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When we last left our intrepid builder/designer, the shell of his boat was in the yard in the snow. No more. Here are the latest progress photos. Updated April 10, 2012 Update 1/22/2012 Original Concept Below Bryan LoweThe author of this post is also the editor of ShantyboatLiving.com. He has built several boats including...
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Bolger’s “Double Eagle” 40′ X 20′ X 1’8″ This is text from a website featuring a build of the Bolger Double Eagle: This layout plan shows the interior arrangement. Since the design was created a decision was made to increase the overall beam to 20′ from the original 16′ shown here. A few changes...
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Building Madrigal took four months, and cost under a thousand pounds (in 1980). Professional yacht delivery skipper John Hawes had just sold his 51 foot cruiser in the Mediterranean and wanted to sail back to Boston (UK) with his wife, “as cheaply, easily, and as safely as possible”, and so he set about...
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The Youtube Clip Says: An exciting new concept in trailer campers is here! No longer are you confined to camp on the banks of the river or bay The dual purpose design of the Aqua Camper allows you to camp either on the water or at a camp site or caravan park Built exclusively...
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A Guest Post from Ashlee McCullen of ApronAddicts.com: One of the hardest techniques for new boat owners to master just happens to be the most important: The boat launch. If you’re new to boating, be sure to thoroughly understand the techniques you’ll be using to get your vessel out of a trailer and into the water....
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Presenting the Haber 20 mini Reporter: And.. A few boats we’ve featured in the past: First, a design from Phil Theil, his Friendship: Then, a design it inspired by Klaus Silbernagle, who credits his inspiration from Freindship: And now a closer look at the Haber 20 design from the Haber Yachts Website: HABER 20 mini Reporter – new...
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From the School Road Project Website Boat 1 – GT 27 HouseBoat To get experience fitting out a full scale boat, I bought some cheap plans for a house boat at http://www.bateau.com/proddetail.php?prod=GT27 It is a plywood and fibreglass design, easy to build hopefully, roomy craft for flitting and sitting around the Huon River in. The...
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From Craigslist Seattle: You still see a few of these traditional skagit river scows/sleds about. I hear they’ve been something of a tradition for a few decades. RIVER SCOW W/TRAILER – $1200 (BURLINGTON) Date: 2012-03-30, 1:04PM PDT Reply to: hzt9q-2925979097@sale.craigslist.org 65 HP MERCURY MOTOR, $1,200 OBO, CALL SHARON...
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The man whose houseboat was seized by the city after the floating residence overstayed its welcome on a spit of land that juts out into the Halifax River, showed up at the City Commission meeting on Tuesday night and threatened to sue. Robert McGary, whose houseboat became stranded on the small sandy plot of land last ...
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Bolger was a true shantyboater at heart… as a designer… and for quite some time, in his choice of home. Though he did design boats with traditional beauty, including the sailing ship Rose, most know him today as the designer of a series of square boats, boats with a beauty that was...
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