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Video: Building a Sailing Scow

April 21, 2013
Video:  Building a Sailing Scow

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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Convert Lifeboats?

April 19, 2013
Convert Lifeboats?

Sometimes the best homebuilt boat idea is to not home build a boat.   Here are some boats at $2000 each including hardware, diesel engines, props, shafts, controls.  Hmm.  Editor’s Note:  This Craigslist post is old, the boats gone, but there is an idea here. lifeboats, full size, double ended Location: Washington, Seattle Posted on: Tuesday...
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Houseboats of India

April 15, 2013
Houseboats of India

From the YouTube clip:  Experience the Enchanting Houseboat cruise in Kerala Backwaters-unforgettabe for a lifetime The tourists can choose from a wide variety of Houseboats, from a one roomer to two, three ,four and five bedroom Houseboats with or without Air Conditioning. Originally posted 2011-10-25 06:38:46. Bryan LoweThe author of this post is also...
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For Sale: Full Size Houseboat

April 13, 2013
For Sale:  Full Size Houseboat

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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For Sale: Carolina Skiff Houseboat

April 13, 2013
For Sale:  Carolina Skiff Houseboat

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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For Sale: First Millie Hill from Devlin

April 13, 2013
For Sale: First Millie Hill from Devlin

Seattle’s Craigslist shows the first version one Millie Hill is for sale: EPOXY SATURATED CONSTRUCTION BUILT BY SAM DEVLIN SHIPYARD OLYMPIA WASH.   Check site for specs and story of Millie Hill. GALV TANDEM AXEL TRAILER FULL WINTER COVER ABOSOLUTELY GORGEOUS INTERIOR BATTERY CHARGER PROPANE FIREPLACE HOT WATER TANK SHOWER FRIDGE MICROWAVE COUNTER TOP...
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Vintage Caraboat

April 11, 2013
Vintage Caraboat

It’s a travel trailer. It’s a boat. No.. it’s a Caraboat!     Originally posted 2012-08-05 01:20:59. 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 and thoughts below....
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Escape Pod Escape

April 7, 2013
Escape Pod Escape

From the website Dornob: Whether you need to escape a sinking oil platform or simply city life around you, there are few places quite so cozy and removed as these refab hotel rooms, floating off land, completely sealed and self-contained. At first, trash artist (and alternative architect) Denis Oudendijk was just looking for a quiet place...
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Aquapod

April 4, 2013
Aquapod

From the Web: Hammacher Schlemmer made good on its promise to offer “the best, the only and the unexpected” with this $91,100 floating suite. (The suite is no longer part of the company’s inventory; its website lists it as “Sold Out”) Each UFO-looking structure offered 150-square-feet of living space. It was designed to be...
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Vardo Build

March 27, 2013
Vardo Build

Paleotool’s Weblog:  I can safely say that plans for this wagon began to formulate about six or seven years ago.  After reading “The English Gypsy Caravan” I was very impressed by this type of wagon as it evolved in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.  Though not designed by the travelers themselves, they were...
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