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We're here to prove that you can build your own boat.
...we've been doing just that since 1982.
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Not the site you were looking for? You can use the links below to access them when you're ready,
but first you might want to look around this site, seeing as you're already here...

Duck Trap Woodworking (boats, plans, tools, and hardware)

Duck Trap Decoys (just what it sounds like)

Note: both of these are offsite links, so you will need to use a bookmark or your browser's back button to return here.

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We publish Walter Simmons' books and CDs, all of which emanate from his boat shop at Duck Trap, and his desire to pass along boatbuilding information and practice he has been perfecting for decades. A boatbuilder and repairer since 1970, with nearly 200 boats to his credit, he writes from long experience. The designs in his catalogue are among the prettiest traditional boats on the water, and it's his goal to teach you to build them as well.

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New book alert:

Lapstrake Boatbuilding was first published in 1978. Since that time there have been three editions. L apstrake Boatbuilding 2, was published several years afterwards, and similarly underwent changes. Now both books have been combined into a single book...the 30th Anniversary Edition of Lapstrake Boatbuilding. But more than just combining the two, it has been thoroughly updated and nearly doubled in size. This is Lapstrake Boatbuilding with 30 years of boatbuilding experience added...

It is now 400+ pages with 225 illustrations and photos (most in full color), and is fully indexed.

US$65.

 

Read more about it.

 

 

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The Boatbuilding Series consists of the books shown in the page header: Lapstrake Boatbuilding, Building the Maine Skiff, Building Sunshine, Building Lapstrake Canoes, Finishing, Lines, Lofting & Half Models, Pigeons & Gudgeons, Repairs, Glued Lap Construction, Wherries, and Basic Decoy Carving (not shown).
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The Boatbuilding in Pictures Series includes six titles: The Rhodes Wherry, The Newfoundland Trap Skiff, The Littlest Boats, The Duck Trap Wherry, The Christmas Wherry, Lapstrake Canoes and our latest, The Matinicus Double Ender. The camera brings you right into the boat shop at Duck Trap. Initially available only in CD format, they are now available as full color books as well.
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Thank You, the 19'-11" Newfoundland Trap Skiff photographed for the CD.

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Building a boat is within your grasp, and these books and CDs can teach you what you need to know. Whether you would like to build a cradle boat, or one of the full sized wherries, you can start right here on this site. And there is even more boatbuilding information on our companion Duck Trap Woodworking site.
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