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A dose of inspiration for all of you aspiring boat builders out there! It’s hard to believe that we are saying goodbye to 2022 and wrapping up another year here at Duckworks! We want to wish you and your family a very happy new year. In closing out 2022, we are thrilled to share a beautiful build by James Frederick Bland of Austin, Texas, who after eighteen months and 1000 hours of construction has launched a gorgeous 12’ San Francisco Pelican! You may have seen the announcement of Jam …

Ever wonder whether anyone actually builds a boat from the free plans we offer here at Duckworks? Here's a success story from builder Mic Dales, who completed his Drifter 16 trimaran from free plans in only 3.5 months!  The Drifter 16 Trimaran plans are among the many great boat plans offered for free at Duckworks.com Here is what Mic had to say about the 108-day build: "During the summer my son, who lives right …

If ever there was a good time to get your boat projects done so you're ready to maximize time on the water—this would be it! Let's take a look at what some of you are up to right now: Reader John Hartmann writes: "Here is an image of a Francois Vivier-designed Jewell that I’ve been building from a Clint Chase kit over the past year and a half. She’s pretty much complete, and I’ll be getting her onto a trailer and getting the rig together between now and an anticipated …

We've been getting a lot of calls and orders from builders racing to finish their boats as the latter part of summer approaches. Expert builder Dan Mattson stopped by recently to finish the rigging of his beautiful new SCAMP, with SCAMP oracle, Simeon Baldwin. meeting him here to assist. Dan's SCAMP features all kinds of Duckworks parts, from the bronze port kit to the bronze cleats, to the hatches and pintles and gudgeons. …

It's that time of the year where some of you are racing to finish your boat before the weather turns, while others have conceded to continuing with a winter project and an eye on a spring 2021 launch. Above is a Wood Duck 12 kayak from CLC that owner Richard has fitted with the Michael Storer drop-in sail rig. Richard says he just spent a rainy and unusually cold weekend on "Lac Du Der" in northeast France, sailing and fishing in F3 conditions, "dodging into the r …