I think I need it.

Troy Fields

Troy Fields

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Well... for past few years now I've been looking for a Alumacraft Ducker in my area. Yesterday I found one. Glad to have it my "shed of tools". I rowed it for a quick little jaunt up and down the shoreline, smooth and straight.






 
Troy,
Can we get more pictures of the cockpit covering, how does it attach etc? I have an older ducker I'm about to do a little work on, and have been thinking about something like yours has!
 
Good morning, Troy~

The Ducker is in my Bad Decisions file. Decades ago, someone had given one to my Dad. He later offered it to me - and I declined. Every time I see one - especially a prime one like yours - I feel a twinge of regret. Of course, I don't really NEED one.....

Best of luck with her,

SJS
 
Don't feel bad, Steve, I passed on a tan one I came across in Mn. in nearly the same shape as Troy's boat. It had the original aluminum oars and a motor mount. I thought $1,100 was too high...
 
RL,
The boat does not have original oars or pole. I believe it has spent it's life here in Maine. I am the third owner to my knowledge. The original owner used it until his 79th year, the second owner only had it for a year and now I have it. I will look around for oars and pole or talk with some fabricators in the area.
 
Jake, I will post some pictures later. The blind is off an M2 lay out blind (I think). It is attached to the floor grate and then zip tied to the blind fixtures on the Ducker. Nothing is drilled/attached to the boat and easily removable in less than five minutes.


Troy
 
One of the permanent members at a duck camp I used to hunt out of on Moss Lake has a Ducker. I will check with Jack to see whether he still has his oars. The hull is shot...way too many rivets gone with multiple repairs, dings, and dents so he has no use for the oars, assuming he still has them. The boat was in a "stack" of discarded gear leaning against the back exterior wall of the members decoy storage pole barn. I hunted there for over a decade and it never moved from this spot during that interval.
 
Is this boat missing the pole anchor stanchions?
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Not all Duckers were built with the anchoring system. The one I bought and restored did not come with them. Also didn't have the air bladders - it had styrofoam instead and I believe it was original.

Mark W
 
"Another Boat? Ha, gonna "need" another barn"


Troy, you live in Maine......you just add another addition to the homes up there. I cant remember what they called it, but I always thought it was kind of neat how the house just continued to grow in length until they eventually attached to the barn.


Dave
 
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