I've installed a vinyl product in a house before. I can't emphasis enough getting the substrate filled and level. After a while, every little imperfection shows through. I hadn't seen this product before, but a PVC material like this should be great on a boat. - Bruce

A bit of an irreverent take on a simple, one-sheet boat. But even has a "glass bottom". I like the KISS, use plain old "stuff" and make a fun, toy boat. We've had other designs covered here and here.

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Maybe I should have built a little heavier and just skipped the whole trailer thing :-)

Triumph Boats takes pride in their boats, and how tough they are. They have other humorous videos on their site.

Note that the video was "compressed" side to side, so the perspective is a little skewed.

I liked the idea of mounting a HiDef TV antenna on the boat (mentioned toward the end). He reports good reception where they have been stopped. Good idea and much, much cheaper than a satellite dish.

Not a boat, but interesting to me... and some ideas in there that might be handy on a boat.

The fast way down the river...

Seeing this "technology" (or maybe lack of technology) more and more in various venues. Something that's been used 1000's of years, in one form or another, and for a "simple" boat with KISS systems, might be just thing thing.

Boot Lake Champion from nick zdon on Vimeo. read more »

Always hard to believe that you can bend wood like that: