houseboat pontoon design

[livinlife]

Originally Posted by rasorinc

Go to the Glen L boat design site and under boat plans look up under outboards Bearcat Cuddy. http://www.google.com/search?sourcei...L+boat+designs
This is the boat I am building lengthened to 32' Then go to customer pictures and look up Wildcat. it is a smaller cat but shows how they are built same type of frames, and shows all aspects of the build. Glen L has been around since the 1950s and many boats built in AU. Good people there at Glen L. Bearcat can be made with an 11' beam. A catamaran hull is far differeny then pontoons. Look up houseboats on the site to see differances.
Depending on what you want the catamaran sponsons ( pontoons ) will have to sized correctly if building a much larger hull but the basic structural designing will be very similiar. I will have about $ 5,500.00 US in materials for the hull and cabin in my build. Look over the site and get back to us and you can always PM me. There are many sites for much larger hulls on the web. Even larger houseboats can have a cat hull designed for them. These hulls are true open water hulls not flat bottom river boat hulls. Stan PS many people on this site have built ocean going cats, both power and sail. The larger the boat the more $$$$. You can buy study plans of the bearcat or houseboats for $ 15.00 US from Glen L.
Much larger cats here http://www.crosswatercats.com/index.html

we were very impressed with your project, definately got us thinking. no turning back now!!!!!! we would build one much larger but the build process would be the same....

[Elena]

have a look on 2 houseboats we designed:
let say 'river' houseboat - 22 m



and let say 'coastal' houseboat -18 m


you will find a lot of pictures and info here: modusmaris.com

[SamSam]

Think big...

http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat...es-yachts.html

[livinlife]

Originally Posted by Elena

have a look on 2 houseboats we designed:
let say 'river' houseboat - 22 m



and let say 'coastal' houseboat -18 m


you will find a lot of pictures and info here: modusmaris.com

we really like your boats...... do you have plans we could look at and get an idea of its construction?

cheers mick n mel

[Elena]

Originally Posted by livinlife

we really like your boats...... do you have plans we could look at and get an idea of its construction?
cheers mick n mel

we have plans
have a look here for Modus Maris houseboat construction and here for Respect River houseboat construction

[Marco1]

Originally Posted by livinlife

we are thinking of building our own houseboat.... to be honest we no nothing about boat building... i'm a coach builder so fabrication and fit out is not a problem... where would i get some plans on pontoons and any other info anyone wants to give?????

Have a look at this pontoon manufacturer check the "moving craft" on the left side menu.
http://www.marinedocksystems.com/