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For Sale. 2010 Devlin BB3 duck boat with 1981 Mariner (built by Yam) 30hp and 2010 Lowe Karavan trailer with swivel tongue. Very good condition. Electric start, bilge pump, accessory port, boat gear. Needs batteries. Has been in storage since I transferred East but we had it on the water...

My buddy Noah (pictured in icon) passed away last week. I guess the hurt caused by his death means we spent a lot of good times together. Good dog Noah.

Winter finally paid a visit this morning. The snow and wind was heavy enough that even the ducks were taking cover. On my way back to the truck I took a few shots. The snow had stopped, it was still and the only sound I could hear was the occasional crack of an oak unable to bear its burden of...

One useless, noisy, no good, illegal in Minnesota motorized MOJO (or possibly other brand name) Flapper. Will trade for anything actually useful to a duck hunter in MN. This Flapping Noisemaker has cursed me and my hunts for the last several years, and now that I live in Minnesota, the land...

Last Saturday Tom Scholberg and I took our boats out on a shake down cruise - Tom in his Broadbill and me in my new BB3. If you've followed my build posts you already know that instead of the standard Devlin motor well I decided to go with a more conventional transom design incorporating a...

Working hard to get the new boat ready for season opener (Oct 2 in Minnesota)...finished the interior, wiring and fuel setup. A (very) experienced boat builder recommended gluing the deck with 5200 rather than use epoxy and fillets. Epoxy is stronger, but 5200 remains flexible over time...

I have an '81 Mariner (30hp) that I'll be putting on my BB3 soon. I bought it used but haven't had a chance to see it run. I did a compression test and got 135 psi in each cylinder. I bought plugs, a carb kit and a water pump. I'll also replace the seals and paint to match the boat. Any...

I last posted progress pics on my BB3 build in July...I was just getting ready to flip the boat: Flip complete, ready to pull wires... It's at about this time I realized that using that old roll of aluminum fencing wire to wire the stitches into my new boat was a really stupid idea...

I haven't posted pics of my BB3 project as so many have done such a good job of documenting their builds in the past - thanks Charlie, Brandon and Brian for your inspirational BB3 builds last year! But since this is a duck boat site, I figure I should do my part to feed your duck boat...

I need to find a trailer for my BB3 project. Interested in thoughts on trailer length, width, axle rating, etc...It's 14'4" long and 5'10" wide but it's not like most BB3's in that it doesn't have the motor cutout. Instead this boat has the motor mounted on the rear transom like most...

I've been building a Black Brant 3 over the summer and need to start thinking about getting a hull identification number from the Coast Guard or State DNR...is anyone familiar with the steps necessary to getting a HIN and state ID number for "backyard" boats? I've read "Safety Standards for...

I'm in the process of stitching in the transom and it ocurred to me that I don't know the proper way of measuring transom angle. I'm planning on a 15 degree angle, but I'm not sure where on the boat it should be measured. Eric refers to using the keel line in an old post, but this is difficult...

Been sitting on plans and material for a Black Brant 3 for about a year now. Other priorities intervened and have kept us from moving the project forward, but we finally got started this weekend. Ordered meranti plywood (1088) from the folks at Cedar Tree - great people. Prices were a...

Hey Charlie. How's your boat build going? I've been following it over the past several months but haven't seen any recent photos. Did you ever get a dodger together for it? Thanks. Kevin

I'm planning on building a BB3 soon but I'm not comfortable with the configuration of the transom in the original design. Has anyone out there built a BB3 with a self bailing transom like Dave Clark did on the Scaup below? I've searched the old posts and this modification was mentioned, but I...

Tom: I just sent you a PM. Please read and get back to me. THANK YOU! Kevin Tryon

Duck Killers: Last year I hunted flooded fields in a Kara Hummer set up with a low blind... Once they were set up, they worked great. This pic shows the support system on a friend's boat... As you can see, it effectively conceals the hunter once set up... The problem is, when it's dark...

My son is right handed, but left eye dominant. The rest of the family are right hand shooters and since we play the hand me down game with shotguns, he's been shooting a right hand 870 with left hand form for several years now. I've been shopping around for a good left hand gun, but they are...

New to the forum, so I thought I'd post some pics of last year's layout project(s). My oldest son needed an FFA project to work on so we decided to build a Kara layout boat, as it is perfect for the flooded cornfields that we typically hunt here in Missouri...I hunt with my two teenage sons, so...