Wierd boad building idea
 

The question that pops up in my mind is whether using the metal drums or whether getting fiberglass pontoons is cheaper? My best guess is that, if metal drums were cheaper, everyone would be using them.

How are you going to power it: Motor? Sails? Dolphins? In-laws chained to oars and whipped if they don't row with proper enthusiam?

Zkrib, chained female virgin slaves.http://www.discussworldissues.com/im...ons/icon14.gif That, and a small outboard and the above mentioned sails.

Japher, it does sound like a boat people boat doesn't it? That's good, boat people should know boats, yes?

Poly drums would be hard to weld. I think they make stainless drums...

It's a sort of typo http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...es/biggrin.gif

Don't they have a lot of wood in the Philippines? Some boats have been built out of wood. http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ilies/wink.gif

Inner tubes? http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ies/expect.gif

http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ilies/idea.gif Remember: You're dealing with Archimedes's Law that a floating object displaces its own weight in water. --Ya need to displace a lot of water while keeping your boat lightweight. http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...lies/smile.gif http://www.discussworldissues.com/im...ons/icon14.gif

Check out the trimaran. http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ies/yumyum.gif

Problem is, I know jack about sailing and should start out on something...indestructable and cheap for when I destroy it.

I read the title as "road building"

There's an even better idea: rent a boat.

Become a pirate. Steal a boat. Arrrrgh! http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...lies/evil2.gif

Originally posted by General Ludd
Metal drums are free if you are a good alert and resourceful, or know where to look. BFD.
Yachts are free, if you're alert, resourceful, know where to look and if there's no one around to see you take it.

Arrrgh! http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...lies/evil2.gif

Check out the DUO 800...

http://www.ikarus342000.com/Catpage.htm

Now that's sexy.

Check out the DUO, 8m long

We could join up a couple of bunkas and put a deck across, that might work.

Really? Think they would have cat plans? http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ilies/idea.gif

We have less than three weeks and a fairly small library. I think I'll go to this place and ask if they have plans for a simple cat good for poor locals to build just cheap...


http://www.andy-smith-boatworks.com/...boat_works.htm

Although the L.A. Library is closed today, I just checked on their catelogue.

There's no catamaran construction books per se but the Science and Technology section has maybe a dozen books on amateur boat building. http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...lies/smile.gif

(Another place to check is Amazon.com. http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...es/biggrin.gif )

Tomorrow. The library will be closed today.

Zkrib, found just the thing on ebay. The link is so long I'm not sure I got it all. Thirty four boat plans on one CD for $5.95. One is a neat little cat.

http://cgi.ebay.com/34-SAILBOAT-CATA...QQcmdZViewItem

A boat thread with no Zoid in it? Amazing.http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...es/biggrin.gif

Originally posted by Zkribbler
Cool http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ilies/cool.gif

BTW: If it's the one that tells you to drill a hole in the bottom of the boat to let the water out, don't believe them. I've fallen for that so many times, I can't believe it. http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...nwitdornan.gif http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...milies/lol.gif

Build a Kontiki raft Lancer - should make for a cheaper journey to the Philippines too http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...es/biggrin.gif

Originally posted by Lancer
Gotta start sometime. Oooh, that's a dangerous way to go, my friend. If Columbus would have taken that approach, he'd have fallen right off the edge of the Earth.