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A couple years ago I posted my first attempt at a homemade duckboat/pirogue. It worked well and was extremely stable but was not very efficient due to the barge-like shape. It was formed out of styrofoam covered with fiberglass and eventually got a few small leaks and became waterlogged. It was a 2 man job to load it on the rack on the 4 wheeler. Got around to building a new and improved model this year. No foam except a can of spray foam in each end for emergency floatation . Much much lighter than the previous boat. I copied another boat that was hand shaped out of foam and glassed like my first one. I just used that one for a mold and glassed over it, using plastic to keep the glass from bonding to the donor boat. I made it in 2 halves and joined them together. Only been in the water once with it and still am not 100% finished (have to make my seat and install hold down bungees for decoy bags), but she is really stable and very efficient to paddle. Plus I can handle it by myself. We use these types of boats in the timber and they work well. Here are a couple pics and I will add more when it is 100% finished.

Very nice! Hope it holds up for you. Be sure to let us know how it does so we can copy it.

hunted out of an almost identical one of those in a flooded old catfish pond, that thing floated effortlessly, seemed to have almost zero drag, was comfortable for the most part too and definitely kept you dry

And if the price is right, then OSP may want to buy it from you.



(Sorry, but I just couldn't resist.)

Here are a few more pics of my project duckboat:
Here is my future duckkiller:
Here is a shot from the inside looking towards the front:
Here is a shot of the bottom. I put wooden dowels ripped in half to form the ribs:
Here is a shot of how I am going to do the seat. This isn't the piece of plywood I am going to use, but you get the idea:
Here is another shot of the seat in the reclining position for layout/nap mode:
And the last one is a pic of the home made dolly I built out of conduit and old bike wheels. It was made for my old boat but works for this one, too:
Overall the boat is 10' 9" long and 3' 6" wide. If I had to guess I would say it doesn't even weigh 50 lbs.

Nice job! Sometimes I wish I had the time and patience to do something like that. Btw, did you get those stencils from DCB?