Search results

We'll have to weigh it when we're done to know for sure, but's it hard to imagine we're adding much more weight than that to the boat. Our friends are letting us try their (?9.8?) HP outboard (short shaft -- 2 stroke) and a plastic tank. If it still runs and works for us, we'll set up a payment...

========== I can see why . . . something about that layout just ain't quite right . . . and those funky "decorations" are out of place too -- like trying to put lipstick on a pig :banghead: ========== sail4free ==========

========== My Dad was a truck driver and one of the many places we lived quite a bit longer than the others was San Pedro, CA. I was the oldest of us kids and on some of his days off, we'd check out the local marinas -- talk with folks in dry dock, etc. We met a few old salts on the water who...

========== Is the genset to run the AC? We live fulltime in our fifth wheel but we're committed to living offgrid and meet all our power needs from solar. We use propane for the reefer and the stove but if it gets cold enough to need the furnace OR hot enough to need AC, we're moving! Before I...

========== Part of this approach is that if it doesn't work -- or even if it does :) -- I can pull eight carriage bolts and lift the whole construct (deck *and* cabin) up off the Glastron hull (easily sell that hull and trailer for more than the $150 we paid) and do something else with what I've...

========== In many ways it would be easier to build on an old pontoon frame. Not long ago, one could buy them (even on a trailer) in the $1,500 to $2,000 range but with the price increases for steel and aluminum, a used trailer alone goes for that much! And the salvage value of the aluminum...

========== I'm familiar with that top image -- think I own all of Lloyd Kahn's books.:) That last image has full-height sidewalls -- seems like that would present a lot of "sail" for side wind. I do like the flat bottom boats = able to get up in those great places were most boats fear to tread...

========== That's interesting -- I found that image too and it's the *only* one I've ever found online that is anything close to what we're doing. As it turns out, it looks like they're using the same '70 vintage Glastron tri-hull that we are . . . same paint scheme . . . same color! But our...

========== We have considered that *IF* it proves to be "top heavy" we have the ability to flood the foam under the original flat floor. Before we plugged the lower two outboard mounting holes, we were amazed to see how much water we could take on -- water which disappeared into the foam under...

========== Thanks! I learned about "Terminal Trawlers" from DuckWorks Magazine (online): Duckworks - Making a Terminal Trawler Some keep a sail or two for when the sailing is easy -- or to supplement a small outboard to save fuel or go faster -- some remove ALL the sail rigging and rely only on...

========== After we got the deck framed up and the two 4'x8' 1/2" BCX plywood decks screwed down, we did a "test float" and she sits fairly level in the water (maybe a little higher in the front) -- measures 20" from the bottom of the deck frame to the water. We got stopped by the water cops for...

========== Can anyone walk me through how to post pics again -- afraid I've slipped down the learning curve. :confused: In the meantime, there are several pics of the boat here on our travel blog: Building Our Dream Boat | Sailing On Dry Land ========== sail4free ==========

========== Can't be sure if there's a place for us here but we bought a 16-1/2' modified trihull ('70 Glastron) on a very nice Shoreline trailer for $150. For another $75, the boat is now registered for one year with a five-year tag on the trailer. With our Minnkota 30 clamped on, we're boating...