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Pontoon House Boat

by The Barley Boys
(St Paul, Minnesota)

homemade pontoon houseboat

homemade pontoon houseboat

It was a fishing pontoon houseboat that served us well. It wasn't the prettiest, but it sure was practical, and as a group of young guys, we had built it ourselves.

It was built on a steel pontoons cylinders, then we made a plywood floor to start building the structure. Fortunately as a group, we were able to get a lot of the needed material and supplies. It had a propane fridge, stove, and heater that came from an old RV.

This was used mostly as a base camp for us fishing buddies, so we didn't have a motor or navigation equipment on it, since we used a small boat to push and tow it, to anchor it in a bay.

Boy, have we got some great fishing stories, and memories to go with it. Now most of us are married with kids, so there goes the fishing weekends...

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by: jtinmsp

Hey guys, just moved to Minneapolis from Phoenix. Are there any houseboat marinas in St. Paul or vicinity where I could actually build a houseboat? Thanks

Further downstream wouldn't be a good idea.

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nice boat , floor plan, size?
by: jim whalen

It would be nice to see a floor plan, size, and what you made the pontoons of, fiberglass or metal.
What would a boat like that cost a person today.

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