Prep: Pour boiling water over duck in sink. Turn over, do it again. Salt/pepper/whatever to taste.
Run: Roast at 350 for 1 hour and 20 minutes (adjust to weight of duck as needed). Every twenty minutes, tilt duck up by neck to drain grease and then turn over (breast side up, then back side up, etc.) Test skin after last turnover and, only if needed, crank up heat to 450 for the last 10 minutes.