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It was an idea that was… well… it’s a name that…. well…. it’s gone now. One Ugly Boat was the idea of a man named Harold, who dreamed that he could provide a basic boat kit for a very affordable price. He knew it wasn’t pretty, but he thought it would work. They...
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This design seems to have disappeared, but we share it for ideas. The links will be bad. Geepster© 18 design by Les Webster The Geepster© is a trailerable 18’ Camp Boat. The Geepster’s specifications are:LOA 18’-0” Beam 7’-9” Draft 10” Displacement 2300 LBS Water 30 Gallons Fuel 25 Gallons Power 20 to 40 Horsepower Outboard...
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FLIP was designed as a stable scientific research platform. It’s not a shantyboat. There’s nothing to be learned here. A boat that floods itself in order to be stable? That would be crazy! Or would it? RP FLIP (Fl oating I nstrument P latform) is an open ocean research vessel owned by the Office...
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Henry Taunt and a woman, most likely his wife, in their riverboat/studio. Henry William Taunt (1842–1922) was a professional photographer based in Oxford, England. His studio was in Broad Street, Oxford. Henry Taunt was born in Penson’s Gardens in St Ebbe’s, Oxford. He was the son of a plumber and glazier, also Henry,...
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From the website RollingBarge.com Custom Applications A floating trailer that is capable of carrying up to 5000 lbs right down the launch ramp and into the water opens up a lot possibilities. Shown here is one customer that mounted an 8.5′ slide-on camper onto a Rolling Barge. This customer created for...
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The ShantyboatLiving.com FORUM is a place to share questions and to provide answers and encouragement. For example: “Hello, Im in the process of building a floating sauna from a salvaged pontoon boat that I bought. I want to build her with our local white cedar and just use regular 2 x 4 construction. I...
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There isn’t much info on the site, but there are some ideas here. The site says: Quite simply, aluminium is the best shipbuilding material available commercially. From Car Ferries to little Cartoppers, all kinds of vessel are made from aluminium. It is the only material that can be used for making such a wide...
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Item: The Enjoy Old House Boat is delightfully outfitted with a variety of windows, cabinets, flooring, plumbing and furnishings all drawn from our stocks of architectural salvage! Website Originally posted 2011-11-14 08:03:44. Bryan LoweThe author of this post is also the editor of ShantyboatLiving.com. He has built several boats including...
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ShantyboatLiving.com correspondent Dan sent me links to some great old pictures over at the DenverPost.com. The site says, “From the late 1930s to 1969, amateur photographer Charles W. Cushman traveled the country documenting American life and landscapes with color photographs. Upon his death in 1972, he bequeathed his collection of 14,500 Kodachrome color slides...
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Ooo, graph paper! Getting fancy now. I’m trying to turn my shantyboat speculations into something that feels a little bit more tangible. When I sketch it out proportionally, the shanty boat is less long and skinny than I had drawn it. In fact, it looks like a tiny shanty. On a boat. I’d kind...
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