Building the houseboat

You will, of course, need longer curtains.

 

Fascinating stuff = Maine

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine
http://www.noonsite.com/search?search_text=maine

oh well - you sure have enough places to visit

One question, in the interest of safety wouldn't it be better to have two motors? Because you aint rowing this boat of yours

 

Manie.......please tell me how many world cruising or local fishing boats that you know of have two engines.....double trouble is all that is, made for the market that insists on all the mod cons of the modern home with "security" of a spare engine....absolute crap in the real world out there.

 

I took this picture so you can see how the floors, keel,stanchions, lower frames and beams are put together under the deck.
Before the lower planking will start a thorough cleaning of the goop and two more coat of red primer. Then it will be a closed compartment with ventilation from two cowl vent from the fore deck, and two at the end of the deck.
Four 10" inspection hatch will be on deck.

 

Manie is not completely wrong about the two engines in my opinion, but Landlubber is right also.
Here we are talking small outboard, and yes they can be temperamental.
In my life I never had a one engine boat failing, and as for the two engines I discovered that when one engine fail, the second one also fail.
Because 99% of the time, it is due to bad fuel, clogged filters, bad spark plug, or, and bad maintenance.
It is far easier to maintain perfectly one engine and having the right spare parts, than relying on a second engine.
But this is my own opinion, of what I know and do.
Doesn't mean its the right choice.
Daniel

 

Yes the windows will be at the right high.
Double hung with screen all nice and made in the US by a little shop.
They are of aluminum. They open up and down effortless and do not move with the different temperatures. They are watertight.
The glass is heavy and tempered.
The windshield open in two horizontally with a crank, like a prewar motor boat.
Also made by the same small shop.
It took me year to find them, they triggered the building of the boat, since I bought all the windows last years.
In short I fell in love with the windows, and when I realize I bought them all, I said to myself: only one solution, built the boat.
Do not make me going for the lights, it is a tragedy.
I bought them also way in advance, kerosene of course, Dutch or German made, the man who import them in the US is German and live in the Middle West. He has the best collection of brass kerosene lamp, and he repair them and sometime built them.
In short I fell in love with the lamps, and you know the rest ........
As for the stove, I really fell in love with a stove, beautifully made in Philippine, kerosene type, not pressurized, two burner. A monster, a beauty, like you can't find anymore.
So when I received the stove, the lights, the windows, and the UPS brown truck always stopped delivering stuff, I said to my wife:
I think I am going to built a boat.
Where she said with anxiety?
Outside, I answered without thinking
And she said looking at the sky: I believe in you
She is a Saint.

 

The starboard side of the ceiling on the bulwark is done. It as to be faired like the other side.



General view of the deck and the bulwarks

 

I like how you framed the tub wild and then cut it off to a sheer line. Your use of boiled Coal tar is also intriguing as I don't recall it being used as a preservative for metal, the turp bath I recall vaguely from my youth. All in all I can think of a million questions I will have when you are done.

thanks for posting all
B

 

Injured

Thanks all.
I will be our of commission for a while, I fell from the boat on my ankle caught on the saw horse make the ligament thorns, then my face flat on the ground yesterday.
went on ambulance yesterday at the hospital, make an x-ray put a brace and took care of me.
Slept from 5pm to now, drugged up for pain as no tomorow
Work resume in two weeks I hope.
Daniel

 

must be something in the air
I had a guy working for us fall just the other day

take care and get well soon

B

 

take care

 

Rest easy.

Elevate, ice and lots of pain killers.

-Tom

 

It is forbidden to fall from the boat while it is not afloat!

You don´t know the simplest rules Daniel...............


tz..tzz....

 

There are easier ways to take a two-week break.....

But seriously, I'm glad a fall like that didn't injure you even worse.

 

...hey mate, get better soon, life will have to wait for a few weeks...all the best.