My duck boat

[rbduck]

Good looking boat. My bud and I built one a few years ago. A lot of satisfaction doing it yourself. Nice job.

Ron

[therise]

Did you buy that boat in North Vancouver? If so, I have spent many days in that boat. Lots of ducks been hauled home in that bad boy!

[Discoverer]

Did you buy that boat in North Vancouver? If so, I have spent many days in that boat. Lots of ducks been hauled home in that bad boy!

Yep

[barklee]

Thanks for the guidance on the stencil. I built one and camouflaged my boat today. Looks good.

[Geo.338]

sweet . gives me inspiration to redo my old Mirro Craft

[Discoverer]

I spent some time this summer to construct a duck blind on my boat. First I built a base support. I used an 8" piece of angle aluminum 1"x 1" , measured and cut pieces for desired length for the bow and transom, next, cut a portion of the angle bracket to allow for flush mounting


Next you will want to cut 2 pieces, roughly 3" in length. File down the edges and corner, drill holes for the bimini mounts and mount small brackets onto cross-boat support bracket. I used stainless steel screws.


Mount both transom' and bow's brackets onto the boat using stainless bolts


Nest I secured the bimini mounts. All bimini rod ends and slide on used were 7/8" diameter, which I bought in the marine store.

[Discoverer]

Next I had to construct the frame for my blind. I used 4 of 3/4" x 10ft EMT pipes. Bent them at a 90 degree and jointed together using EMT coplers. Placed the bent pieces into bemini rod end.


Raise the frame, drill the holes across two pipes and place the pin in holes




Next I bent and installed the mid back section to allow the blind material to not drape into boat. I used 4 camo lines to connect the upper and back sections:

[Discoverer]

Next I had to build a ladder for my dog, so he could climb into the boat after retrieves without a man's assistance. I used two 1/2" pieces of EMT pipes and bent them like follow:


Bent and mounted the support mounts which used as steps also:


And mounted the rest of the steps:


The final pictures of the fully constructed blind will follow shortly ...

[Discoverer]

Final touch:

[LeverActionJunkie]

Awesome boat/blind! Lookin forward to pics of it on the water and with some birds on the deck. Nice build