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From Modern Mechanix http://blog.modernmechanix.com/floating-cottages/ 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 the Shantyboat forum HERE. Submit...
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From Vision Magazine. The Floating Homes of Sausalito by David O’ Neal Living on a houseboat is cool–cool like Andy Garcia, the Toyota Prius hybrid, mango ice-cream, and Independent voters. I moved to Sausalito recently from the East Coast and I intend to stay here. Nature around the Bay Area is startlingly diverse and...
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…. There were lots and lots of boat plans we looked at, but these are the ones for which study plans were readily available. In the end it came down to confidence that the boat designer could adequately communicate to us what we needed to know to build a boat. Our choice came down...
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From the Triloboats.com FAQ: What are the advantages of the Barge shape? The prime advantage is a barge’s increased displacement. That means you can carry more stuff. A barge is very nearly a rectangle, which displaces the maximum amount on a given beam, draft and length. Any shape which carves away from that volume...
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Saw this on the updated FAQ of Triloboats.com Any last words? Yeah. Think about why we want a boat at all. Most of us want to get to Magic Harbor safe, sound and stylin’. We want to drop our hook, and settle in to enjoy some peace and quiet with our amenities close at...
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The Forum post says… “Ken Hulme, out here on Kwajalein Atoll, in the Marshall Islands. I’m kicking around retirement liveaboard ideas. Call this one a “shantyboat” or “river cruising scow” or “pseudo-narrowboat” for shallow, sheltered freshwater. My idea is to start with a watertight, marine painted, standard 8x8x40 ft. shipping container. Cut away the...
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We were planning to use Bruce’s pontoon boat that he scored somewhere around the Lake Shasta area as the base for our shantyboat. In fact, it was Bruce’s pontoon score that gave us the green-light for this project. Not so sure about this now. Every boat has a buoyancy, a certain weight that it...
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Deek’s latest shantyboat adventure. You just have to check out his site at http://relaxshacks.com 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...
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When we last left our intrepid builder/designer, the shell of his boat was in the yard in the snow. No more. Here are the latest progress photos. Updated April 10, 2012 Update 1/22/2012 Original Concept Below Bryan LoweThe author of this post is also the editor of ShantyboatLiving.com. He has built several boats including...
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Bolger’s “Double Eagle” 40′ X 20′ X 1’8″ This is text from a website featuring a build of the Bolger Double Eagle: This layout plan shows the interior arrangement. Since the design was created a decision was made to increase the overall beam to 20′ from the original 16′ shown here. A few changes...
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