Having a couple of tugs in my fleet. I always considered building a dumb barge to play with. However i was always concerned about the weight required for ballast, etc.
However june 2019 model boats mag has come to the rescue.
The hull design allows has a flooding ballast compartment. Thus reducing the need for lots of ballast.
Construction is straight forward. I used scrap packing case plywood and any wood i had lying around.
Another feature was an exchangeable cargo section allowing cargoes to be changed with ease.
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Having a couple of tugs in my fleet. I always considered building a dumb barge to play with. However i was always concerned about the weight required for ballast, etc.
However june 2019 model boats mag has come to the rescue.
The hull design allows has a flooding ballast compartment. Thus reducing the need for lots of ballast.
Construction is straight forward. I used scrap packing case plywood and any wood i had lying around.
Another feature was an exchangeable cargo section allowing cargoes to be changed with ease.
My dad used to have the EezeBilt barge on his office window ledge with potted cactus in it ,never knew what happened to it when he retired there is a picture of it somewhere will see if my old mum still has the picture or even the barge.
Perhaps one will turn up on an antiques show in the future, and have the learned experts wondering if it's neo-Georgian or Art Deco...