Teardrops n Tiny Travel Trailers

Steve

Nearly flat... 7inch rocker over 16 feet. She's as small and low$ as I could find to sleep two.

http://www.duckworksbbs.com/plans/jim/af4/index.htm

McTeardrops wrote:Steve

Nearly flat... 7inch rocker over 16 feet. She's as small and low$ as I could find to sleep two.

http://www.duckworksbbs.com/plans/jim/af4/index.htm

Lenny,

I like that design, it reminds me of the prohibition era river sneak boats used to smuggle Canadian whiskey, they made hardly a wake when underway.

Have you decided how you are going to make your long sheets of plywood yet? Lap, butt or scarf joint? I made a router scarfing jig years ago that did 3 sheets of 1/2" plywood at a time. It had an 8 to 1 scarf ratio. That was back in the day when 1/2" plywood was really 1/2" and I could afford really good quality marine plywood.

Link to scarfing and lap joint details

How 'bout the "Payson" Butt Joint. Ya don't loose any length on the sheet!

shopfabricator wrote:How 'bout the "Payson" Butt Joint. Ya don't loose any length on the sheet!

Been reading and looking at magazine articles by and about Dynamite Payson since it seems like I was a kid. His methods are a straight forward and meant to be followed by almost any backyard builder

http://www.instantboats.com/gbj/index.html

Dynamite says:
Take Plywood
Cut to Shape
Smear on Glue
Drive Nails
Stir Paint
and Presto!
You have built an Instant Boat

Seems to me he has "glossed over" the Sanding Part....Arg.

Here's a 1955 British amphibious caravan. Nothing new design wise but well done.
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=885
Zukamini - I love your model. Where did you get the neat little outboard motor and is it to a scale?

Robert,

Someone had linked that one before, neat little boat. It also generated a conversation about outboards hung on the transom vs. in a well. I prefer the well myself even though it took some of the interior space.

I live on a Lake in Maine. Here's something I built from scratch a few years ago. The pontoons are floated with 2400 2L soda bottles. Yup, you read it right. And, it's all electric. It goes about 4mph.



Here's a close-up of the dragon's head. It turns in the direction you're steering.

Some other photo's during construction.

It's my own design. As far as the floating characteristics. Well, I'm an old science teacher. You can calculate floating characteristics pretty good with a little math and metrics. It's basically, Density = Mass divided by Volume. With that you can derive anything. Of course it has to be done in metrics. Won't work in the American system. I actually had it down to where the waterline would be on the boat. It was fun. It was a few years ago now and the boat has been disassembled. I'm into small mobile housing now.

deceiver wrote:I live on a Lake in Maine. Here's something I built from scratch a few years ago. The pontoons are floated with 2400 2L soda bottles. Yup, you read it right. And, it's all electric. It goes about 4mph.



Here's a close-up of the dragon's head. It turns in the direction you're steering.

Some other photo's during construction.

Neet boat there!

, using the same concept as a Camper Cat just strap a set of 18' inflatable pontoons off a whitewater raft on and turn your favorite compact camping trailer into a land and sea camper.

Hi Steve you might be interested in what this New Zealand Company is doing it is very good concept you get the best of both worlds.
Regards
Lex
http://www.aquabach.co.nz/whatis.htm

Approx cost $120,000 +gst depending on fittings

or about $84,000 US

but very nice