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Retreat An 18′ Shanty Boat Deluxe By William Atkin The Designer Says: “Shanty Boat Deluxe In these days of scarce and difficult-to-find houses and rooms such a craft as shown here would fill a very real need. Everything with a roof, and the latter not always water tight, is filled to overcrowding wherever...
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One of the most important tools on the water is a tender… the small workboat in service to the larger sea-stead. Lighter, yawl-boat, load hauler, gad-about. Ready to fish, set or haul anchor, take the dog ashore, convey lubbers ignorant of small-boat physics… in a pinch a life boat of last resort. Self-rescue is an...
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Reduced! 34′ Custom Houseboat – $159,500 – Seattle, WA: A lovely custom built houseboat with second-story loft/sleeping area, as well as a large second floor sitting room or office. The lower deck contains living room and dining areas, galley and a bath with toilet, sink with vanity and large stall shower. Built locally in...
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In a time long ago, when people built boats in their garages and backyards, in a time before ipads and HD TV, you could build a shantyboat. More importantly, a major national magazine thought a lot of readers would want to! Beneath this article there is a video of a Sketchup take on Coolwater...
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A website about a canal boat that could be quite suitable for the shantyboat lifestyle. “For quite some time, I have been searching for a habitable boat to be used on inland waterways. Most houseboat designs looked more like a cottage on pontons than a proper boat. At last, I saw the design I...
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Barge/Scow Bottom Planking – Making It So Setting up the Jig It laughs at the sea, that bow does; it challenges the sea; it snorts defiance at the sea. And withal it is a beautiful bow; the lines of it are dreamlike; I doubt if ever a boat was blessed with a more...
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Millie Hill Version Two From the designers website: “Update – 2008: After many years and several boats with our old venerable design called the “Millie Hill”, we set about to see what might be done to improve on the older design and build the smallest houseboat/shanty boat cruiser that might be possible...
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My Trailer-on-a-Toon was created out of sheer whimsy one evening while my wife and I discussed vacations we’d enjoyed over the years. We identified two memorable trips. One was renting a houseboat and floating through the canals of southern France. The other favorite was camping with our 16-foot Chalet XL hard-sided folding camping trailer...
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From Crowdfunding - A group wants your help in funding the build of a Friendship: About the pitch A simple, low-tech, human-powered, canal cruiser, built by unskilled labour trained on the job by a few wise older heads. Follow this link to a similar project in Germany. The primary objective is to build a social...
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As translated from German by Google: Welcome to the Green Fleet in Mulheim an der Ruhr Website Read more about Escargot in the ShantyboatLiving.com Escargot Blog More Escargot Articles An Escargot slideshow and Video Note that this uses auto translation from German, so it can be a bit confusing to read. The green...
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