Challenge: The 100$ boat!

[Wellydeckhand]

Tell them you goin to make a big kennel for a bunch of good doggie........ dont mention building a US$100 boat

They are afraid that if anything happen they are the supplier of bad old stuff for the project.............

If they hear you are building a kennel then it will be a pet lover act and they are more welcome to that notion ....... white lies are ok

WDH

[DanishBagger]

Oh, Our construction workers make much more than that. Even if we do pay a premium of taxes, they get (in danish kroner) between 180 and 350/hour which is the equivalent to between 30 and almost 60 dollars/hour.

I guess I have to talk to as many guys as possible, though. Getting "connected", so to speak.

[DanishBagger]

Haha, Welly, what a splendid idea!

[Wellydeckhand]

Here some more of the sampan plan...................

WDH

[lewisboats]

This one comes in under $100 too. There are many designs that will do this if you don't use marine ply, more than a bit of epoxy or Bronze fasteners. I could knock out any # of simple boats that would fall into this catagory....just depends on what you are looking for. Sails, spars, rigging and motors are the expensive stuff.

Steve

PS: this is a motorboat called PoorBoy...for obvious reasons.

[lewisboats]

Here's an example...This would be a nice day sailer or rower (it would tool along nicely with a trolling motor too) for one heavy or two light people. The hull comes out of 1.5 sheets of 1/4" (6mm) and 2 sheets of 3/8"(9mm {heavy}) or 1/4" {light} and a few pieces of 1x for chine logs, wales and seats. DWL is at 360 lbs with a hull wt of 70-110 lbs depending on materials.

boat is:
LOA: 11.2 ft
Beam: 3.825 ft (46")
Draft: 3.9"

[Raggi_Thor]

I think this depends on where you live, it's an interesting question :-)

In Norway this is what you can do:

Simple flat bottom or v bottom rowing boat, LOA 3.5 to 4 meters,
total area 6 square meters.

6m2 of 12mm pine or spruce tong and grove: 300NOK or 50 USD
25m of knot free pine, 2x1 (50x25mm) : 120 NOK or 20 USD
1 bottle of polyurethane glue: 60 NOK or 10 USD
Galvanized spikes: 30 NOK or 5 USD
1 litre of high quality paint: 90 NOK or 15 USD
You can get good paint for one third of this if you buy paint have been mixed and returned because it was the wrong color.

All you need of tools is a hammer and a hand saw.
Make two frames and chine stringers of the 2 by 1,
cross plank the bottom with glued planks fastened with galvanised spikes.
The top sides can be planked longitudinally.

Oarlocks can of course be made of wood, and will cost 10 to 20 USD to buy.
See pictures.
Oarlocks in black plastic costs 30NOK or 5USD per pair + 2USD for the fasteners.
Chromed metal (brass?) costs 90NOK or 15USD per pair + 8USD for the fasteners.

[lewisboats]

So would this...Same specs different style

[Raggi_Thor]

I think your boat also can be built of simple tong and groove pine if plywood is unavailable.

[Wellydeckhand]

Here a cluster of nobody bamboo I have found........

A bamboo sampan style boat and what the yellow stuff I found....... sort of insulator...... can be of any use in boat building?

WDH

[Wellydeckhand]

http://www.johnsboatstuff.com/downloads/nestor8.zip

Freedownload on nestor8 boat plan

[DanishBagger]

Originally Posted by Wellydeckhand

http://www.johnsboatstuff.com/downloads/nestor8.zip

Freedownload on nestor8 boat plan

Hehe, the irony.

The files are in .dwg, thus meaning you need a design programme to open them.

[Wellydeckhand]

You can find the .dwg in the directory of this forum on free download......

Or you want me to send you a new disc on CAD2006?

WDH

[DanishBagger]

Indeed, Welly - nice thing, offering a free download, yet only people that have paid for a pro programme can open them. Makes it much easier to spend the money on proper paper plans. Heck, they could even be full-size.

Edit: Ah, I see what you mean now. No thanks, I don't want anything send to me. I was merely pointing out hte irony (as I have stated above).

They should have been made as a PDF instead, otherwise amateurs won't actually be building it. And why would pros need those plans, except to take a look at what else is offered?

[Wellydeckhand]

Maybe this training boat might fit the project bill................ scape trainner

WDH