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02-17-2021, 10:53 PM
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Senior Member
City: lockhart
Join Date: Nov 2020
Posts: 384
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Just what is a Duck?
Hi, I'm trying to figure this out. Is a Duck a blueprint you buy then have it built wherever you find someone to do so?
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02-17-2021, 11:03 PM
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Senior Member
City: Kenosha, WI
Vessel Name: Tortuga
Vessel Model: Hershine 37
Join Date: Apr 2014
Posts: 253
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Just what is a Duck?
A Diesel Duck is a family of passagemaker designs by George Buehler. He did not manufacture boats , just designed them. If “duck” has another meaning other than a what he called the designs, I am unaware.
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02-17-2021, 11:24 PM
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Senior Member
City: Henderson, NV
Vessel Name: HI-HO
Vessel Model: Diesel Duck 462 (my fantasy)
Join Date: Feb 2019
Posts: 134
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Seahorse Marine, located in China, has cooperated with Mr. Buehler in building his DD designs early on, with steel hulls. Others have built them, even bckyard builders, which Buehler encouraged. So, it's important to know who built this Duck when shopping. Good Ducks have been built in Turkey, as well, and I would trust these yards.
There's many links re: DDs. Most people I'm aware of keep their Ducks for years. Seahorse Ducks 382 & 462 have great layouts w/ walk-in engine rooms and aft master staterooms. Just do a Google search.
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02-18-2021, 12:48 AM
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Guru
City: Campbell River
Vessel Name: Okisollo
Join Date: Apr 2012
Posts: 783
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02-18-2021, 05:21 AM
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Guru
City: Saint Petersburg
Vessel Name: Weebles
Vessel Model: 1970 Willard 36 Trawler
Join Date: Mar 2019
Posts: 7,179
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Pickup "The Backyard Boatbuilder" by George Buehler. It was half practical boat builder, half middle-finger to the industry, eschewing them for complicated designs and equipment. George was more of a cruiser type who viewed a boat as a magic-carpet platform to whisk you away. In the book, he has many designs, mostly sailboats. All with unusual names. His 38-foot troller was named "Diesel Duck." Several were built via commission to boatyards all over, most in wood. At some point, a connection to Seahorse Marine in China was made. Seahorse had been building boats in steel for a while. The owners - Bill & Stella Kimley (members here who will hopefully chime-in), saw some potential in making it a production boat. The earliest boats were attractively priced, and they took-off.
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02-18-2021, 02:57 PM
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Veteran Member
City: brisbane
Join Date: Aug 2012
Posts: 55
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"Diesel Duck" is a term coined by George Buehler for his power boats.
Anybody can build them, many are built as one-offs, and Seahorse Yachts are a commercial boat builder who commissioned George to provide the 462 and 382 (and 542?) designs for them to build there models exclusively. I think there may be a Turkish yard that has also built a few Ducks?
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02-18-2021, 03:43 PM
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Senior Member
City: Punta Gorda, Fl
Vessel Name: Pipe Dream
Vessel Model: Silverton 42C
Join Date: Apr 2020
Posts: 197
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Greatlaker221
If “duck” has another meaning other than a what he called the designs, I am unaware.
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I'm sorry but this just begging to be said.....
"Duck" might be used to refer to certain migratory water fowl.
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02-18-2021, 05:13 PM
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Guru
City: Boston Area
Join Date: Feb 2017
Posts: 2,610
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"Duck Boats" also refers to the amphibious truck/boats that are tourist attractions in many cities, modeled after WW II army vehicles for landing on troops on a beach.
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02-18-2021, 06:07 PM
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Guru
City: Tavernier, FL
Vessel Name: Volans
Vessel Model: 2001 PDQ MV 32
Join Date: Jan 2015
Posts: 580
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PPandE
I'm sorry but this just begging to be said.....
"Duck" might be used to refer to certain migratory water fowl.
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"A what?"
"A duck"
"Does it quack?"
"Of course it quacks!"
"...want to buy a duck?"
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