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A houseboat with a difference. A converted aircraft once owned by Howard Hughes. From the website: While many boats over the years have pridefully claimed to be distinctive and unique, the Cosmic Muffin can truly be considered an historic one-of-a-kind amalgam of a rare aircraft and novel vessel. This most unusual plane-boat has created its share...
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From The Seattle Times: Meanwhile, down at the docks, sits Mackenzie’s other little charmer, in lime and cherry, the 200-square-foot Sugar Shack: a 1946 Army garbage hauler when she found it. But with brown leather trim. A full-size bathtub under the banquette. She paid $55,000 for the hauler, and fixed it for $8,000. Finished...
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From Kent Griswold’s excellent Tiny House Blog… a boat becomes a shed, but could become a shantyboat! The shed roof is made from a clinker built boat that is 14ft long and 7ft wide at its widest point. The boat is an inshore fishing boat made between 1900 – 1910. It was placed on...
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Excerpted from a Triloboats post: “Anke and I have a set of priorities for live-aboard sailing that runs in clusters approximately as follows: Ease and economy of construction – If we can’t get it built, it’s a pipe dream. Ease and economy of maintenance – A) We’re lazy. B) We’d rather be sailing). Ease and economy...
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As I float through the sloughs north of Seattle I often think how nice it would be to have a little retreat in the top of one of the trees. No matter the weather or the flood stage, a secret hideaway… a vantage point nestled in the trees. Deek says…. A brand new micro-green...
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It’s about as far from affordable boat living as you can get, but there are some ideas here. Originally posted 2011-11-23 08:11:09. 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...
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From the Forum: The following info and pictures were provided by Frank and Judy Little. “These pictures were taken in 1957. Someone had lost a boat motor in the lake and my brother Gerald Pullig used a diving helmet he had made in high school shop to retrieve it. The air was...
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From Expired Ebay Listing. Price: $55000 VIDEO ON YOU TUBE CUSTOM STERNWHEELER ICE CREAM BOAT DESIGNED AND BUILT STARTING 2008 COMMISIONED AUGUST 2010 MODIFIIED /IMPROVED 2011 STFU CERTIFIED MICHIGAN BOAT SPECS: 28 FT HULL 35 FT OVERALL 3 MAIN TOONS 2 AUX BALLAST TOONS ALL ALUMINUM CONSTRUCTION FIBERGLASS ROOF,WALLS,INSULATED AIR CONDTIONED ARCHED RIVERBOAT THEME WINDOWS WITH SCREENS...
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- An update on the WaterLodge build from Wes: Fancy Pants New Renderings Since I originally made my 3D sketches of the shantyboat, a few things changed, a few things forgotten about were remembered, and I’ve learned a lot about the boat’s construction. I wanted to reflect those changes in my 3D sketches. In...
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Eco Factor: Solar-powered houseboat recycles waste. For those of you who have had the pleasure of living in a houseboat, the experience might have been mesmerizing. From fun, this experience can quickly turn into a necessity if glaciers keep on increasing the sea level at a pace at which they’re today. Industrial designer Wyatt Little...
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