Can you identify this duck boat

luke rowland

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Hello all! I picked this duck boat up at a garage sale in the beginning of August. And have yet to identifying the maker or plans from which it came. The old timer I bought it off of said he got it from a master carpenter in Bowling Green Ohio. And the gentleman that made it called it a Chesapeake bay boat. It measures 13' 6" and from oar lock to oar lock is 53". Can some one help me place a name with this boat?.
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Looks to me like maybe a modified Pintail from the old Field and Stream magaizine.

Btw I did a right mouse click save on the picture from another site then a right mouse click paste into the text editor for the picture you see. No browsing and upload picture required. I'm liking this new upgrade!

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Thank you all for the responses. Just got a hin for it yesterday. Gonna float test it tonight and then see about sanding it real quick and giving it a new paint job. Hope to get her back out on the water doing what she was built for.
 
As of right now I just plan to row it. Most places that I hunt that it could be used are less then a mile in distance and without knowing how she floats just yet i don't want to throw off how she sits in the water with a motor. My only concern that with the shape it may be more prone to tipping like a canoe.
 
Well had the fiancé help me float test the boat out at the lake and kinda surprised by how little it drafted.

https://youtu.be/WtV7lOkGRO8

And happy to say no leaks. Now to consider the paint job other than the dark OD I started.
 
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