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And Now for Something Completely Different

Paddellac Sidewheeler

October 17, 2011
Paddellac Sidewheeler

From the website:  The Paddellac ROY * AL is the brainchild of Roy Chenier & Allen Piccolotti, both of Pacifica, California. Roy and Al have a long history together, going back to childhood, encompassing 50 years of friendship and creative carpentry, along with nautical know-how. The idea to build a paddlewheel boat came to...
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Homemade Diving Helmet 1957

October 16, 2011
Homemade Diving Helmet 1957

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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Echo Barge Mystery

October 13, 2011
Echo Barge Mystery

First, it’s a mystery on the Thames.  Then… it runs aground! MYSTERY still surrounds the future of a distinctive barge moored off the coast of Leigh. The houseboat, which featured on Channel 4 TV programme Grand Designs, has been in the Thames Estuary between Chalkwell and Leigh since the summer. East London couple Chris...
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Eco Homes: Uboat, houseboat

October 11, 2011
Eco Homes: Uboat, houseboat

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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Eco Homes: Solar-powered houseboat

October 11, 2011
Eco Homes: Solar-powered houseboat

houseboat 1 Eco Factor: Houseboat propelled by solar energy. Presently all houseboat designs limit innovation and their travel is limited to calm waterways, rivers, inlets and bays. The reason you can’t take your houseboat to the open ocean is that their flat bottom top heavy design provides no underlying support, which is necessary to prevent...
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Cosmic Muffin

October 9, 2011
Cosmic Muffin

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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Vintage Hyrdrofoil Sits Out Back

October 9, 2011
Vintage Hyrdrofoil Sits Out Back

BREMERTON — It was the fastest hydrofoil in the world. Now, the Fresh-1 is corroding in obscurity behind a local warehouse. Boeing and J.M. Martinac Shipbuilding of Tacoma built the research vessel for the Navy in 1963 for about $2 million. It looked like a space capsule attached to two huge pontoons, and it could...
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Craigslist: MicroCruiser Shanty

October 7, 2011
Craigslist: MicroCruiser Shanty

8ft Microcruiser Trade for 17 foot canoe – $1 (New Vienna OH) Date: 2011-09-25, 12:31PM EDT Reply to: sale-ay5bj-2616567144@craigslist.org    This is a Phil Bolger Designed “Brick” microcruiser. has sliding hatch top. Built to last a lifetime. Plywood/epoxy/fiberglass. Can be operated totally inside the boat with the hatch closed. Will take...
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HUGE Floating Restaurant

October 7, 2011
HUGE Floating Restaurant

This floating restaurant makes your typical houseboat or shantyboat look more like a floating dustpan.  Jumbo Kingdom Website. Jumbo Kingdom  consists of the Jumbo Floating Restaurant (珍寶海鮮舫) and the adjacent Tai Pak Floating Restaurant (太白海鮮舫), renowned tourist attractions in Aberdeen South Typhoon Shelter, within Hong Kong’s Aberdeen Harbour. Over 30 million visitors have visited Jumbo Kingdom, including Queen Elizabeth II, John Wayne, Tom Cruise, Chow Yun-fat and Gong...
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BBQ Donut Boat

October 6, 2011
BBQ Donut Boat

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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