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Nice work Brian. I don't envy you the job of glassing the interior. Aside from being difficult to install, are there any drawbacks to applying fiberglass to the inside?

Thanks for the encouragement everybody. Finished attaching the keelsons and aluminum strips yesterday. They went on easy as pie. Thanks to all who have already done it and posted, it made the job really simple. All I need to do now is sand down a few high spots where my glass overlaps and...

Thanks guys, glad to finally contribute here. Andrew...Glad you had a good time at Keeneland, I take it for granted that it's so close. I only make it one or two times per meet. Big fun. Kristin...don't be surprised if you get an email from me. I hunt the Ohio R. frequently around these...

When finished the interior looked awesome! Here the dark red mahogany battens sit on top of the lighter colored meranti ply. You can also see the joint between the fore and aft hull pieces. Along with 2 layers of 6oz. cloth on both sides of the plywood, there are also fasteners on each...

Also, as long as the hull is off, I’m going to address a design issue I’ve had to deal with from the get go. In the stern, there are small 1” by 3” spaces between the battens and the transom that have always collected water while hunting. When I return from a hunt I always shop-vac the...

A few summers ago I had to leave it outside while we moved the family, and although I thought I had thought of everything to keep her dry, when we returned after a few weeks she was FULL of rainwater. *maybe next time I’ll leave her upside down on some saw horses*…Man, I was stupid...

Hey everyone. First off, let me say that I read over this forum just about daily. You fellas (& ladies) are a huge wealth of information and reading your posts on boats, hunting, dogs, etc. has made me a smarter man. Thank you. This is a post about my boat rehab. This is Eunlaidh (Gaelic...

Craig, What a neat set of boats in the above link (dngoodchild). The Sanford plans/pics are a nice too. I'll have a sheet of Meranti left over from a current rebuild I'm doing and hope to make something like these in the Spring. Jay may want to look at the "Duckling" too. Looks kind of...

The watch wearer seems to be shooting a BPS if I'm not mistaken...nice stick! Great photos Ron!

Be careful shooting up the spoonies and gadwall. On the plate, I found them a bit muddier than usual. They say they eat a lot of those little crustaceans you'll see in the potholes. If you're going to eat the birds simply prepared up there...look for the Can's and Mallards...always good. Oh...

Dave, I was just in NoDak for the first week of October. Pretty close to Devil's Lake (just South). Pick up a Conservation "PLOTS" guide (Private Land Open To Sportsman). It's put out by the ND G&F Dept. This stuff is all open...free access: PLOTS...yellow on the map, yellow triangle signs at...

Ella and Briar...September 2006 Wood duck hunt. Me, Ella, and Ruby...December goose hunt (2005) We both LOVED looking at all the kids hunting and working on the boats... Ella's first question..."Can we go tomorrow Dad?"...Yep, you bet. Thanks Dave, very generous of you and a...

Wow! Looks great! As your number one lurker, hats off to you Eric, to you Steve, to all the regulars and not so regulars posting on the forum. This is a uniquely high-quality place to come talk ducks. I'll try to add some interesting stuff as our season comes around. Three cheers for all of...