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A website about a canal boat that could be quite suitable for the shantyboat lifestyle. “For quite some time, I have been searching for a habitable boat to be used on inland waterways. Most houseboat designs looked more like a cottage on pontons than a proper boat. At last, I saw the design I...
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Barge/Scow Bottom Planking – Making It So Setting up the Jig It laughs at the sea, that bow does; it challenges the sea; it snorts defiance at the sea. And withal it is a beautiful bow; the lines of it are dreamlike; I doubt if ever a boat was blessed with a more...
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Millie Hill Version Two From the designers website: “Update – 2008: After many years and several boats with our old venerable design called the “Millie Hill”, we set about to see what might be done to improve on the older design and build the smallest houseboat/shanty boat cruiser that might be possible...
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My Trailer-on-a-Toon was created out of sheer whimsy one evening while my wife and I discussed vacations we’d enjoyed over the years. We identified two memorable trips. One was renting a houseboat and floating through the canals of southern France. The other favorite was camping with our 16-foot Chalet XL hard-sided folding camping trailer...
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From Crowdfunding - A group wants your help in funding the build of a Friendship: About the pitch A simple, low-tech, human-powered, canal cruiser, built by unskilled labour trained on the job by a few wise older heads. Follow this link to a similar project in Germany. The primary objective is to build a social...
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As translated from German by Google: Welcome to the Green Fleet in Mulheim an der Ruhr Website Read more about Escargot in the ShantyboatLiving.com Escargot Blog More Escargot Articles An Escargot slideshow and Video Note that this uses auto translation from German, so it can be a bit confusing to read. The green...
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The GT series of boats have been around for a long time, and for a while they seemed to be getting quite a bit of attention. Now it seems rare to see them mentioned. Those early designs were pragmatic, quick to build for a boat of their size, and to some, ugly. This design,...
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Here are two peas in a pod… two brothers clearly born from the same parents. Harmonica and Dockbox, the brainchild of prolific cheap boat designer Jim Michalak. There are probably more homebuilt “Harmonicas” than any other single shantyboat design. Dock box, as Michalak would be the first to admit, may be a bit...
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A flatboat journey by a descendant of early Thompson family members of Bethel Church, in remembrance of the Primitive Baptist heritage they have in this pioneer church for Missouri, has now ended. A commemorative service was held at the Summer Cemetery, near Cape Girardeau, Missouri, in honor of Elder Wilson Thompson, Jeremiah Thompson, and...
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A great post on http://theflyingtortoise.blogspot.com about a new Atkins Retreat. So, here’s more background on the boat. Retreat An 18′ Shanty Boat Deluxe By William Atkin After a long, throbbing day surrounded by noise a little boat like Retreat edged by sedge grass and water would be the ultimate indeed. The over-all length...
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