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Jacques, Saw your invitation to post a question about needed designs for new duckboats on duckboats.net http://www.duckboats.net/forum/messages/47809.html South Louisianians are big duckhunters but we can't use a V-bottom boat, even a shallow V. We hunt in mud, or at least run through pure mud getti...

Nice looking boat, Jacques. A lot of guys would appreciate if you would design a boat like that with a flat bottom that we could use down here in South Louisiana. If you could graft the top of that boat to the bottom of an IR Skiff, perfect. Has a prototype for the Duck Skiff 15 been built yet? Ed.

Yeah, thought about the canvas doger as well, but I worry about lightening and I'd like to have some sort of permanent lightening protection overhead grounded to brass ovals on the bottom. We get wicked squalls daily in the summer over here, just when the big boys are hungry! There's no way to avoid...

I can't wait to hear how the boat handles a rough sea, and what your top speed is. I want to congratulate you on such a fine job with your boat. I've been watching this thread closely as I'm considering the Panga 22. I need a boat I can cross the few miles of Gulf between Slidell, LA and the Biloxi ...