Log raft design

[hannapiana]

Hi everyone

I'm totally new to this and need to ask what is probably a very simple question about building a log raft

I'm building a log raft for an art project. It only has to carry me (I weigh 55kgs). I'm currently in the Finnish forest and the only logs I can manage are quite short (about 1.5m). All of the designs I've looked at online say that the main logs should be long, with two shorter logs holding them together. Is it possible to do it the other way around, so the shorter logs make up the raft, and the longer logs hold it together? Or would this make it harder to float?

Thanks everyone!

Cheers

[uncookedlentil]

Build it with two long logs with enough flotation to support your weight and the required 1.5 decking clear of the water and you'll have a neanderthal dream come true, the Dawn Catamaran!

[hannapiana]

Thanks for your help!

[TeddyDiver]

You can do as you suggested, it's just more resistance and harder to pole ahead.. The hard part in log rafts is to bind the structure together in a way that holds reliably..
BR Teddy

[Leo Lazauskas]

What a bunch of artless yahoos!

I suggest you use short logs to build a dodecahedron structure and then stand inside it. Naked. Then you can tumble across the surface of the water while doing something arty. With a fish.

Leo.

[hannapiana]

All great suggestions

Thanks everyone!

[TeddyDiver]

Always a pleasure to help a lady And surely want to see if you'll realize Leo's suggestion