Ted Ryder designed and built the Blue Duck which is strip planked and cold molded. In 2006 Ted started construction in Western Yankee Boat Barn, Shady Cove, Oregon and launched her in Winchester Bay in 2009 after over 3000 hours of work almost totally by himself.
He acquired rough lumber from a small mill nearby and milled every piece which was all air-dried V.G. Doug Fir. Everything was covered in 10 oz. cloth and West System epoxy. The caprails and rubrails are Angelique from Edensaw.
He purchased a new fresh water cooled, three cylinder Yanmar 35 HP engine and built two 40 gallon fuel tanks that would allow a 1,000-mile cruising range.
