be used?
 
There is a picture of one if you Google for a picture of Chris craft duck boat.
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Thanks Ed. I found a couple of pictures but there were a couple that I think had some hardware and lines/dimensions called out on them.

I should have been a bit more specific.

Thx.
 
Ryan

As a gift, my wife bought me the book - Building Chris-Craft Inside The Factories by Anthony S. Mollica with Chris Smith. She got it while we were at the Clayton decoy show last July.

Page 20, has a photo of the 1953 boat, built from the kit they offered. Caption reads, "The Smiths first commercial craft was a duck boat offered in 1874". Hope this helps in your quest.

By the way it's a Very Good Book, and Chris Smith made some damn fine Decoys..... Waterfowling history goes hand and hand in American History.
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Thanks Vince. Does the book show a couple of drawings with lines and hardware to be used?
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I have the book at home and will see if I can remember to bring it to the shop and scan some of that stuff for you. Turns out that the Chris Craft Company (as indicated) began making duck boats and decoys right here on Lake St. Clair. Their factory is right up near some of the places we hunt in Algonac.
Lou
 
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