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I’m thinking I want to build a pico boat… the Selway Fisher Micro 10. The plans aren’t bad. I wouldn’t recommend them to a first time builder, but this is hardly a first time builder’s typical boat. I don’t know if this represents the usual Selway Fisher level of detail or not. It’s all...
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I take the boat out for a couple of hours on the sloughs between Everett and Marysville, about 45 minutes north of Seattle, Washington. Video below. 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...
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Have you ever noticed how little space you actually use in your house? Kitchen, bathroom, bedroom.. just the bed for the most part, and someplace to sit. I’ve found the same is true on a boat, where you sit, sit and cook, sit and read, sit and go to the bathroom, pull up to...
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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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We’ve added a new feature. Ask Triloboats.com. For the next few weeks to months Dave Zeiger of Triloboats.com will answer one of your shantyboat living questions each week or so. Dave will draw upon his years of experience in boating… in living aboard.. How do you handle discharge of sewage? What are your food storage secrets?...
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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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We were planning to use Bruce’s pontoon boat that he scored somewhere around the Lake Shasta area as the base for our shantyboat. In fact, it was Bruce’s pontoon score that gave us the green-light for this project. Not so sure about this now. Every boat has a buoyancy, a certain weight that it...
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An affordable shantyboat for rivers and lakes. Bryan Lowe - Seattle, Washington Life, as seen through boat building, cranial operations, a family, and love. The designer of Escargot is Phil Thiel 4720 7th Ave NE Seattle, WA 98105 206-633-2017 Plans for Joli, a large version of the Escargot, are currently $120, while a set of...
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It snowed today in Seattle, and the world as we know it came to an end. Schools were closed. Freeways were in chaos. Families left the car at home and walked to stores, stocking up on supplies for the days of isolation that surely lay ahead. The snow total? Two inches where I live....
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Why a shantyboat? home My job has become very stressful and time consuming at times with more evenings and weekends at work. This weekend. Next weekend. Then there are my children and their events/needs/struggles/desires. It’s been tough at times. I am sure many of you can relate. On this snowy day, sitting by the...
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