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Bryan Lowe

The author of this post is also the editor of ShantyboatLiving.com. He has built several boats including the Escargot pictured at left. Note: Join in the shantyboat community discussion. Leave your comments, questions and thoughts below. You can also join in the discussoin on the Shantyboat forum HERE. Submit YOUR stories about any aspect of shantyboating HERE. Interested in the Moto Guzzi California Vintage Motorcycles?


Pico Boating: The Options – Fafnir

April 16, 2013
Pico Boating: The Options – Fafnir

by John Welsford Length on deck 13ft 1in 4.00 metres Beam 6 ft 2in 1.90 M Draft 2 ft 7in 0.800m Sail area 139 sq ft 14.9 Sq m Dry weight estimated 1430 lbs 650 kg Ballast 550 lbs 250 kg Max sailing weight 2420 lbs 1100 kg A tough little cruiser for one...
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Houseboats of India

April 15, 2013
Houseboats of India

From the YouTube clip:  Experience the Enchanting Houseboat cruise in Kerala Backwaters-unforgettabe for a lifetime The tourists can choose from a wide variety of Houseboats, from a one roomer to two, three ,four and five bedroom Houseboats with or without Air Conditioning. Originally posted 2011-10-25 06:38:46. Bryan LoweThe author of this post is also...
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For Sale: Full Size Houseboat

April 13, 2013
For Sale:  Full Size Houseboat

Found On Craigslist:   If your interested please call 360 789-4627 or try emailing me again. Thanks so much. Lots of room to add on or up, this boat has it all. Wired for Backup power system. Bamboo flooring, pine ceiling, pellet stove with a backup power supply, LED lighting through out. Double wide...
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For Sale: Carolina Skiff Houseboat

April 13, 2013
For Sale:  Carolina Skiff Houseboat

27 foot Carolina Skiff Houseboat – $39500 (Lopez Island) Year: 2005 Current Price: US$ 39,900 Located in Lopez Island, WA Hull Material: Fiberglass Engine/Fuel Type: Single Gas YW# 17904-2548077 Beautiful 27-foot houseboat-cruiser professionally built on a double bottom fiberglass Carolina Skiff hull. Powered by a Yamaha 115 h.p. 4-stroke outboard with less than 20 hours....
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For Sale: First Millie Hill from Devlin

April 13, 2013
For Sale: First Millie Hill from Devlin

Seattle’s Craigslist shows the first version one Millie Hill is for sale: EPOXY SATURATED CONSTRUCTION BUILT BY SAM DEVLIN SHIPYARD OLYMPIA WASH.   Check site for specs and story of Millie Hill. GALV TANDEM AXEL TRAILER FULL WINTER COVER ABOSOLUTELY GORGEOUS INTERIOR BATTERY CHARGER PROPANE FIREPLACE HOT WATER TANK SHOWER FRIDGE MICROWAVE COUNTER TOP...
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Kids Inspired by Hubbard

April 12, 2013
Kids Inspired by Hubbard

A young man and woman inspired partly by Milton author and artist Harlan Hubbard, who lived off the land, are boating down the Ohio River in a small hand-made boat. Colin Anderson, 24, of Pittsburgh, and Faith Audens, 20, of Philadelphia, met in past travels and decided about a year ago they would pair...
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Vintage Caraboat

April 11, 2013
Vintage Caraboat

It’s a travel trailer. It’s a boat. No.. it’s a Caraboat!     Originally posted 2012-08-05 01:20:59. Bryan LoweThe author of this post is also the editor of ShantyboatLiving.com. He has built several boats including the Escargot pictured at left. Note: Join in the shantyboat community discussion. Leave your comments, questions and thoughts below....
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Shantyboat Living Here and Now

April 9, 2013
Shantyboat Living Here and Now

The “back to basics” attitude at the heart of shantyboat living is driven by poverty… of the pocket book or of the soul.  Those who dream of shantyboats are  either thinking of how to stretch a fistful of our final dollars, or dreaming how to trade in our dollars for a fistful of time...
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Escape Pod Escape

April 7, 2013
Escape Pod Escape

From the website Dornob: Whether you need to escape a sinking oil platform or simply city life around you, there are few places quite so cozy and removed as these refab hotel rooms, floating off land, completely sealed and self-contained. At first, trash artist (and alternative architect) Denis Oudendijk was just looking for a quiet place...
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No retirement, no home. Enter the Shantyboat.

April 6, 2013
No retirement, no home. Enter the Shantyboat.

Submitted by Ben Anderson. A friend of mine has a financial existence that is nothing short of hand to mouth.  By some standards he lives in poverty.  But it’s a choice he’s made.  Due to his carear in theater, payments into social security were a now and then sort of thing, most often his...
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