Asked what it was that made his boats desirable, Richard replied that they were different from what was out there -- and they were faster. His was the first 34-foot fiberglass lobster boat. Spencer Lincoln designed all the others: the 26, 30, 31, 35, 41, 42, 48, and the 50. Richard purchased the mould for a 56 from another company, from which he made three hulls.
The boat that made Duffy & Duffy so popular, though, was a 35-footer that Lincoln designed in 1981 that was much wider than the 34. "It had a flare to it," Richard said. "It was pretty."