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As found on YouTube. A rather shaky video with good shantyboat scenes: Its early morning on the tennessee river lots of fog and an eight point buck tries crossing the river as I’am traveling down trying to navigate my way down the river in this early morning thick fog Originally posted 2012-11-25 09:27:07. Bryan...
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This winter, the wind blew a well maintained, centegenarian cannery building off its piling in neighboring Sitkoh Bay!There's something about Alaskans; If they survive, they think they've had a good time!A Visiting FriendIf you can't dodge wrenche...
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Here at ShantyboatLiving.com we got this email recently: ARD television, a major german broadcasting network, is planning to produce a 45-minute television documentary about the mississippi river. we will be following its route from lake itasca in minnesota all the way to its river delta in louisiana. along the way, we pick different...
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"Black... as the Night... is."Ken Nordine's Word JazzSquiggy Squigmond is afraid of nothing. Except darkness.From the LaVerne and Shirley ShowThe thing about night sailing is the darkness.We're visual, and mostly diurnal creatures. We lack tapeta ...
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The Point Pleasant River Museum will hold the Fifth Annual Shanty Boat Night on Friday, May 11. Dinner starts at 6:30 p.m. at the museum on Main Street. The theme this year is Mardi Gras and each guest will receive a party favor to wear. The event features bingo games, prize giveaways and an auction...
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My Shanty boat dreams began years ago. As a child I fell in love with Popular Science and Popular Mechanics Magazines and I remember the designs of the home made boats they often carried. I would spend hours dreaming about building one and living on it, traveling the waterways, living the easy life. Being...
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Upper Missouri River Trip… There is an intruder on my boat! I felt Therapy suddenly rock, I turned and there he was onboard. I tried to convince him to leave but he gently nudged me aside, ignoring my suggestions and continued rummage through anything that caught his eye. Now what? He seemed harmless...
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So it looks like we’re building a boat. Not merely throwing a bunch of shit on the deck of a couple pontoons, or strapping a bunch of barrels together, but making a boat. You know, one of those things that floats in the water and has things like a hull and a deck, not...
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This is a completely unique west coast home a half hour by water off Tofino, BC, floating in the wilderness. This float house is 100% sustainable and the people who live here, Catherine and Wayne Adams, live off the land year round. They have built practically every part of their house with their own...
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Dried out for Mastwork... Lumberyard in Background. Most of the boats who've ever sailed have had solid, grown masts.Extruded aluminum, fiberglass, modern adhesives and even spiral welded metals have recently brought hollow masts to the fore. The...
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