From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@yahoo.com)
Date: Tue Nov 19 2002 - 13:22:42 MST
--- Brian Phillips <deepbluehalo@earthlink.net> wrote:
> All,
> Found something interesting and thought I'd mention it
> to the list. The outfit below makes a houseboat which
> (when in transport mode) has a beam length narrow
> enough to go over the roads permit-free in all states.
> The cool thing is, it has a set of pontoons which are
> moved on motorized winchs down from the roof to
> the sides of the boat when you want to "set sail".
> So it's basically an RV you can go out in the water
> with.
Too bad it's not truly amphibious, with a decent diesel engine and
drive train/chassis so you can just drive it out of the water without
needing to tow it behind a truck.
This reminds me of the recent episode of Monster Garage (a truly
extropic tv show) on the Discovery Channel where Jesse James and the
gang converted a school bus into a convertible pontoon boat.
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