A mans home is his castle.... um i mean boat

[Homer_Jay]

This "boat" and i use the term loosly.... has been parked in Bells Creek for some time now and got me thinking. Why is there no "seaworthy" for a boat like we have "roadworthy" for cars? This looks like someone has dropped the old chesney caravan onto a frame with some 44 gallon drums under her to keep her afloat. Now my first thought was, what happens when those drums rust? She will go down like a stone. I am thinking that it wont take long for that to happen either in saltwater. Not a boat I would like to sleep on anyway. The bit i liked the best was the nav lights consisted of 2 of those solar garden lights whacked on the roof.... ;D ;D
Got to hand it to the guy.... he thinks outside the square!

[Homer_Jay]

even th life raft on the back is going flat.... Maybe thats why he has her on the sand at the moment! :-?

[youngfisho]

hey you leave my house alone >:(. You dont see me coming round and knockin your house now????? ;D ;D.

will definitly go over the bar in that. Just look at the twin sponsons!!!!!! must handle the two foot chop really well. :o


andrew

[scottym]

Thats a classic. Is that a life raft or a kiddies pool.

Scotty

[BilgeBoy]

Arghhhh the serenity!

I wish I was there at the initial launch...just to see the pride swell up as she slipped graciously into the water...like a gosling in syrup!! ;D ;D

Look Darlin "It floats"

One mans trash is another mans treasure....Whatever rocks ya boat ;)

[gunnabuild1]

Isn't that a redneck cruiser?

[kleyny]

its probably still got its wheels. so you just hook up the car to the bow pull her out and wind up the drums ;D ;D ;D

kleyny

[capt]

That could only happen in OZ...... Ah yes we love our water craft !!!! Jimmy

[manchild]

Ohh you fancy poshy lot.If the guy happy with it let him be.Seems like nowadays nothing good enough for metrosexuals ;D
seriously its all good
George

[newchum]

take a trip down the murray or the hawksberry and there are quiet a few of these craft still afloat with very happy retired couples living in them on the water

[Kendall249]

If I didn't see the picture, I may not of believed it was possible :o. Same here homer_jay I would only sleep on it with a lifejacket on ;)

[saphire]

LOL.. cool.

[gunna]

That photo doesn't do it justice - its actually a lot worse than it looks in the photo ;D ;D ;D.

[griz066]

Classic ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[a_big_red_1]

LOL
thats a pisser ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[Duyz72]

You can imagine the brainstorming that went on during the second half of a carton with that one.

[Big_Ren]

Me thinks there will be a new artificial reef in the Passage soon......home to all the grey nomad fish ;D ;D

[Dirtysanchez]

I reckon its all good, but where is the BBQ ? :o

Years ago I knew a bloke who had a clapped out old caravan on his yard while he built his house.. He was also actually a welder who made alloy punts for a living.. They had a customer who ordered a punt and never turned up, so Dennis bought it off the boss for costs basically & got it trucked to his house.

We all thought he was mad, but you guessed it, he cut the ar$e off the caravan and mounted it into the punt ! ;D

Threw an old pull start 40 Johnno on the back and Bob is your uncle!
It was a fine party vessel indeed.. and this blokes effort has brought back some hazey memories (sort of) ;)