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Barquito finished!
Submitted by cac on Sun, 2007-09-09 09:42A big congrats for the finish of Barquito! This is a nice looking little boat, and the detailed pictures and progress reports on the web are really nice for those of us looking to learn more.
Barquito for sale
Submitted by cac on Tue, 2009-01-06 18:44In the past we've had several postings covering the building and use of Barquito. Now David needs to find her a good home.
Check out his site and contact him if you are interested:
Handmade, small craft for day use. One-of-a-kind folding sailboat. This is not a joke. It is a folding boat. read more »
Hudson Folding Boat pictures
Submitted by cac on Mon, 2008-06-23 22:28Gavin Atkin at InTheBoatShed.net has had pictures of this nifty folding boat before, but he has recently put this post up with a bunch more, detailed pictures.
People really created works of art with these boats!
Svenson's Free Boat Plans
Submitted by cac on Mon, 2008-06-23 22:14Gavin Atkin of InTheBoatShed.net had a recent post pointing us to the "Handy Andy", an older set of plans for a folding dinghy. Svenson's site has the plans available.
Looks like an interesting site to nose around otherwise, also!
Floating Origami
Submitted by cac on Sat, 2008-02-16 10:26Hudson Folding Boat
Submitted by cac on Wed, 2008-02-06 23:25Barquito Article
Submitted by cac on Sat, 2007-11-24 16:36
Just wanted to point this out... Dee Bee commented that Duckworks Magazine has a nice writeup on Barquito. Congrats on such a nice little boat!
Matteo Signorini - Origami sailboat
Submitted by cac on Sat, 2007-08-11 09:17
Here's another design based around corrugated plastic. Site is a little thin on details, although there have been links from Make and Gizmodo (that second one has a picture of a actual craft). read more »
InstaBOAT
Submitted by cac on Fri, 2007-08-10 12:52This is a commercial vendor of a folding boat... looks to use a rubber type hinge. Might be of interest if you don't want to build your own.
Instaboat is the perfect portable folding boat for outdoors enthusiasts. This foldable boat is lightweight, durable, and can be assembled in 2 minutes. This boat adapts to all recreational vehicles and is easy to carry. Very stable and safe to use, it is unsinkable, even when filled with water.
Crafty Plastic Cruiser Zips Around Lake
Submitted by cac on Thu, 2007-08-09 12:14I hadn't really expected NPR (National Public Radio) to be a source for my boating interests, but they surprised me yesterday.
They have an ongoing series of "SoundClips" segments (many are quite interesting) where listeners send in interesting sounds that they have encountered and recorded. The segment yesterday dealt with a "Origami Boat" that a man produced in Austin, TX. read more »
