Raft building help!

Discussion in 'Boat Design' started by junkrafter, Jun 8, 2009.

  1. djwkd
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    djwkd Senior Member

    To be honest, i don't think it's ever cheaper to build a boat.
    10' by 30'? I would reccomend filling the bins with foam and/or bottles and then sealing them shut somehow, even just with duct tape.
     
  2. peoplethought
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    peoplethought New Member

    The bins wont be in any danger of being punctured. I'll have them all inside the hull. And even if something managed to poke through and break a couple of them I could easily just add new ones. Does duct tape hold in ocean water?
     
  3. Submarine Tom

    Submarine Tom Previous Member

    So, are logs now obsolete for river raft construction?

    My, how times have changed...

    -Tom
     
  4. peoplethought
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    peoplethought New Member

    If that's a response to me - I'm not building a raft. I just responded in here because they brought up using plastic containers.
     
  5. Submarine Tom

    Submarine Tom Previous Member

    peoplethought,

    No, just a comment about the entire thread.

    -Tom
     

  6. djwkd
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    djwkd Senior Member

    Logs aren't as easy to obtain.
    Besides, sometimes it's more fun to build one with bottles. Logs aren't obsolete, there's just many ways of making them.
     
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