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07-12-2007, 11:38
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2007
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Diesel Ducks
Anyone have one or have any information on them. Good or bad?
Thanks,
Scott
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07-12-2007, 12:01
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Building a Bateau TW28
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Iroquois, Ontario
Boat: Bateau TW28 Long Cabin
Posts: 3,585
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Hey Scott
Welcome aboard. Are you interested in the design aspects of the ducks or the ones out there floating now? A lot of them were amateur built and more nowadays are custom or factory built. One, Idlewyld (sp?) transited most of the arctic yr before last and then circumnavigated the world. I believe it was custom build in aluminum.
I've only ever seen one close up and that was built here in Ontario in steel and outfitted by the owners. I believe they've cross the Atlantic with it and are in the med. Other than that, from what I've read they seem to be capable passagemakers if outfitted properly.
Rick
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07-12-2007, 12:51
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: FL
Boat: Far East Mariner 40
Posts: 652
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I really hate to sound so naive, but what is a Diesel Duck? A type of boat?
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07-12-2007, 13:24
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Seattle
Boat: Cal 40 (sold). Still have a Hobie 20
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Island Mike
I really hate to sound so naive, but what is a Diesel Duck? A type of boat?
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Yeah, but I don't know why anyone would want to circumnavigate in one.
Ride the Ducks of Seattle
John
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07-12-2007, 14:40
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Sunshine Coast, Qld, Australia
Boat: CyberYacht 43
Posts: 5,174
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Diesel Duck antithesis of multihull...
Diesel Ducks are designed by George Beuhler.
Imagine going to sea in a massively overdesigned, massively overstrength steel boat with redundant systems.
Some people have no sense of the romance of the sea.
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07-12-2007, 22:03
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Shanghai, China
Boat: Dix 43 CC, steel, 43 ft
Posts: 149
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There's a guy here in Zhuhai China who builds them. His name is Bill Kimley. His company is called Seahorse Marine. Here's the link:
SEAHORSE MARINE
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08-12-2007, 16:11
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Cape Fear, NC, USA
Boat: Tom Colvin, Clipper Pinky, Spar length 56'
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08-12-2007, 17:24
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CF Adviser
Join Date: Oct 2007
Boat: Van Helleman Schooner 65ft StarGazer
Posts: 10,280
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There is a flock of 3 new delivery Ducks within 20 yards of my slip. Handsome boats with a lot of practical design ideas. I enjoyed a 10 day cruise last month on one and can see the attraction if you don’t want to sail
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08-12-2007, 21:07
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Eastern Tennessee
Boat: Research vessel for a university, retired now.
Posts: 10,406
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We have a couple of them here floating around the SF Bay taking out tourists. I don't know, they don't look like the most seaworthy of boats with their low freeboard. It seems like it would be really easy to swamp a duck (No pun intended)
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Life begins where land ends.
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11-12-2007, 05:42
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Senior Cruiser
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Thunder Bay, Ontario - 48-29N x 89-20W
Boat: (Cruiser Living On Dirt)
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We seem to be talking about two different animals:
Diesel Duck Trawler
DUK-W Amphibian Truck
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"If you didn't have the time or money to do it right in the first place, when will you get the time/$ to fix it?"
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11-12-2007, 08:17
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Pacific NorthWest
Boat: Sold - Landlocked
Posts: 604
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Thanks Gord
I'm glad you clarified that Gord - I only saw the picture of the truck and was thinking that there is no way I'm getting in that for anything except to cross a very small, shallow pond with no wind blowing.
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11-12-2007, 14:37
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Seattle
Boat: Cal 40 (sold). Still have a Hobie 20
Posts: 2,944
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I didn't know what a diesel duck was, but with the circumnavigation, I knew it wasn't what I posted, The Seattle Ride the Ducks. I was making a funny, hence the in my post.
John
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11-03-2008, 10:18
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 6
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My dream is to won a 462 Diesel Duck. For the $ and seaworthiness nothing compares.
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12-03-2008, 14:31
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Eternal Member
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Las Brisas Panama AGAIN!
Boat: Simpson, Catamaran, 46ft. IMAGINE
Posts: 4,507
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It kind of reminds me of a wedding cake Hans Christiansen
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14-03-2008, 22:26
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cruiser
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Vanuatu
Boat: Whiting 29' extended "Nightcap"
Posts: 1,569
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I first saw one the amphibious Ducks last week in Rotorua (tourist town in NZ). Massive prop on the things. The skipper/driver needed to hold a commercial captain's license as well a passenger service (bus) driver's license. Apparently they have trouble finding people qualified for both. (anyone want to shift to NZ?)
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