Recent content by Wavewacker

Actually, I "skipped" a concrete block throwing it off the back of my boat, I've skipped round pebbles, rocks of varied shapes, they don't need to be "flat" they just need a surface area that will "glance off" the water surface. I have no idea of the physics involved in reducing friction of...

@Barry Thanks, I began thinking about this concept employing the idea of a pickup truck topper or camper but the type that are level with the cab roof. That unit, I believe it said, had a interior height of 6'2", too tall to look over while the boat is underway. (which is why limited the...

I'm not a physicist, my guess is that the direction of rotation doesn't matter because rotation at speed and some velocity lifts the leading edge above the water. It's like skipping a rock over water. But I would question the practicality of this exercise since there are other alternatives...

Thank you, I don't have an email anymore but I could use one, I get that! Good question and hadn't considered that. I suppose that boils down to how hard it would be to transfer the POD, it would likely be used more on the trailer, then the truck, then the boat. I'd like to do some river...

Thank you! Obviously I wasn't clear about "casters", I was thinking of having them on the bottom of the unit to allow it to be "rolled" up and down a ramp, perhaps using a winch, maybe in a track on deck and on a trailer and on the truck. This might make loading and unloading easier, from it...

Yes, I'm aware of that, which is why I stated it needs to be light weight, like a foamie camper. I should have stated too, persons and pets aboard will be about 500 lbs, there is a big dog! The weight is more critical on the boat than the trailer or truck, most likely we'll carry less fresh...

I'll see if I can get my son in town to do pictures, I have a cell phone but I don't have a clue how to load pictures on my computer, when I was born some homes still had crank telephones, so I'm technologically deficient. I can copy and paste links, thanks for this one.

Well, I wouldn't use plastic drums at all. If cost is a big concern, I'd suggest plywood amas or pontoons, fiberglass if you can, otherwise just glass the wetted joints. There are many examples of plywood pontoon boats or catamaran hulls. Some are simply constructed. Another suggestion is to...

Stock it was 36hp, lol. The water line was about 10 inches up the side doors. I thought about putting a bolt on paddlewheel on the rear wheels, but never got that far. In the mid 60's, state of the art photography by most folks was a polaroid camera, my Dad wouldn't let me use it...

This is a request for input in the design of a camping POD that can be placed on a pontoon boat and removed to be stored or attached to a trailer or a suitable flatbed truck. This is not intended to be a DIY houseboat. A teardrop style camper is the primary consideration, but the POD doesn't...

I might save you some money. In the 60's I had a VW Bug, pretty much gutted, Baja front end, larger tires but just mud tires. I stuffed rags in the heater vents in the back at the engine and inside along the floor channel. Used flexible exhaust pipe tubes over the pipes and screwed them up...

@Janis_59 I admit, I didn't visit all those links. I'm glad you picked up a proper boat. My initial reaction was OMG, but then I see you're in Riga, Latvia, not in the States so I have no idea what you have available to you. Best of luck to you.

we have the poontoon effect, Nice, well made toon, how old is it? As mentioned, we have the pontoon effect, the original poster is missing, where are you on your build? I think you were talking about coroplast material being billboard material. I like the idea of using this stuff, it's tuff...

There are probably 50 or more small cats that meet those needs images of small catamaran folding - Bing images...