MicroShantyBoat

Seattle Slough Two. A MicroShantyboat concept. Mark One.

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• Shantyboat
• Microcruising
• DockBox
• Michalak
• Escargot

[dmarkcable]

There Is a similar houseboat with a free set of plans at duckworksmagazine called the Lisa B. Good . You can print them. There are tons of boats,plans and tips there.

[sidecars]

@dmarkcable Thanks. Lisa B Goode Is a lot bigger, but Paul Browne, the designer, came up with a great one there. I have a website called shantyboatliving that has dozens and dozens of designs and ideas. Bryan

[guitargeek1122]

mind if i kind of take after the design and change it a little, but give you credit

[sidecars]

@guitargeek1122

Go for it. Thanks for asking.

Bryan

[sidecars]

I used google sketch up. I started the build but have not finished

[deezynar]

That's pretty sweet. I like the Gypsy wagon details, the paint, shutters & brackets, very attractive. If the shutters were on tracks like the wagons the extra horizontal lines would be a nice aesthetic touch.

I think it'd be hard to live on for long periods at this size though. Do you have the cabin layout worked out? Where would you store gear, clothes, & food? And where would you prepare meals? You're sticking to 4' x 8' plywood dims to keep it cheap and simple. That's good.

[sidecars]

THanks. Good idea on the windows. I have a kelly kettle to cook in.  I imagine it would be tough to stay in it for too long, but it depends on how simple life is and how often you get off I guess. Thanks.

[deezynar]

Have you built this design yet?

[hustn99]

Cool little boat. I live on a 15 ft dory for 8 mo. and an 18 ft cabin cruiser for almost 5 years. You can do a lot in a small space

[CenterLane1977]

was it made in sketchup? ifso how did you animate it like that???