Hottub Boat - DIY (love it!)

[slloyd]

well, it is not a wooden boat .. but sure is a very cool idea. Source: http://www.repeatmasker.org

Dude found some old boat on craiglist:



Dude finds Hottub on craigslist:

[slloyd]

and poof:: - I LOVE IT!

[orbb]

Can also double as a live well.

[DCBrown]

I call B.S.

[Captain Intrepid]

I'd be kind of interested to see the numbers on it's stability. That's a heckuva lot of free surface relative to the size of the boat.

[Gerarddm]

Adam Karpenske in Seattle has developed a production hot tub boat, no lie. http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/arc...boats-for-real

Karpenske showed one at the CWB WBS last week.

[ron ll]

Adam Karpenske in Seattle has developed a production hot tub boat, no lie. http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/arc...boats-for-real

Karpenske showed one at the CWB WBS last week.

I'm still trying to figure out how they keep the slosh factor from rolling the boat.

[Captain Intrepid]

Part of it depends on where the KG of the tub is. If it's low enough, it'll increase GM by enough to offset the virtual loss in GM.

[Chip Chester]

An eggcrate grid of plastic could take care of most of the slosh. With foam flotation (and clean-ish water) you could just throw the tethered grid overboard while tub was in use. Still a lot of weight, though. And of course, customers would rather use it while underway. There are many cruise ship videos (on youtube) of the pool water washing out across the surrounding deck during rough seas. Chip

[Willin']

I call B.S.

I agree, nobody in their right mind would use that boat unless the beer/wine cooler was within easy reach of the tub. Shoddy design work.

[slloyd]

so let me get this straight .. if i put a BBQ on the deck cook'n up some steak and a cooler full of corona .. fired up the hot tub .. stacked it full of babes .. you would say no?

I CALL BS!
=p

[DCBrown]

No,I call bs because I don't believe it exist. Photoshopped or whatever it's called. What's the deal with the repeatmasker?

[Gerarddm]

That particular one MAY not exist. But Karpenske's are quite real, I can assure you.

[P-man]

That particular one MAY not exist. But Karpenske's are quite real, I can assure you.

there's a whole series of photos showing the transformation:

http://www.repeatmasker.org/~rhubley/hottubboat2/

[kc8pql]

Yup, looks pretty real to me...

[Lewisboater]

That sure is a lot of water high above the water line. Good thing it has a piddly little motor. That would be the one to use when the tub is full.

[DCBrown]

Boy! was I wrong. I guess if you live in a floating house where ARE you going to put your hot tub?

[Lewisboater]

A floating house is nothing like a vee bottomed power boat hull.