Extremly non-tradational (in the USA) water camper

[McTeardrops]

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

[Steve_Cox]

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

[shopfabricator]

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

[Steve_Cox]

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

[shopfabricator]

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.

[Robert Meyer]

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?

[Steve_Cox]

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.

[steve smoot]

Robert, that little camper/boat is great. thanks for sharing... wait...I started reading this post an hour ago...

[deceiver]

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.

[steve smoot]

Deceiver, that's pretty cool...did you dream up the design or did you find the plans? How would you ever figure out that 2400 plastic drink bottles would float the dang thing?

[deceiver]

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.

[Alan Wood]

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!

[schaney]

, 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.

[lexmacd]

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

[Steve_Cox]

Approx cost $120,000 +gst depending on fittings

or about $84,000 US

but very nice