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  • Members: 88
  • Category: Sailing
  • Founded: Oct 20, 2011
  • Language: English
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This group was originally founded to act as a think-tank for my attempt to do the Everglades Challenge, a 300 mile grueling endurance race down the coast of Florida, in a purpose build Puddle Duck Racer. Well, I sailed the 2012 Everglades Challenge and made it 150 miles before having to withdraw. Only 2 class 4, monohull sailboats, made it to the finish that year out of 12 boats and I outlasted and outdistanced all but 3 of them.

I have been encouraged to create a group focused exclusively on both responsible and irresponsible messing about with Puddle Duck design. Now, I am a bit lazy and, besides, lots of great discussions already here about duck designs so why reinvent the wheel?

It is my hope this group turns into a place purely for discussions of boat design and modification primarily for Puddle Duck Racers of both the legal and illegal kind. I am also open to discussion of other amateur boat design efforts aimed and creating easy to built, sail, and cruise boats. Maybe something with a pointy bow from time to time? New builders be aware that a majority of the ideas posted may not work without major modification so I don't want you to confuse what goes on this forum with actual finished design work. Hence the need for a new forum...to avoid confusion and propagating of possibly flawed design ideas.

This is not a forum for postings of a political nature both within and outside of the Puddle Duck Racer group. There are enough other places for that type of information.

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Re: Time for new Skunk Forum Pic
Where's the water line going to be on that thing?
Posted - Wed May 23, 2012 5:33 pm
John Bell
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Re: Time for new Skunk Forum Pic
'FROG III' .. for now .. always the same name ..[g] Flying Frog III ... told Pat J. / WPB / 'FAT CAT' the old trivia question: "What was the name of Zoro's
Posted - Wed May 23, 2012 5:18 pm
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Re: Time for new Skunk Forum Pic
Foggy, that looks very much like the Dick you previously built? What have you named it? Bill OKC
Posted - Wed May 23, 2012 12:08 am
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Time for new Skunk Forum Pic
Might I humbly propose the pic I just uploaded for the forum pic? It's the wildest design on Skunks ... Food for the imagination ... ...and colorful ...
Posted - Tue May 22, 2012 2:26 pm
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Re: Wake up the dead?
Thanks Andrew and Seth. I was just having on of my "senior" brain flashes...and hopefully I'm over it now! Since the aft end of the boom on my lateen sail
Posted - Mon May 21, 2012 5:28 pm
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