Hooper Island Draketail
| The
"Hooper's Island Draketail" was named after the small island located in the
lower half of the Chesapeake Bay on Maryland's Eastern shore. In the early
1900's, when the internal combustion engine first appeared, watermen were
trading the sailing rigs for the engines and the local boat builders were
looking for new ways to build better and more efficient workboats. One such
builder noticed the torpedo boat destroyers pass by his home, and he thought
that the hull design would be good for a workboat. He copied the hull design
and built a boat with a V-bottom. The boat was fast, good looking and because
of the narrow beam and sleek lines, it was relatively inexpensive to build. The design caught on and the boats sprang up everywhere. The boat acquired the name "draketail" because the stern resembled the back of a duck's tail. A few years later, a new box stern type became popular, and the draketail became old fashioned. Eventually, the full name was shortened and now most people only know them by the name "ducktail". Today, not many of these beautiful boats exist. But through the passage of time, the boat has become a classic. |
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| Complete Kit contains: | ||
| Basswood framing & sides | Cedar bottom planking | |
| Hardware & rigging supplies | Pre-cut stem & keel | |
| Pre-routed base | Instructions & blueprints | |
| Dimensions | ||
| 21 in. long | ||
| Model done in 1/2 in. scale. | ||
| Difficulty | Intermediate | |