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It’s a vintage article, but a great one. River Rat Andrea Buggey knows what it’s like to be a pirate. by BIANCA PHILLIPS It sounds like a punk-rock version of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn – a group of twentysomething hippies build homemade boats using parts from the trash and set out from Minneapolis for a...
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Paleotool’s Weblog: I can safely say that plans for this wagon began to formulate about six or seven years ago. After reading “The English Gypsy Caravan” I was very impressed by this type of wagon as it evolved in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Though not designed by the travelers themselves, they were...
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The videos say: The basic flat-bottomed boat is great for farm ponds, creeks and streams. Join host Tim Farmer and craftsman John Akers in the woodshop with instructions on how to build your own flat-bottomed boat. Download the plans here: http://fw.ky.gov/pdf/flatbottomboat.pdf ...
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As found on YouTube. A rather shaky video with good shantyboat scenes: Its early morning on the tennessee river lots of fog and an eight point buck tries crossing the river as I’am traveling down trying to navigate my way down the river in this early morning thick fog Originally posted 2012-11-25 09:27:07. Bryan...
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Daily True American - Mar 26, 1906 Originally posted 2011-11-06 21:54:51. 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. You can also join in the discussoin on...
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Harry 2 is a 27 foot sailing scow from the drawing boards of Tad Roberts in Canada. I’ve always thought it a nice design and wish I had the space/time to build it. I see there is a new pilot house version. Construction: Sheathed sheet plywood planking over plywood bulkheads. LOD: 30′ 0″ LWL: 27’0″...
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There’s a story over on DuckworksMagazine.com about a fellow who is building a little tugboat, Gil. To me he seems to be doing a pretty nice job of it. But.. To make this story simple, once he built the frames of his boat, he used the plan dimensions and marked and cut the hull...
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So what, exactly, is a BBQ Donut? It’s odd… it’s clever… it gets one thinking… ok, it’s really odd: The bbq-donut® – the unique leisure experience and the business expansion for your site! The bbq-donut® is a circular boat (sports boat authorization is granted), in the middle of which a standard charcoal grill is...
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You can post YOUR shantyboat thoughts. Drams. Reviews. Ideas. Use the forum for questions. You can paste in pictures.. like this… Share your pictures, drawings, and ideas. Make your posts Here. Bryan Lowe Originally posted 2011-09-06 08:46:53. Bryan LoweThe author of this post is also the editor of ShantyboatLiving.com. He has built several...
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Here at ShantyboatLiving.com we got this email recently: ARD television, a major german broadcasting network, is planning to produce a 45-minute television documentary about the mississippi river. we will be following its route from lake itasca in minnesota all the way to its river delta in louisiana. along the way, we pick different...
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