Sneak box boats

[G. Hernlen]

Looking at a 10’ sneak box. Never been in that style boat before. Anyone have an opinion on the stability
of this style boat? Built and used 14’ layout boats like the Kara Hummer. Any comparisons would be welcome.

 

[Carl]

Do you already have a hull in mind?
Home-built or commercial production? If the latter, what brand?
What are the dimensions?
I’ve not hunted a sneak boat but I’ve been around this site and all the members that do since 1998. They are some of the most stable and seaworthy hulls out there.

 

[G. Hernlen]

I’m looking at Jim’s boatworks 10’ sneakbox. I’ve built and hunted on a hull similar to a 14’ Kara Hummer. It was very stable shallow draft layout hull. I’ll be building another one this summer. But back to the sneak box. Jim has one boat that we have been working on, and I was asking anyone that has hunted out of this style hull how stable this is compared to a Kara.

 

[G. Hernlen]

Also looking for a set of plans for the Kara Hummer.

 

[Mike L]

You can google it and find the plans for the Kara hummer. a guy in Missouri? Sells them with patterns for pretty small money

 

[jode hillman]

Do you already have a hull in mind?
Home-built or commercial production? If the latter, what brand?
What are the dimensions?
I’ve not hunted a sneak boat but I’ve been around this site and all the members that do since 1998. They are some of the most stable and seaworthy hulls out there.

There are sneak boxes and they are sneak boats. I'm not familiar with the "Jim's sneak box "maybe a link or some type of photo would help. Because there tends to be a lot of variability once you get into a sneak boat design.

 

[G. Hernlen]

You can google it and find the plans for the Kara hummer. a guy in Missouri? Sells them with patterns for pretty small money

If you have the website please let me know, I have looked all over the net and no where I’ve looked are the plans available. Leonard’s web site is no longer available. Happy to purchase plans if I can find them…

 

[Ed L.]

You can order the plans here.

Building the KARA Hummer

 

[Ed L.]

There are sneak boxes and they are sneak boats. I'm not familiar with the "Jim's sneak box "maybe a link or some type of photo would help. Because there tends to be a lot of variability once you get into a sneak boat design.

Jim's Boatworks

Handcrafted rowboats, duck boats and canoes

jimsboatworks.com

 

[Clinton John]

Jim's Boatworks

Handcrafted rowboats, duck boats and canoes

jimsboatworks.com

Ok what he and you are calling a "sneakbox" is actually what everyone else would call a sneak boat.

There is a file section here on this forum, full of discriptions and pics of various sneak boats aka sneakbox.

Devlin boat designs has several boats that fit that description and design.

Having seen a few kara boats. I would not put them in the same class as a true sneakboat.

Hope this helps.

 

[G. Hernlen]

Ok what he and you are calling a "sneakbox" is actually what everyone else would call a sneak boat.

There is a file section here on this forum, full of discriptions and pics of various sneak boats aka sneakbox.

Devlin boat designs has several boats that fit that description and design.

Having seen a few kara boats. I would not put them in the same class as a true sneakboat.

Hope this helps.

Thanks for the response, however my question is this…. I have hunted out of a Kara, how does the sneak boat compare to hunting out of a Kara for stability? Better, worst about the same? My experience is that the Kara is very stable, easy to pole and paddle. A great shallow water boa, a bit heavy but I think I can fix that problem to some degree.

 

[Clinton John]

Thanks for the response, however my question is this…. I have hunted out of a Kara, how does the sneak boat compare to hunting out of a Kara for stability? Better, worst about the same? My experience is that the Kara is very stable, easy to pole and paddle. A great shallow water boa, a bit heavy but I think I can fix that problem to some degree.

A kara boat will not compare to a sneak boat in any metric you care to measure.

Stability, sea worthiness, load caring, power options, usability, adaptability to hunt needs.

I mean one type is a actual boat and the other, I would classify as a decked over kayak or canoe at best

And a apology to Ed. L, I'm not sure what happened and why I quoted your post and not the OP's post above yours. Sorry.

 

[G. Hernlen]

A kara boat will not compare to a sneak boat in any metric you care to measure.

Stability, sea worthiness, load caring, power options, usability, adaptability to hunt needs.

I mean one type is a actual boat and the other, I would classify as a decked over kayak or canoe at best

And an apology to Ed. L, I'm not sure what happened and why I quoted your post and not the OP's post above yours. Sorry.

Thanks that’s very helpful, the is 10’ long and approx 4’ wide, weighing in at approx 100 lbs. I will be driving 1200 miles to pick her up, but I feel much more confident that it will serve me well. So road trip is on. Thanks again and I’ll be back with some pictures soon. Got bored yesterday and carved out a bufflehead decoy. Now on to paint.

 

[RM Anderson]

True that. My Kara IS the reason I built my Devlin poleboat. Richard

 

[Carl]

Some amazing looking boats on Jim’s page!

 

[G. Hernlen]

He build's beautiful boats, I’ll ask him why he’s not building more duck boats when I see him.

 

[Ed L.]

This boat from Jim's page is interesting. I had a set of plans from Mechanix Illustrated that I must have sent to 2 dozen people called the Barny 2. If this isn't the boat it's as close as I've seen. That was sometime between 2005 and 2010. I don't know if anyone ever built one.