Being from Missouri, I do not get the luxury to see sneakboats, sneakboxes, etc in the bays. I have always liked the wooden sneakboats, sneakboxes, etc. I envy all you east coasters and the duck boats available and their prices on Craigslist. Some seem like a steal around there. You don't see many good wooden sneakboats around here. Mainly jon boats, Four rivers layouts, etc around these parts. But I can see the use of a good sneakbox in some of the larger lakes around here that may produce some wave action that a jon boat could not handle well in bad weather.
Having at one time owned a Devlin Bluebill (planing hull), I went out a time or two in it. But only tried it on nice summer days, so never really had the chance to see its full potential before having to sell it. Still wish I kept it.
I always hear/read about how well the displacement hulls handle the swells/chop in the bays. Does any one have any good video of some serious weather using a displacement hull duck boat under normal gear load conditions?
With the invention of the drones with cameras, it would be cool to get some outside the boat views of how well it handles the bay.
Having at one time owned a Devlin Bluebill (planing hull), I went out a time or two in it. But only tried it on nice summer days, so never really had the chance to see its full potential before having to sell it. Still wish I kept it.
I always hear/read about how well the displacement hulls handle the swells/chop in the bays. Does any one have any good video of some serious weather using a displacement hull duck boat under normal gear load conditions?
With the invention of the drones with cameras, it would be cool to get some outside the boat views of how well it handles the bay.