KARA Duck Bandit Is Finished

James Johnson

James Johnson

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After 6 weeks she's finished. My son & I took her out for the maiden voyage today.
I had never been in a KARA before & was really surprised how stable she was.
This was my first build & can't wait to get started on another this spring. I would
like to try one of Devlin's boats. It's made out of 1/4" ply with 6oz cloth on top
& bottom with 4 coats epoxy. 3 coats on floor & 1 coat on inside of upper deck.
Made sure to put in a drain plug & bilge pump. Seen how alot of people had trouble
getting water out. Used epoxy fillets everywhere they could be used. I hope to get
many years of use out of her. I did install a transom & battery box in case I ever
need to use a trolling motor.

Many thanks to Ed Askew's website. Got alot of info from there.

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My son had to try out the grass rails.
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Looks great. They are fun boats to play and hunt in. Are you going to use any kind of blind over the cockpit?.

From a Kara user.

Tight Lines ... Fred
 
Sweet build James,
Looks like your son is gonna have a hard time letting you use that boat.
 
Fred, don't plan on a blind on the cockpit, I want to keep it as low profile as possible.
John, it's BC grade 1/4" ply. I'll use the good stuff when I try the Devlin build.
 
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