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An update on Dianne’s Rose. The launch party is set for June 15/ 1-10 pm, park 1, Wasaga Beach, Ontario. near the launch site-if good weather we will be giving rides on the beach side /if foul we’ll stay on the river side. Best/Roy And another launch: ” Mon scow est presque...
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The instant translation of the site says: ” Imagine, it’s summer. They sit on a raft, straw in mouth, straw hat on his head. Let your left foot dangling in the cool water with the right foot, you hold a fishing rod between the toes. You feel like Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. A feeling of freedom...
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“Both the bottom paint and the topside paint went on really easily onto the smooth surface. Some “triloboats” have been built without any fiberglass sheathing at all, but one builder suggested it was worth investing in fiberglass just for its merits for painting. Paint applied directly to plywood often cracks or peels due to...
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Written by Paul Malo posted on September 16, 2007 10:22 The Clark family of Comfort Island in 1893 acquired the first houseboat on the river, the Comfort (later Balboa). As Paul Malo has related inFools’ Paradise, houseboats became the rage of the 1890s. Size increased quickly, growing within a decade from the Clarks’ tiny Comfort to the Boldts’ gigantic La Duchesse (1904), which...
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The river Loire longest river in France and known as the Royal highway was once a main artery for transporting goods and people in central France. Always a difficult river with many shallows and shifting channels it gave rise to a series of very particular sailing barges or flats. There has been a huge...
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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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- An update on the WaterLodge build from Wes: Fancy Pants New Renderings Since I originally made my 3D sketches of the shantyboat, a few things changed, a few things forgotten about were remembered, and I’ve learned a lot about the boat’s construction.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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Crystal River Boat Builders, a maritime heritage outreach program, works to complete the scow project. This documents construction to date. 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...
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Found On Craigslist: If your interested please call 360 789-4627 or try emailing me again. Thanks so much. Lots of room to add on or up, this boat has it all. Wired for Backup power system. Bamboo flooring, pine ceiling, pellet stove with a backup power supply, LED lighting through out. Double wide...
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27 foot Carolina Skiff Houseboat – $39500 (Lopez Island) Year: 2005 Current Price: US$ 39,900 Located in Lopez Island, WA Hull Material: Fiberglass Engine/Fuel Type: Single Gas YW# 17904-2548077 Beautiful 27-foot houseboat-cruiser professionally built on a double bottom fiberglass Carolina Skiff hull. Powered by a Yamaha 115 h.p. 4-stroke outboard with less than 20 hours....
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