12 Foot Pontoon Boat

I found a site that uses plywood http://www.jemwatercraft.com/pontoon.php , drums, and pvc. My boyfriend wants to make a small pontoon, between 6 and 12 feet long, out of 10" or 12" pvc. What is the best way to make it? It's going to be used on a river for fishing, primarily shallow, he only wants a trolling motor and some oars in case the motor runs out of battery.

here is a great site on building the rebel cat sailboat (a pvc pipe sailboat) you can take the hull shape idea and use it to design your boat. he uses traffic cones to streamline the stern ends of the pvc pipe and heats and shapes the bow ends of the pipe to a point.

http://rebelcat.com/RebelCat-5-Intro.htm l

http://rebelcat.com/

more raft making info

http://www.raftplan.com/index.aspx

http://johnosoriobuck.com/bostonraft.htm

sounds like a great project

hope this helps

2010-04-22 10:04:36 by kay707kay

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So I've done a lot of math and I've concluded that a plastic 55 gallon drum will hold up about 480 lbs before it sinks. With that being said I've decided that 55 and 30 gallon plastic drums with closed tops and sealed bungs would be the best things to make pontoons out of for only having a very small budget.

I want to make a boat around 14-16 feet long. With the height of 55 gallon drums being about 3 feet, I could fit 5 of them in a row, each side of the pontoon boat. A total of 10 drums could hold up about 4800 lbs before sinking. Such a weight I don't think I'd ever reach.

I want to be able to fit 10 people on this boat. Using an extreme average weight of 200 lbs a person, I've got 2000 lbs I need to meet. Plus weight of the boat itself, coolers....the motor....gas tank....ect. ect. ect.

Just to help with readers to picture my design. I'm going to lay all of the barrels down, stacked top to bottom. 5 in each pontoon. Then if you were looking at it from the rear view, I'm going to put 3 long poles down the length of it, 1 at the 2 o clock. 1 at the 6 o clock, and another at the 10 o clock. Then weld them in place.

I do have a few concerns about using these barrels. Should I be concerned about cave ins when the barrels meet cold water? If so would it be smarter to use structurally stronger smaller containers like 30 gallon drums instead of 55s? I'm aware the leaking may occur, but like I said, I dont think I'll ever get near the sink weight. So leaking won't hurt it that much unless when it will only see maybe at best, 12 hours of use before going home. I can't imagine the leaks, if present, would be so severe it would be a problem in a 12 hour window.

With all that being said what are your concerns about using these barrels? Would you advice against them? If so, what else could I use to make pontoons out of?

I don't think cave-ins would be a problem, unless you're going from a hot springs directly to the Artic Ocean. Leaking shouldn't be a problem if you caulk them and don't run them into anything. I would arrange the bungs to be as close the bottom as possible, though, just in case - you could open them to drain water if necessary.

2009-02-14 13:29:44 by Cameron D

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2009-07-16 09:12:53 by f

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i have an old floating boat boat dock its 45 feet long it has 2 half inch steel pontoons on it but through time it has become leaky i am thinking of filling the pontoons with pieces of foam and re-caping them i also am adding 24 55 gal drums side by side 2 and 2 all the way down between the pontoons the dock weighs an estimated 10 to 12,000 lbs will this stay above water.

The key component of your plan is the foam you plan on filling the existing pontoons with. For each cubic ft of foam you can support at least 30 pounds. That alone should keep the dock out of the water. If the drums are filled with air only, you should support only about 150 lbs. But they will offer a lot of stability, due to the placement. If sealed and coated, they should be permitted. Good luck!

2009-02-24 12:23:50 by Jenny L