About Duck Trap Woodworking

Duck Trap Woodworking began in 1972 as a modest boatshop here on the Coast of Maine, building traditional lapstrake small craft. As years passed we formalized the plans Walter Simmons had developed and offered them to other builders as well. Eventually that morphed into marketing scale building plans, full size loftings, and all twenty of Simmons' books detailing their construction. All of that is still available through this site.

And then came something we didn't expect...In the late 80s we were approached by folks asking if we would make decoys. We made a single Common Loon from leftover cedar planking stock, and then another, and another... The unintended consequence is that now decoy production occupies most of our boat shop, and we sell decoys for federal and local restoration projects and collectors worldwide.

The information you will find here focuses on boat building and will soon be combined with our decoy site. If you have questions simply contact us. The contact feature on this site has been wonky so you are encouraged to use this email link to contact us directly.

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