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  • Members: 82
  • 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: Seth Miller
I hope that link was sent in error. No boats involved.
Posted - Tue Feb 19, 2013 4:29 pm
G Cull
cullgary
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Re: Seth Miller
Crap, I was hacked. I've changed my passwords, don't open the link! The real Seth
Posted - Tue Feb 19, 2013 4:23 pm
sethers_m
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Re: ok ... Froggy coming in for a landing ...
Paul Boucher Day3 need to cross ~ post to Skunk works ... interesting development ... hurricane bow .. didn't look right .. CAD to death .. found out the axis
Posted - Thu Jan 24, 2013 3:42 am
Froggy
flyingfrog55
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ok ... Froggy coming in for a landing ...
Gonna start posting my muses here and some build pics ... If you haven't checked facebook or the Fla 120 lately ... as of yesterday ... I am beginning my 100
Posted - Wed Jan 23, 2013 12:17 am
Froggy
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Re: Has the Skunk-Works died an early death?
It all depends on the weather conditions you experience. Of course, last year was the WORST conditions of any everglades challenge and I realized, in
Posted - Tue Jan 22, 2013 8:04 pm
ecpuddleduck
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2012 131 107 269 81 12 8 7 1 15
2011 144 175 219

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