Lil? Ducker fiberglass skiff

bob welsh

bob welsh

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I found this boat a month ago on CL . I made the deal and finally picked it up yesterday. Guy left it out in his front yard and came out on the porch and watched me load up.
I remember seeing ads for these in DU magazine in the 1970s. Anyone with info let me know.
It looks like a mold was pulled of a lapstrake skiff. It is very ?kidneyesque?, but like the first fiberglass runabouts , they were molded lapstrake Thompson and Lyman lookalikes.
The bottom is a little oil canned but for the most part seems serviceable.
12? x 36?
Cockpit 7?6? x 30?
75 lbs?
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Bob, I had one back in the mid '80's. Serviceable but a bit light weight. Would crab a bit when paddled but nothing severe. I think oil canning was pretty common with that bottom construction. Not a bad skiff and can't remember why I sold it.
 
Good Evening Bob,

We purchased several in the early 1980. I still have mine, great little skiff, a little light in heavy side wind.

Also have a Carsten Mallard and #27 Estuary built by Dave Clark.

You will have fun during the duck season with this skiff.

Dennis S.
Rio Rancho, NM
 
Nice little skiff, love the stake holes in bow and stern. That would have made a great shallow water layout back in the places I hunted in coastal AL.
 
Great looking little boat. With that width should be stable enough to stand and push pole easily or paddle with a long kayak paddle. Any leakage around spud pole holes ?
 
Good Afternoon Bob,

My unit came with removal seat. I use a short canoe seat and double ended paddle. I also made up two (2) stake out poles to secure the boat in shallow water or on the edge of the shore line.

Dennis S.
Rio Rancho, NM
 
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