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Posted by UbuntuBirdy at Jul 16, 2018, 12:51:31 PM

who would like to live in a houseboat?
Some of you already know I'm designing houseboats with SH3D. And some of you have already seen a corner of one of the boats.
Last night I have collected all my boats in a fleet-file (about 1.2GB) and rendered some views for you as an overview:

The boats are sorted by price. On the first two pictures the left one is the most expensive and the little one on the right of course the cheapest.
On this overviews the boats are not in the water what allows you to see the underwater parts of the hulls and the propulsions.

All boats have beds for at least two persons (up to 6), a bathroom, a kitchen and a table. Only the smallest one has no shower, the bigger ones have even a bath tube. The larger three have almost all you have in an average apartment.

These houseboats are designed for the european inland waterways. The larger three can also navigate in coastal waters. The dimensions have been chosen so that the boats can pass through most of the locks and bridges, although sometimes just barely...

I'll tell you more details (with pictures) about each boat, but I do not know yet which one to start with...
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Posted by Xiste at Jul 16, 2018, 9:49:04 PM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?
I'd love to live in a house boat!
If I could choose, I'd prefer the one at the bottom right of the first picture, and I would like it to be situated on a canal in Amsterdam.

Nice project!

X

Posted by UbuntuBirdy at Jul 17, 2018, 7:58:35 PM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?
Ok, I think we'll start with the LUXEPLORER. But first I'll post a picture where the boats have their names in front of each.

LUXPLORER
The LUXPLORER is a luxury houseboat for 4 persons. It's a tough one, with a steel hull and a heigh bow it can resist rough seas (but be sure you have secured the dishes...). But with it's draft of only 0.5m it can also explore shallow waters like small rivers, haffs or you can anchor right on the beach. It's height is chosen to fit under the old bridge of Capestang, so there should be no bridge over european waterways which could stop your travel.

Side view with closed flybridge

Front view - I should name it "Turtle Head"...

The LUXPLORER is about 15m long, 5m wide, has a draft of only 0.5m and a clear height of 2.82m with closed flybridge.
Like all my houseboats it has an electric propulsion and... it is 100% self-sufficient! That means, you do not have to care about energy, the pv in-roof installation (the dark grey roof should imitate the solar cells, because a texture does not look like it should) will generate enough electricity for all your needs. You do not have to care about drinking water, there are bio filters which clean the water better than 95% of what we call drinking water in europe. You do not have to care about grey and black water, there is a bio sewage plant which cleans your sewage so that it can be released into nature.

The shiny box with the two chimneys is the bio sewage plant

The LUXPLORER has two identical 2 persons bed rooms with plenty of storage, a bathroom with toilet, shower and a sink an in the front a big salon with an open kitchen and the indoor helm. At the back end there is a large storage room for bikes or other stuff and the staircase to the flybridge. On the flybridge you can find the outdoor helm, a big bbq and large space for relaxing...

Bed room for two persons and plenty of storage

Bathroom

Salon

Salon with open kitchen

Room for the bikes

Open flybridge with outdoor helm and big bbq

There is al lot more to say about this beautiful houseboat, but I'm gonna stop here. Of course if you have some questions I will answer them.

Oh, i forgot the most important thing about the LUXPLORER - the price... it's a tip of about half a million euros...
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Posted by VeroniQ at Jul 18, 2018, 2:53:50 PM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?
Bravo. I like all of them, especially the 3 small ones rather unexpected! How is it into the Nanoat?

Posted by leo321 at Jul 18, 2018, 5:43:34 PM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?
Looks great!

Posted by UbuntuBirdy at Jul 23, 2018, 1:14:22 PM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?
Ok, I have a solution for getting correct cutouts between hulls and the water. And this causes me in rendering many new pictures...

@Veroniq
You want to look into Nanoat? Let's do it!

NANOAT
It's the smallest of my boats so far, and I thinks there will not be a smaller one in future... But who knows...
The NANOAT is a special one because it is basically designed to serve as a trailer. A trailer for a boat? Yes, because there are lots of smaller boats which have no possibilities to sleep on it or have not enough space for the amount of persons you want to travel with. It's like a caravan for cars, just for boats.

It is 3m long and less than 2.5m wide, so you can easy put it on your boat trailer. If you have a short boat you can even put both, the boat and NANOAT on one trailer.
NANOAT is a lightweight so you do not need a big, much fuel consuming engine for your boat to pull NANOAT.

NANOAT is concepted for two persons. Inside there is a bed which is your sofa at the same time, a small bathroom with toilet and sink and a little kitchen with inductive stove and a sink. There is also a removable table on the door. And that's it!

As said, NANOAT is a trailer. But for emergency or for manuvering or for short trips it has a own electric propulsion. There are two rimdrive propellers installed which make a rudder unnecessary.

What's about the price? It is priceless if you need it!
I have not calculated the exact price yet but I estimate it at around 15-20k.
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Posted by VeroniQ at Jul 23, 2018, 8:42:17 PM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?
I like it. It's like an old caravan. Why didn't you put a shower instead of sink in the bathroom? Your design is really well done.

Posted by UbuntuBirdy at Jul 23, 2018, 10:04:01 PM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?

I like it. It's like an old caravan. Why didn't you put a shower instead of sink in the bathroom? Your design is really well done.

Thank you very much, Veroniq! The idea with the shower is a good one. There is a sink at the kitchen, so no second one is needed. But the shower costs storage space:

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Posted by bdfd at Jul 24, 2018, 6:33:40 AM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?
@ubuntu,

It's a beautiful survival boat concept. applause

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Posted by UbuntuBirdy at Jul 24, 2018, 3:28:24 PM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?

@ubuntu,

It's a beautiful survival boat concept. applause

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You will not have enough energy stored on this boat to survive more than a few days...
But sometimes a dry, warm sleeping place is more than enough.
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Posted by UbuntuBirdy at Jul 31, 2018, 12:51:40 AM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?
OMG, the SeaShell project takes much more time than expected. Anyway, there are some more boats to show, so let's go.

COBO1215
This is my try to create a really cheap Houseboat. And I could not beleve how cheap it is... full equipped it costs you only about 70'000 Euros (all the prices I offer for the boats are only roughly calculated)! For a 15m long and 5m wide boat this is a very good price, but - this price is without mounting work - because it is a kit-boat.

But it's a simple work to mount this boat: the hull is built from a modular pontoon system with a steal frame on it. And on top of the frame you put the house. And this is just as simple as writing it, because the house consists of two sea containers.
You say you can not cut metal and you can not weld something? Hey, learn it by building this boat!
So, I beleve you now figured out what COBO means - right, COntainer BOat. And 12 is the length of the house - 12m and 15 the length over all - 15m.
As all of my boats COBO1215 has an electric propulsion and all the electric energy you will ever need on this houseboat is generated by the pv system and two wind turbines.

COBO1215 offers plenty of room for 4 persones: there are two bedrooms with a kingsize bed in each, a big bathroom with shower, bathtube, toilet, sink and a towel heater.
In the big kitchen you will find all the space you need to cook a good meal, a fridge-freezer, a dishwasher, a inductive stove an a big workplate for preparing the fishes you cathed.
The livingroom offers 10m2 for spending time if the wether conditions are bad. But if the sun is shieing, you can go upstairs on the sundeck. There you have a awsome sight over the water where you are navigating on and you have all the space you need for relaxing, bbq, reading a book or just sunbathing.

COBO1215 has not the 100% autarky as the two bigger boats LUXPLORER and LUXEMOTOR. This means, you have to refill freshwater (1000l) and you have to pump out the black (500l) and grey (500l) water tanks. But these tanks are big enough for spending many carefree days!

There is one limitation: COBO1215 is too high for some of the old bridges over the french canals. Apart from that just enjoy your time on COBO1215!
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Posted by antonioperez2002 at Aug 4, 2018, 4:37:27 PM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?
I love this!! It's amazing!!

Posted by UbuntuBirdy at Aug 5, 2018, 5:51:57 PM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?
Thank you guys, but it seems you are real landlubbers. And I do not want to fill the forum with stuff that almost nobody cares about.
This ship has sailed - so I'll stop here.
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Posted by VeroniQ at Aug 5, 2018, 9:16:44 PM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?
No, don't stop! It's very interesting. I didn't know containers could float. There are quite a lot of Sweet Home 3D users who work with containers, but it is the first time, I think, that's someone use them for a boat. Did you built it? Have you got any picture of the real one?
(And it is always funny to realize how Swiss people are good in boats!)

Posted by UbuntuBirdy at Aug 5, 2018, 10:42:00 PM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?
Switzerland has the third highest value of boats per inhabitants, so we have to be good in boats! But atm the innovations come from Germany, USA or from Australia.
Unfortunately, all my boats are only concepts so far (no photos of a real one), but if I get a chance, I will take it and build one or some of them.
VeroniQ, I will think about a continuation, but only after my vacation. And probably not until I finished SeaShell...
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Posted by okh at Aug 6, 2018, 10:38:48 AM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?

..seems you are real landlubbers... ..third highest value of boats per inhabitants...

Hope all these boats do not sail Lac LÃ©man at the same time... smile

where, btw, did you come across this statistic, do you mean owned or registered?

Agree with VeroniQ. Interesting project, with nice interior solutions. Was not planning to comment, but after a day out at sea yesterday (actually, most days since May, now that I think about it). Nice day, sheltered waters, 10 m/s wind. Passed several (moored) houseboats. many of which have similarities to your project. I have been on board a couple of them. Your concept is certainly feasible, but comparing with the real life ones, a couple of questions spring to mind - not least VeroniQ's point about containers.

..modular pontoon system with a steal frame on it
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house consists of two sea containers...

Steel frame + two freight containers (?). You may have considered this, but I admit to some doubts:

Condensation: some clever insulation might be needed to avoid moisture.
Corrosion: in salt water steel is pretty high maintenance. And I fear in freshwater too.
Height: a freight container is some 2,6 m high. More than needed on a boat. The height increases air draught, for bridge clearance, but equally important, windage. Maneuverability will suffer (bow, and possibly stern, thruster will be needed, and more engine power too), as will stability (higher centre of gravity).
Weight: If I remember correctly, an ISO 668 40' freight container weighs just short of 4 tonnes and a 'normal' pontoon floats < 200 kg/metre length.

You do the maths, but a lighter superstructure with a lower centre of gravity is no disadvantage. Using prefabricated mobile barracks is a possible alternative.

However, this does not make much difference to your design as such, but gut feeling is that it would be easier with an aluminium structure with light sidings, without - I think - significant cost increase.

..electric propulsion and all the electric energy you will ever need on this houseboat is generated by the pv system and two wind turbines
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bathroom with shower, bathtube, toilet, sink and a towel heater.
In the big kitchen you will find all the space you need to cook a good meal, a fridge-freezer, a dishwasher, a inductive stove an a big workplate for preparing the fishes you cathed...

Hmmm. Both propulsion and all your electric stuff? Quick, off the top-of-the-head calculation: 35mÂ² of pv (<7kW with good sun?), two wind turbines (<500W at >8ms?), my marina has a max of 750W for each boat. If you go with a - probably too weak - 80 hp/60 kw electric outboard, it will still suck 60 kWh worth of battery dry in one hour at full throttle. But you could prepare sushi on the induction cook-top, of course. Electric is great, but I suspect you may need to consider hybrid if you wish to leave the dock. Prices for electric marine engines + batteries are currently prohibitively expensive, but that may change.

.. freshwater (1000l) and you have to pump out the black (500l) and grey (500l) water tanks...

Do inland sewage stations distinguish between grey- and black-water - EU has some rules on this, I think? Anyway, I would seriously consider a marine toilet that flushes a fraction of the water compared to landlubber ones. And if you have kids, choose the electric/grinder ones. A clogged manual one is a pain - no fun in open waters. And a (marine) shower will save you a lot of water and electricity compared to a bathtub.

Please keep posting. While there are only few treads on houseboats, that does not mean the project is not interesting and a good match for SH3D.

If anyone wants to attempt a (pontoon) houseboat project - there are some manufacturers that sell pontoon structures. I got a quote from a German manufacturer for the tests in thread 6956 - models shared in SF 3D models 397. Note that this was a random choice never investigated further, so no opinion on different manufacturers. Also, there are several used (pontoon) houseboats for sale. Often at reasonable prices if you are willing to refurbish.

Posted by UbuntuBirdy at Aug 6, 2018, 11:57:47 AM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?

Steel frame + two freight containers (?). You may have considered this, but I admit to some doubts:

Condensation: some clever insulation might be needed to avoid moisture.
Corrosion: in salt water steel is pretty high maintenance. And I fear in freshwater too.
Height: a freight container is some 2,6 m high. More than needed on a boat. The height increases air draught, for bridge clearance, but equally important, windage. Maneuverability will suffer (bow, and possibly stern, thruster will be needed, and more engine power too), as will stability (higher centre of gravity).
Weight: If I remember correctly, an ISO 668 40' freight container weighs just short of 4 tonnes and a 'normal' pontoon floats < 200 kg/metre length.

Of course, it have to be hot dip galvanized steel. And of course aluminium would be a better solution, but IT WILL RISE the costs significantly! And the COBO boats are designed to be as cheap as possible.
The same situation about the containers: they are the cheapest possibility to have a solid house on the pontoon platform. And I know that tey are too heigh, but that's the price for a cheap boat.
The pontoons itselfe are computed by the manufacturer, so they will lift the realy heavy House.
The heavy weight of the boat can also be an advantage, it will reduce the roaling effect. And for a house boat this is a big advantage.

Remember, my boats are designed for the inland waterways. So, you never need 80hp. In fact 25hp would already be enough, and 40hp are comfortable powered for a house boat on inland waterways.
And of course, if you have a pv that generates <7kW out of 35mÂ² and wind turbines <500W you have saved money on the wrong parts. Sunpower X-Series modules and Schachner SW1.5 wind turbines are the must have for a boat like COBO1215.

There you are right, grey and black water tanks are planed for future EU rules. ATM there are only a few inland sewage stations along the European inland waterways and most of them are only pumping stations where your black and/or grey water will be pumped out of your tanks and directly and unfiltered released in the water where you are navigating on... And unfortunately some cities do the same thing, since the Middle Ages...
Of course, a bathtub is a luxury thing on a house boat, but if you choose to live the whole year on this boat, you will love it! I always try to offer as much comfort as possible for a long stay on the house boat.

If anyone wants to attempt a (pontoon) houseboat project - there are some manufacturers that sell pontoon structures. I got a quote from a German manufacturer for the tests in thread 6956 - models shared in SF 3D models 397. Note that this was a random choice never investigated further, so no opinion on different manufacturers. Also, there are several used (pontoon) houseboats for sale. Often at reasonable prices if you are willing to refurbish.

In my opinion Technus offers the best pontoon system on the market right now.
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Posted by okh at Aug 7, 2018, 12:17:31 PM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?

..pv that generates <7kW out of 35mÂ² and wind turbines <500W you have saved money on the wrong parts...

Interesting discussion - and relevant to off-grid/tiny-house/eco-friendly SH3D designs too. I must be missing something, because I still do not get the maths. My understanding is that max performance the very best photovoltaic panels is still <23%, which I believe roughly translates to max 230W/mÂ² at optimal angle and perfect conditions. A couple of years back we did some tests on a 42' monohull sailing yacht during a long haul. Owner was an electrical engineer friend who had lived on board. Components tested were best quality, albeit with a smaller diameter wind turbine. We measured the turbine - if I remember correctly - to a dismal < 1/3 of rated output @ 8-9 m/s. The turbine you mention is 190 cm diameter rated 1500W @ 13 m/s, however, curve indicates 100W @ 4 m/s, 200W @ 6 m/s and 500W @ 8 m/s. But how often do you get stable > 6 m/s wind on inland waterways? So I still do not see how pv / wind can supply enough power to propel the boat. Certainly, you are right in saying that a good multihull could get pretty good general energy mileage. Do you have an estimate of energy consumption at cruising speed, i.e. stipulated range nm/kWh for your construction?

..never need 80hp...

You are right, at least for normal cruising and on lakes. My worry is based on gut-feeling: what if you go river upstream against a 3+ knot current and you hit a narrowing passage with increased currents, unpredictable winds and lots of vessel windage? A 50' 10+ tonnes boat is way beyond what I have ever considered for outboard power, but again, it should be interesting to see the estimations for waterline/speed and power/shaft speed and prop dimensions.

Maybe it is different for inland waterway navigation, but I have helmed boats of various sizes in narrow straits with tidal currents. No later than Sunday, in fact. True, I fear underpowered boats, based on some experience. While max power should not mean much on the overall energy usage, and rarely used, it is still crucial for maneuverability in critical situations - but then - my coast can be pretty rough, so maybe it does not compare.

..computed by the manufacturer, so they will lift the realy heavy House... ..hot dip galvanized...

Sorry, I did not mean to imply that it is impossible to fit pontoons to a pair of freight containers in terms of buoyancy. A lot of unnecessary weight, but possible. My primary concern would be the centre of gravity on a boat with little or no ballast. Again, I know very little about pontoon cats, but from the not-so-serious experiment in thread 6956, I seem to remember that the rule of thumb was that to avoid the pontoon effect, each of two lateral pontoons should have enough buoyancy to bear the load of the entire vessel (+ 13 m/s side-wind smile

). Guess that means you will use bigger pontoons than I considered for the smaller sketch. The DIY part would certainly be easier with wood than welding steel - and maybe not that much more expensive? Except for the rusty containers I have seen in the dock, I know nothing about the steels used in freight containers, so I should probably keep my mouth shut, but what happens when you start welding?

Looking at your pontoon choice, I just found the 'KIRA' project linked. Not quite as big as yours, of course, but useful in the detailed description of the process with lots of tips and drawings that could have been made with SH3D. Also a very nice design. Recommended for anyone dreaming of a houseboat. Did not read the details, but looked at EIN ERSTER SCHRECK - interestingly he used the same two manufacturers mentioned previously and it confirms that your guys have bigger pontoons. Kira appears to be some 11mÃ—4m (36') < 5 tons. Size of the pontoons quite large, engine looks like a Yamaha mid-range 30/40 with a low pitch alu prop. If the full specs for Kira were (are?) available, that should provide a good basis for other pontoon calculation (same hull constant and play with the other variables).

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Posted by UbuntuBirdy at Aug 7, 2018, 1:19:08 PM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?
You always repeat that I have done the math... no, I have not! This are only Ideas and only some minimal calculations were made, but it could absolutely be that all your fears about my construcions will come true!

But we have so many calm waterways with almost no current in Europe that most of your fears would disapear if you would experience them.
Of course, the pv and the wind turbines will not generate enough energy for constantly driving, but that's absolutely not the way we enjoy house boating on the European waterways. That means the boats have big batteries and these have to be recharged from time to time, by the pv, the wind turbines or by shore power at a marina.

I do not know if you have the same saying in english as we have in german: "Everybody said it will not work. Then someone came, he did not know that and did it." This is one of my credos and in my opinion, this is the only way to be and to stay innovative - you have to try the impossible!
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Posted by okh at Aug 7, 2018, 4:31:08 PM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?

.. done the math... no, I have not...

Relieved to hear about the solid battery bank. Maybe I am a bit hung up in the numbers, but hulls, motorisation and propellers are hot topics in most marinas; and quite difficult unless you buy a standard package. And energy supply is relevant to SH3D and modern house-plans, even more so after this cold winter and hot summer.

..so many calm waterways with almost no current in Europe that most of your fears would disapear if you would experience them....

Oh, but I am relatively familiar with the inland waterways of Europe. Only not as crew (except on quiet canals in Holland and once in strong currents in the Orwell estuary). But I have sipped G&Ts on deck on quite a few canal- and riverboats. A family tradition started on the Nile many years ago smile

. Hardly enough for an opinion on navigating waterways such as the RhÃ´ne, Donau which apparently can have currents of as much as 5 knots. But I have been curious after experiencing underpowered (displacement) boats in strong currents and wind.

All in favour of trying the impossible, and I really hope you get to realise your dream. But still think some maths, carefully assessing test results and expert opinions, a touch of caution and lots of reserve horsepower is good. A bit like SH3D house design in general. While amateurs can have brilliant ideas, create great designs and custom solutions, it is high-risk to try and build structures without professional advice.

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Posted by UbuntuBirdy at Aug 7, 2018, 5:03:54 PM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?
You're absolute right, non of my boats will be built without consulting experts before and, perhaps, redo the whole work...
The big streams in Europe, specialy the Rhein and the Donau assume that you have special licences to navigate on for certain sections. And in most cases these licences costs too much money and time for one trip on the stream. And often you need a licence for your boat too to be alowed to run the boat on this stream.
I do not no exact numbers, but I beleve most of the house boats in Europe are not certified for the Rhein and almost all of their owner have no licence to navigate the Rhein with this big boats so why spend money for only a few percents of possible customers. If they need this possibility, we can always switch to more power - with a hybrid system or a bigger battery bank.
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Posted by okh at Aug 7, 2018, 7:59:58 PM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?

..why spend money for only a few percents of possible customers...

Because customers are optimists overestimating their abilities smile

- you should see how many idiots are navigating big sea-going boats around here, without a clue as to what they are doing. Even if it is pretty obvious they will (and should) never take their overpriced vessels beyond sheltered waters. Your logic is good, but it is easy to underestimate the vanity of new boatowners... ok

Posted by UbuntuBirdy at Aug 7, 2018, 8:01:05 PM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?
@okh, the waterways I'm talking about are like these:

River Saone

Canal des Vosges

Canal du Center

Canal du Rhone a Sete

Canal de la Robine

Canal du Midi

On these waterways 25hp will be enough for a 25m boat!
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Posted by Mike53 at Aug 7, 2018, 11:24:37 PM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?
Keep coming with these, i for one am enjoying the thread, nice work smile

Mike

Posted by UbuntuBirdy at Oct 25, 2018, 11:52:45 PM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?
You want more boats? Here you have more boats! At least one more...

Ladies and gentlemen, may I introduce Minimoat!

All above the waterline has the shape of a tube, the bow and stern the shape of a sphere. A very special, eventually even an strange design. But there is a reason for this shape.
I thought about which shape fits best under the medieval bridges that spread over many of the French canals. And then I tried to let float this shape - and Minimoat was born.
By the way, Minimoat is not a "mini moat", it's the fusion of "mini" and "boat".

Minimoat is designed to offer 2 + 1 persons as much comfort as possible in this small area. Thanks to its big windows and the rear door made of glass its interior is really bright.

The boat has only two rooms (apart from the storage space): the big open living room and the comfortably bathroom. A double bed is created from the table and the benches and a single bed can be created from the drivers bench.

Minimoat is 8.5m long, 3.5m wide, has a draft of only 0.5m and a height of 2.5m above the waterline. Like all of my boats it has an electric propulsion, but this boat can not generate its own energy. It would be possible to gather some energy with thin-film solar cells, but this would never be enough for a longer autarky.

This time I have absolutely no idea how much a boat like this would cost, but I guess it should be feasible with less than 100'000 Euros.

Ok, this was Minimoat, and now let's find out which boat is next...
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Posted by VeroniQ at Oct 26, 2018, 10:10:52 AM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?
What a creative man! I would love to see these boats on the beautiful canals you mentioned (even if I like the old barges too). Keep posting!

Posted by bdfd at Oct 26, 2018, 12:30:10 PM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?
Great Ubuntu ! applause

It reminds me of an excellent french movie "Le petit baigneur" with a lot of unusual boats ! wink

a floating restroom

an inhabited boat

To conclude with a paddle that maneuver with the hands.

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Posted by Ceciliabr at Oct 26, 2018, 2:47:17 PM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?
Cool!

Posted by UbuntuBirdy at Oct 28, 2018, 2:19:51 PM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?
I have an updated picture of my fleet:

There are some minor improvements on some of the boats and there is also a new one.

@bdfd - I have to watch this movie!
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Posted by Mike53 at Oct 28, 2018, 9:25:53 PM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?
Have to agree with VeroniQ wonderful imagination to come up with the designs and no lack of talent creating them, very nice work.
Mike

Posted by bdfd at Oct 29, 2018, 5:33:28 AM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?

My choice does not change, my favorite boat is still cobo1215! applause

@bdfd - I have to watch this movie!

Just prepare your handkerchief for a laugh! ! laughing

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Posted by UbuntuBirdy at Oct 30, 2018, 8:44:40 PM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?
For those who would like to have a closer look at the boats, here you can download a 70 megapixel-picture of the fleet.
It took almost 15h to render this one...
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Posted by Xiste at Oct 30, 2018, 10:01:44 PM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?
Hi,

I just downloaded your great rendering. Very nice!
Have you considered making a HTML version, so it's possible to go on a virtual visit?

Posted by UbuntuBirdy at Oct 30, 2018, 10:42:35 PM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?

Hi,

I just downloaded your great rendering. Very nice!
Have you considered making a HTML version, so it's possible to go on a virtual visit?

I already have a HTML-Version, but not all of the boats are included so far. And it's not online yet. But give me some more time and you will be able to visit my dreams virtually...
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SH3D 6.6 / Ubuntu 22.04 (Mainline-Kernel) / Radeon RX580 / Ryzen 7 5800x

Posted by UbuntuBirdy at Nov 1, 2018, 6:54:08 AM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?
So, here is the HTML-Version so you can take a closer look at the boats: My Inland Fleet
Of course you only have access to the boats, which I have already introduced here in the thread.

Ah, one more thing. The text passages are written in my native language: Swiss German...
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SH3D 6.6 / Ubuntu 22.04 (Mainline-Kernel) / Radeon RX580 / Ryzen 7 5800x

Posted by Xiste at Nov 1, 2018, 10:21:25 AM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?
Nice! Very nice!
I have only looked at one so far ( on my mobile). It's hopefully a lot faster to load on a computer.
Time to brush up my German...

Xiste

Posted by bdfd at Nov 1, 2018, 10:30:58 AM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?
Nice page Ubuntu ! applause

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Posted by Puybaret at Nov 1, 2018, 11:34:05 AM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?
Very well done Pascal smile

I'm very happy to see a web site using Sweet Home 3D JS Viewer. Hope you didn't find it too hard to use...
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Posted by UbuntuBirdy at Nov 1, 2018, 12:33:48 PM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?

Hope you didn't find it too hard to use...

I'm creating websites since 25 years, and believe me, most of the scripts or snippets are way more complicated to use than yours! You' re offering perfection, like always!
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SH3D 6.6 / Ubuntu 22.04 (Mainline-Kernel) / Radeon RX580 / Ryzen 7 5800x

Posted by Ceciliabr at Nov 3, 2018, 10:41:43 AM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?
Great work!

Cec

Posted by UbuntuBirdy at Dec 28, 2018, 6:43:58 PM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?
After 2 month working far away from home I'm back in my comfort zone and I'm back with the next houseboat: MICROAT.
As you can assume this name is a fusion between "micro" and "boat" - MICROAT.
Like the nanoat, this boat is designet to act as a trailer but in this case for bigger boats. But as all of my boats MICROAT can also be a standalone houseboat with it's own energy production (solar and wind), with a comfortable bathroom, a kitchen- living-room- bedroom-combo and plenty of storage.

The engine is a small but powerfull torqeedo outboarder, which can easily be removed or installed because of it's low weight.

MICROAT offers enough space for two persons for navigating small canals and calm waters.
I would build this boat as a GFK-boat, but if you prefere, I'm sure it could also be a nice steel-boat.

Guys, I'm already gone, my telemark skis are calling for me ... I wish you all a happy new year and only the best for 2019!

Pascal
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SH3D 6.6 / Ubuntu 22.04 (Mainline-Kernel) / Radeon RX580 / Ryzen 7 5800x

Posted by VeroniQ at Dec 29, 2018, 2:50:43 PM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?
Hi Pascal, Nice to see you again on the forum. I like this funny ecological Microat (which looks a little bit like an iron!). Hope it will release in 2019. Happy new year to you.

Posted by UbuntuBirdy at Jan 24, 2019, 3:32:39 PM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?
Ok guys, it's time for a little story. Not a phantastic one like the stories from Cecilia, but a real one from me...

It is the story how I came to SH3D and the story of my big dream, the story of the LUXEMOTOR!

It all started in 2009 when I made boat holydays for the first time in Ireland with good friends. They introduced me in driving a big boat on a stream with a strong current (until then I had only driven some small boats on the beautyfull lake of Thoune).

From then on we hired a boat every two years and a plan started growing in my mind: Somewhen I want to live on a houseboat!
I started researching and after hundreds of hours I started designing my perfect houseboat: the LUXEMOTOR.
It has to be a boat with a length of 25m and 5m wide, because this way it is big enough to live on board but is still small enough to fit in most of the locks on the European waterways. And this is the maximum lenght for driving the boat without a professional license.
So, the size is set and I could start to design my living area. I tried it on Excel, but this would not end up in a useable plan. And designing it on CAD is way to much effort...

So I had to look for a software which can help me designing my boat interrior... and that's the point where nobody can ignore SH3D.

And I started desinging my dreamboat, and I started learning how to use SH3D:

I redesigned every room and the hole boat several times

and I am still redesigning...

Somewhen the wish for a realistic hull came up and I begun to test some hulls from the net

But no one of them was good enough for my boat... So, what to do? I decided to improve my 3D CAD skills and designed my own one

Yes, looks good, but as you can see at the back end, there is a lot of redesigning work to do... again...
Fortunately there are other rooms and sections on the boat to enjoy during the work on the backend
Let's start at the bilge

The big blue box is the freshwater tank, the 2 smaller blue boxes below the yellow boxes are the slow sand filters. The grey box at the back is the greywater tank and the grey box with the chimneys is the wastewater treatment plant. The red boxes are ballast tanks. the violet box is for the warm water, next to it you can see the heat pump and the electrical cabinet.
The green boxes are the batteries and the dark grey boxes behind are the electric motors.

This is the master bedroom ...and I just realized, I have no renderings of the master bathroom...

Anyway, let's stop here, otherwise the post will be too long. I will show you all the other rooms and decks in a next post, or maybe two...
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Posted by VeroniQ at Jan 24, 2019, 9:50:01 PM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?
Thanks, Ubuntubirdy! Keep on telling your story and it's also interesting to watch the insides of your boat.

Posted by UbuntuBirdy at Jan 28, 2019, 3:14:16 PM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?
Well, I got stuck in the main bathroom. I have now freshly rendered pictures of it. But first another angle of the master bedroom or the owners suite

and here is the bathroom

We now come to the living room with open kitchen, bar, dining area, fireplace and spacious living room

Through the wheelhouse, which I will show you later, we continue to the laundry room and garage with integrated workshop

The garage is unfortunately too narrow to create any meaningful images ...
That's why it goes straight to the guest suite. Of course with private bathroom and with foldable extra bunks

The guest bathroom is being rebuilt (again) so I can show no current pictures of it. But I can offer a top view of the guest suite

Here you can also see how tight the garage / workshop is...

So, and before we get to the next higher deck, I finish this post here.
But don't worry, I still have some decks and a lot of pictures for you...
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SH3D 6.6 / Ubuntu 22.04 (Mainline-Kernel) / Radeon RX580 / Ryzen 7 5800x

Posted by bdfd at Jan 28, 2019, 5:34:59 PM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?
Hi ubuntu,

Good model for holidays. wink

But where is the engine room ?
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Posted by Puybaret at Jan 28, 2019, 6:11:44 PM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?
He explained in his previous message that this boat is powered by electric motors. I guess it shouldn't be too difficult to charge this kind of boat in harbours during the night, right?
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Posted by UbuntuBirdy at Jan 28, 2019, 6:42:46 PM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?
Of corse it is a possibility to recharge the batteries at the marinas, but the main idea of this boat is to reach a 100% autarkie.

Look at the dark grey floor of the Flybridge, the dark grey roof of the wheelhouse, the dark grey roof above the living room and the dark grey floor of the pool area. They are planed to be solar panels. And as you can see there are also 4 wind turbines. All thogether I can gather a minimum of 80kw/h a day, during the summer in south France you can double this amount.
This is much moore than needed for normal using but you need some extra power for extreme usings or, for selling at the marinas.

Unfortunately I have not found a good looking texture for the pv system until yet, that's why there is only the dark grey colour.

@bdfd - Here you have another picture of the engine room. it is located below the guest suite

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Posted by bdfd at Jan 28, 2019, 7:28:20 PM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?

@bdfd - Here you have another picture of the engine room. it is located below the guest suite

YES, good explanation ! wink

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Posted by UbuntuBirdy at Jan 29, 2019, 5:07:09 PM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?

YES, good explanation ! wink

You're a joker, man! laughing

My posts often assume that you also read the previous ones...
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Posted by VeroniQ at Jan 29, 2019, 8:53:13 PM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?
I like very much the guest suite!

Posted by Mike53 at Jan 29, 2019, 10:08:20 PM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?
The UXEMOTOR is looking very good, i can never get a shine like that on my worktops and cabinets, i do have 2 questions though, from someone with no nautical knowledge at all, are the ballast tanks large enough to compensate for low levels in the fresh water tanks? and i see no handrail for the steps, ok on rivers and such but anything tidal could be an issue.
Great work, keep it up.
Mike

Posted by Mike53 at Jan 29, 2019, 10:08:58 PM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?
Missed an L, sorry

Posted by UbuntuBirdy at Jan 30, 2019, 1:27:42 AM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?

The LUXEMOTOR is looking very good, i can never get a shine like that on my worktops and cabinets, i do have 2 questions though, from someone with no nautical knowledge at all, are the ballast tanks large enough to compensate for low levels in the fresh water tanks? and i see no handrail for the steps, ok on rivers and such but anything tidal could be an issue.
Great work, keep it up.
Mike

The ballast tanks are only for adjusting the draft and the air draft. For freshwater there are 2 large slow sand filter systems which can satisfy my thirst easily.
Of corse, the slow sand filters do not work with salt water and therefore I have a big freshwater tank of about 2000l which I would have to refill at marinas if longer salt water trips are planned.

The handrail IS a problem which I have not solved yet:
- For channels with locks and narrow marinas an external handrail is unusable because the handling would be too cumbersome. Here you need an internal handrail which is usually mounted directly on the superstructure.
- For lakes and coastal waters or large rivers with larger waves, however, the outer handrail would be extremely much safer.

For the sake of better space utilization I have left the gangboard almost on the whole ship and therefore I have almost no superstructures where I could mount an internal handrail.
The LUXEMOTOR was clearly designed primarily for inland waterways, so an external handrail would be counterproductive.
Do you recognize my dilemma?
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Posted by Mike53 at Jan 30, 2019, 8:00:57 PM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?
Would something like this be any good to you?

If it is then the sf3d file can be had HERE
Should be easy to tweak to suit the size you need.

Mike

Posted by UbuntuBirdy at Jan 30, 2019, 8:25:40 PM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?
Thanks Mike, but I am looking for textures only. They have to be seamless and frameless and black or deep dark grey colored.
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Posted by UbuntuBirdy at Jan 31, 2019, 5:18:12 AM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?
I have rendered a picture to show you what I'm talking about

The system of the module should more look like this one (but without the frame)

And I'm not shure if it's the resolution of the texture, but my rendering looks more like there are rubber mats on the boat than solar cells.
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SH3D 6.6 / Ubuntu 22.04 (Mainline-Kernel) / Radeon RX580 / Ryzen 7 5800x

Posted by bdfd at Jan 31, 2019, 6:34:44 AM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?

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Hi Ubuntu,

Just a tip about solar panels. wink

For maximum performance, it is mandatory that the exposure is optimal.

But I see that there are panels on the ground, ERROR!
The slightest shadow on a small part of the surface (chairs, table, ...) reduces the total power.
It's a physical law.
It is therefore necessary to put panels on the roofs and not on the floor (front and rear).

cool

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Posted by hansmex at Jan 31, 2019, 11:43:22 AM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?
Maybe this helps?

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Posted by UbuntuBirdy at Jan 31, 2019, 1:56:41 PM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?
Thanks Hans, but as allways if I find a potentially texture it is not free and way too expensive!
Sorry, but more than 2 CHF for one texture is like you pay 3'000'000$ for a VW Golf... it's really a nice car, but it's not worth that much money...
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Posted by hansmex at Jan 31, 2019, 2:13:21 PM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?
Birdy,

Add the word "free" in front of the search, that should give some free textures...

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Posted by UbuntuBirdy at Jan 31, 2019, 3:06:55 PM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?
Yea, but not the ones I'm looking for...
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Posted by hal9000 at Feb 1, 2019, 11:02:51 AM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?
What about this one?
https://www.tonytextures.com/solar-photovolta...renderings-free-download/
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Posted by UbuntuBirdy at Feb 1, 2019, 11:26:44 AM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?
Thank you for your proposition. But these are polycrystalline cells, and they are never efficient enough to deliver the needed energy.
In addition, these are again square-shaped cells, and I'm looking for the fine elongated rectangles:

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SH3D 6.6 / Ubuntu 22.04 (Mainline-Kernel) / Radeon RX580 / Ryzen 7 5800x

Posted by hal9000 at Feb 1, 2019, 12:39:51 PM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?

Thank you for your proposition. But these are polycrystalline cells, and they are never efficient enough to deliver the needed energy.
In addition, these are again square-shaped cells, and I'm looking for the fine elongated rectangles:

I see. Well, may be you just need a bit of retouching over your current texture, and may be add it a bit of shininess, so it don't look as rubber.
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Posted by UbuntuBirdy at Feb 1, 2019, 1:39:14 PM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?

I see. Well, may be you just need a bit of retouching over your current texture, and may be add it a bit of shininess, so it don't look as rubber.

And that's where my next problem comes in: I'm a technician, not an artist. In this respect, I absolutely miss any talent ...
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Posted by UbuntuBirdy at Feb 5, 2019, 1:21:49 PM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?
So then, let's continue to visit the LUXEMOTOR. I owe you some pictures of the wheelhouse

In bad weather or cold conditions, this is where you spend your cruising days. That's why I designed this room generously.

In good weather, however, you can enjoy life on the flybridge!

The flybridge is equipped with its own kitchen and bbq, so you can spend the whole day here without having to go under deck for long.

and who does not have to drive, goes to the bow and can relax in the whirlpool

In the evening the atmoshere is priceless!

Can you remember the spiral staircase in the owners suite? it goes right here (round hatch below-right).

And in the last post to the LUXEMOTOR I'll show you some highlights to enjoy the time when you're not driving.
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Posted by VeroniQ at Feb 5, 2019, 8:27:28 PM

Posted by UbuntuBirdy at Feb 5, 2019, 10:18:25 PM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?
Luxury and silence, that's what I'm looking for on a boat like the LUXEMOTOR. The pleasure, the desire, the voluptuousness (whatever meaning one chooses, each is true) is what I get when I have found the first two...
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Posted by UbuntuBirdy at Mar 7, 2019, 3:43:40 PM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?
Ok guys, I promised you one more post about the LUXEMOTOR. And here it is.
This time it's all about gadgets on this boat. Gadgets which are helpful or gadgets to have fun with.

One gadget is a car. This could be helpful, but also a car like this one could be fun.

The car can be lifted up and over a ramp it can reach the land.

(This are older renderings, but the system is still the same.)

Another gadget is the dinghi located on the stern.

For a maximum of fun on the water, there are two jetskis stored in the boat which can be unloaded through a sidedoor.

On both sides of the LUXEMOTOR a bathing platform is stored which can be mounted to the side of the boat.

And for a night swim there are submerged lights on each platform.

This is all about this luxury boat. The price remains. The costs for a project like this one can be very different and depends much on how much you can build your own. So, lets say you can start at 450'000 euros if you can do a lot by yourselfe and 1'000'000 euros if you rather like a completed product without doing anything but pay it...
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Posted by AdeleAlli at Mar 7, 2019, 4:28:42 PM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?
This is all fabulous! :)
Nice renderings!

Adele

Posted by Mike53 at Mar 7, 2019, 6:16:01 PM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?
I really like this idea and the detail in it, love that last image.
Very nice.
Mike

Posted by Xiste at Mar 7, 2019, 10:31:42 PM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?
Very nice indeed!
This thread is really developing, and constantly getting more and more interesting to follow.
Keep it up!

Xiste

Posted by UbuntuBirdy at Mar 7, 2019, 11:03:15 PM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?
Thank you guys! I have another boat in stock, which I will introduce to you, and another, completely different boat is currently under development.
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Posted by UbuntuBirdy at Apr 17, 2019, 8:35:27 PM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?
Easter is just around the corner and it gets really warm - just the right time to wake up the houseboat from hibernation!
Unfortunately I still do not have my own housebbot, but I have two new pictures of my fleet. And as you can see it has grown again:

Of course I will introduce you to the new boats in more detail.
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Posted by Jonnie63 at Apr 17, 2019, 9:29:40 PM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?
Fantastic.

Perhaps I am wrong but I think we are changing as a society - we used to develop a design for something that was sometimes not so great to look at and even if it was good to look at we tended to stick with it for ages and never really question it as long as it functioned. I guess the aristocracy have always had design but ordinary people have only really known it for little over a hundred years.

All of a sudden we are all taking more and more interest in design and no longer accepting the standard norm and people are expressing themselves, creating beauty and getting involved instead of leaving it all to technocrats.

I think there are a lot of people out there who really take pleasure in this kind of creative and aesthetic attention to design and detail.

Wonderful !!! I really enjoyed looking at your designs I like The NonoAt best.

I am intrigued by how you used software that is generally used to design things with flat hulls ( houses ) to design things that have rounded hulls. I will look through the thread in time but its a long one.

Posted by UbuntuBirdy at Apr 18, 2019, 7:29:25 PM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?

Fantastic.

Perhaps I am wrong but I think we are changing as a society - we used to develop a design for something that was sometimes not so great to look at and even if it was good to look at we tended to stick with it for ages and never really question it as long as it functioned. I guess the aristocracy have always had design but ordinary people have only really known it for little over a hundred years.

All of a sudden we are all taking more and more interest in design and no longer accepting the standard norm and people are expressing themselves, creating beauty and getting involved instead of leaving it all to technocrats.

I think there are a lot of people out there who really take pleasure in this kind of creative and aesthetic attention to design and detail

AMEN! From the bottom of my heart, you're so absolute right! And it's a privilege to live in a time where we are able to life our creativity AND we can share it with the whole world! All thanks to developers like Emmanuel who shares their awesome works for free!

Wonderful !!! I really enjoyed looking at your designs I like The NonoAt best.

I am intrigued by how you used software that is generally used to design things with flat hulls ( houses ) to design things that have rounded hulls. I will look through the thread in time but its a long one.

Thanks man! To be honest, all of this hulls and many of the superstructures are designed with FreeCAD. But to make a simple boat shell to be a houseboat, that's why I love SH3D!
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Posted by Jonnie63 at Apr 19, 2019, 11:27:37 AM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?
That seems like a sensible division, CAD for the hull and Sweethome to deliver the house elements.

As I said before its a long thread so there is always a risk of saying what has been said before but I wondered if you have considered using the Advanced Video plugin and making some flyby videos of your boats?

Posted by UbuntuBirdy at Apr 19, 2019, 12:20:17 PM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?
I have actually made a few attempts to generate flyby videos, but I've never been happy with the results so far. That's why I prefer to make the SH3D files available online with the 3D viewer: my fleet (RVBoat not online yet)
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Posted by UbuntuBirdy at Apr 19, 2019, 11:09:54 PM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?
So, short info, so that you can understand my no longer so active participation here: After almost a two years sabbatical I started this week in my new job. That means that I do not have as much time left for my creations, and that means there will be some longer breaks between the introductions of the new boats.

And therefore from now on I will unlock all the boats on my online-fleet, so you can get a taste there.

Online-Fleet
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Posted by VeroniQ at Apr 20, 2019, 11:32:38 PM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?
Too sad! But congratulations for your new job... and for all these boats. Cheers!

Posted by Mike53 at Apr 21, 2019, 8:03:38 AM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?
Congrats and good luck mate

Posted by UbuntuBirdy at May 27, 2019, 5:33:14 AM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?
I made some minor improvements on the LUXEMOTOR: a sunshade on the Flybridge, 2 arches on the wheelhouse and the mast on the bow. But... I'm not sure about the result... On one hand I like a small modern touch on my projects, some contrast to the every day look. But on the other hand I think I'm gonna destroy the retro look, especially with the arches on both sides of the wheelhouse.

What do you think about it?

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Posted by Xiste at Jun 23, 2019, 4:54:17 PM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?
I don't like the arches ( since you are asking).
I feel they are messing with the clean (and quite masculine) original design, and do not belong.
The sunshade is nice.

Xiste

Posted by UbuntuBirdy at Jun 23, 2019, 5:37:52 PM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?

I don't like the arches ( since you are asking).
I feel they are messing with the clean (and quite masculine) original design, and do not belong.
The sunshade is nice.

Xiste

Thanks a lot! You confirm my feeling with it. And there is a fact to throw the arches away: the standing height below is less than 1.8m!
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Posted by SeppoV12 at Jun 28, 2019, 8:28:35 PM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?
Fine fleet and renderings! My favorit is Minimoat, very sympathetic and inspirational.
Living in boat around the year is dream and even true for some people also in Finland.
Here are couple boats built by Jorma Ponkal and his wife Kirsti.
(just links to pictures an videos because I have no rights for them)

Aton, 8 m long and very light (about 1000 kg), built 2003
https://cdn.tekniikanmaailma.fi/wp-content/uploads/tm/editor/images/589501.jpg
https://tekniikanmaailma.fi/aton-aurinkosahkovene-aikaansa-edella/

Next boat was Shalom, 15 m long, built during 8 year, launched 2013.
Here is video about boat and builder: video: https://www.facebook.com/yleperjantai/videos/...-shalom/1862567127329818/

Both stories and video are in Finnish, sorry..
But this might mean a lot of fun with Google translator or learning one more language.
If someone has interested some details, maybe I can find and translate them.

Happy boating and living anyway!

Seppo

Posted by SeppoV12 at Jun 28, 2019, 8:34:32 PM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?
Name of builder is Jorma Ponkal, sorry for missing 'a'

Posted by SeppoV12 at Jun 28, 2019, 8:35:50 PM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?
What is wrong with me: name is Jorma Ponkala

Posted by bdfd at Jun 30, 2019, 6:35:15 AM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?
TY Seppo !
very impressive to know that a project becomes real ! applause

it's so futuristic about jorma's boat.

smile

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Posted by UbuntuBirdy at Jul 20, 2019, 8:23:17 AM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?
Do you remember the NANOAT? It's the trailer for boats. And now, its also trailerable on land, but not on top of a trailer, it's the trailer itself.

I originally planned to design a trailer especially for this boat. But as it is inspired by the Sealander I decided to merge the boat with the trailer.

It is still a houseboat, but now it's a caravan too.

I have not quite finished the design yet. There should be a small deck on the drawbar and a foldable step. And I'm not sure about how to build the front support.

Anyway, we will see what the future holds...
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Posted by bdfd at Jul 20, 2019, 11:06:38 AM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?
Good idea and nice work ! applause

I doubt the transport with an important catch with the winds as efficancyâ€¦ biggrin

It would be better to inverse the direction of the caravan, right ? wink

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Posted by Mike53 at Jul 20, 2019, 5:01:56 PM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?
I like this new refinement, very handy for travelling between, for instance, canals, rather than being moored in one, a question in my uneducated way, having the trailer as part of the boat, would this effectively shorten it, making it difficult to launch on slipways. Maybe having the front support with a good sized wheel, like the rear, with a powered pivot, like an outboard motor, would help with launching and building, designing of it.
A suggestion for the arches on the Luxemotor, though probably too late.
Move the 2 arches forward and match the angle the glass front, remove the cabins roof, losing valuable space for solar panels, join the 2 arches to replace the original but have the whole thing extendable, like a combi main cabin and fly cabin, therefore retaining most of your solar panels.
Mike

Posted by VeroniQ at Jul 20, 2019, 11:50:34 PM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?
Yeah, the Nanoat (boat, trailer, both ?) is back!

Posted by UbuntuBirdy at Jul 21, 2019, 8:36:05 PM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?
@bdfd - If your towing vehicle is less than one meter wide, you are right.
But honestly, the same thought came to my mind...

@Mike - Of course a front wheel is what i'm thinking about. But with a draft of only 30cm you really do not need one. The NANOAT floats before you touch the water with yout towing vehicle.
It only needs something to support while using it as a caravan.
But for sliping it manually it would be very useful to have a wheel... I'm not sure what to do yet...
Thanks for your opinion about the arches, but they're gone. The only thing they are good for is to give a modern look, but nothing else. So I decided to look for something else for a slightely modern look.

@VeroniQ - Yeah, I love this thing. And most likely, NANOAT will be the first of my projects that I will (be able to) build.
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Posted by UbuntuBirdy at Jul 30, 2019, 5:07:12 PM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?
Two more pictures of NANOAT-Trailer:

one out in the green

and a floating one

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Posted by Mike53 at Jul 30, 2019, 5:37:17 PM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?
Nice detailing on the tow hook smile

Posted by Xiste at Aug 16, 2019, 12:37:23 PM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?
I like it!

Does it have a motor?
Maybe the wheels could be used paddle and steer the boat, with some modifications, of course ?

Xiste

Posted by UbuntuBirdy at Aug 20, 2019, 8:24:05 PM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?
Oh my good, I totaly forgot to post a picture about the propulsion! In fact I even didn't have one...
So I rendered one where you can see the Rim-Drive of the right side of the NANOAT. There is a second one on the left side so the boat can turn by reduceing the propulsion on one side or give more power to the other side.

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Posted by bdfd at Aug 21, 2019, 5:12:14 PM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?

Hi,

So my question is : where is the cockpit in the nanoat ? wink

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Posted by UbuntuBirdy at Aug 22, 2019, 4:09:59 PM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?

So my question is : where is the cockpit in the nanoat ? wink

This is a good question, because I do not know it exactly myself...
My idea is to drive it from where the table on the front door is, the way you can look through the window in the front door. And you drive it with an remote control.
But I can imagine that if the NANOAT will ever become reality I will find another solution for this "unclear situation".
So, it will not be a boat to navigate 10 hours every day for 3 month or so, but it should be a boat for relaxed cruising for a couple of hours to reach a beautiful spot to spend the evening and the night and perhaps some days.
So, unfortunately, I can not answer your question conclusively, but I hope that you understand my idea, even if my thoughts are sometimes a bit confused...
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Posted by carlazzomark at Dec 1, 2020, 8:52:02 PM

Re: who would like to live in a houseboat?
I am in the process of designing my houseboat, and when I did a search for interior icon I came across your stuff.

I will look into Sweet Home 3D, but I just wanted to make contact with you. I am in Como Province, 30 minutes from Lugano. Where are you?

Mark

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