Paddle Wheel Boat
  • Current Progress
  • Third Boat Build
    • Designing new boat
    • Building Frame Support
    • Building the Frames
    • Building the Hull >
      • Hull Part 2
      • Hull Part 3
    • Building the Paddle Wheel
    • Building the Decks and Canopy
    • Hooking up Rudder and Propulsion >
      • Propulsion Part 2
    • Building the Cabin
    • First Time out
    • New Angled Tansom
    • Larger Engine Required
    • Better Steering
    • Water Shield
    • Torque - The missing element
    • Plans
  • Boat 3 Reconstruction
    • Hoisting the Boat
    • Cutting Aft Off
    • New Pontoons
    • Getting an Engine
    • Transmission and cooling system
    • Side projects keep pulling me away
    • New pontoons (a redo)
  • Second Boat Built
    • Build Slideshow
    • A Few Tweaks and Redesigning
    • Redesigned boat
    • 1. Building the HULL
    • 2. Building Propulsion system
    • 3. Building the Cabin
    • 4. Building the Second Deck
    • SUPPLIMENTAL BOAT PLANS
    • CLASS 1 BOATS and WHAT is REQUIRED
  • First Boat Built
    • Photos of FIrst Boat Build
  • MY TEAM
  • OTHER PROJECTS
    • The Boat Trailer
    • Ark of Covenant Baptistry
    • Motorcycle Rocker
    • Side Wheel Paddle Boat : project is currently suspended
    • Papercraft Hobbies
    • Cross-Stitching Photos
  • Current Progress
  • Third Boat Build
    • Designing new boat
    • Building Frame Support
    • Building the Frames
    • Building the Hull >
      • Hull Part 2
      • Hull Part 3
    • Building the Paddle Wheel
    • Building the Decks and Canopy
    • Hooking up Rudder and Propulsion >
      • Propulsion Part 2
    • Building the Cabin
    • First Time out
    • New Angled Tansom
    • Larger Engine Required
    • Better Steering
    • Water Shield
    • Torque - The missing element
    • Plans
  • Boat 3 Reconstruction
    • Hoisting the Boat
    • Cutting Aft Off
    • New Pontoons
    • Getting an Engine
    • Transmission and cooling system
    • Side projects keep pulling me away
    • New pontoons (a redo)
  • Second Boat Built
    • Build Slideshow
    • A Few Tweaks and Redesigning
    • Redesigned boat
    • 1. Building the HULL
    • 2. Building Propulsion system
    • 3. Building the Cabin
    • 4. Building the Second Deck
    • SUPPLIMENTAL BOAT PLANS
    • CLASS 1 BOATS and WHAT is REQUIRED
  • First Boat Built
    • Photos of FIrst Boat Build
  • MY TEAM
  • OTHER PROJECTS
    • The Boat Trailer
    • Ark of Covenant Baptistry
    • Motorcycle Rocker
    • Side Wheel Paddle Boat : project is currently suspended
    • Papercraft Hobbies
    • Cross-Stitching Photos
Paddle Wheel Boat

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First Attempt

We built a boat using plans found on the web. I believe the design was from a 1950's article. Being my first time, we were very proud of the way it looked. But looking at it now, I noticed major problems. I had built the inner deck too close to the sides of the hull, and the shifting to force the boat onto the trailer for the first time, caused the sides to split. Also the plywood was not sealed proberly and now is starting to separate. Not good when the bottom of the boat comes apart. The only time the boat was ever afloat, was when it was used as a float in the 2011 Christmas parade. I probably did my boat backwards, building the boat and then trying to find a trailer to fit it. Now I have the trailer and I am going to redesign the boat to fit. This is going to be nice and hopefully easier to build. I am going to increase the size to fit on the trailer, which will also increase the water displacement. The original design displaced about 3,000 lbs, and the new design will displace about 6000 lbs. It looks like I am doubling the size of my boat, but i'm actually only adding 8 inches in hieght, and 2 feet in length. I believe the main reason of the doubling increase, was the change in hieght. I actually mean the hieght of the hull, which was originaly 10 inches. Subract 2 inches for the difference of the top of the rudder tube to the top of the hull, you can't have the water line above the rudder tube top, or you will in essence have a hole in the bottom of you boat. So that leaves you with 8 inch draft, so adding 8 inches more is in essence doubling the draft, plus the adding of 2 feet to the boats hull length, which was origanly only 15 feet.

The Basic Plans http://www.svensons.com/boat/?p=PaddleBoats/Showboat

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A few pictures during the build.

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Here a few photos of the Boat in the 2011 Richardson, Texas Christmas Parade. It even won a trophy, 1st Place Adult Open Decorated vehicles.

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