First time long time

[Tony hall]

Well first post here and really haven't been stalking to long. Stumbled upon the site trying to find a source for a two man sneak box plan. Looking forward to hopefully building one in the spring. Still looking for plans I want. Also have made some terrible looking foam decoys and some not so terrible looking foam decoys. Don't hunt over them enough , but do hunt a whole boat of molded jack ring magnums. Anyway sorry so long winded and tanks for having me

Tony

 

[Steve Sanford]

Welcome, Tony~

I built a 2-man Sneakbox (planing hull) in the mod-80s. No drawings or plans but a few old photos.

I cut down an old Herter's Cartopper and widened it. It was ~13' LOA with a 5' beam.

This is the first Spray Dodger I ever made.

We sat (or lay down if needed) side-by-side and shot over the stern. The thatched Lap Cover hid our lower bodies - and kept us warmer and drier.

Good luck in your hunt for The Perfect Duckboat!

SJS

 

[Rob M]

welcome to the site, Great wealth of knowledge and great group of guys here. Best of luck on your spring build and don't forget to post pictures along the way!

 

[Dave Diefenderfer]

Tony, if you have a Redhead drake by Jack, I would love to add to the hen I have in my rig. I corresponded with Sylvia a couple years ago trying to get someof his decoys.

 

[Tony hall]

I'll see what I can do Dave. They're all a hunting partners decoys. We're local to Jack and another friend/associate has the mold. So my partner made 6-7 dozen. I could ask if I could get one. Also not sure who's heads they are.

Steve, how rough of water would you take that boat in? I've also considered just starting to draw up a hull shape and maybe do a half size test . I was thinking 13-14 feet and the 4-5 foot beam would probably be a good place to start.

Thanks for the welcome everyone

Tony