Budget Houseboat
A little trailerable houseboat you can build yourself: like a camper that goes on water
- Category
- Mechanix Illustrated
- Designer
- Hal Kelly
- Published
- Mechanix Illustrated, March 1973, p. 57
Like a camper that goes on water: a 20 ft trailerable houseboat with a 9 ft beam and 300 sq ft of usable floor. It holds two in great comfort or a family of four on an extended, self-contained vacation, with a sun deck up top. The highlight of MI's 1973 annual boating issue.
Specifications
- Length
- 20 ft
- Beam
- 9 ft
- Capacity
- 2 in comfort, family of 4 on vacation; 300 sq ft of floor
- Construction
- Plywood; trailerable
- Power
- Outboard
Downloads
Plan sheets 10
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