Re: Houseboats
I have thought about this before. I decided stability might be an issue. While the houseboat may be stable enough under normal use, if some idiot in a ski boat smacks into it, that may be just the force needed to roll it over. I wanted a negative center of gravity when calculated across the beam. Pontoon boats place everything above the waterline. This restricted the house part to a narrowed area down the center of the platform. Probably me being overly cautious, but I would run this by a marine architect before I dumped any $$$ into it. <br /><br />Useless but interesting tidbit: a houseboat that spends its life moored (a house that floats) is built atop of barge structure while floating. This creates logistical problems with making walls square since constant motion means plumb lines and levels cannot be used. Instead, measurements are done using the Pythagorean formula ... a(squared) + b(squared) = c(squared) where a is the top of the barge, b is the wall height and c is a known diagonal length from a to b. The results are walls that are typically more true than houses built on terra firma.<br /><br />Fwiw, thanks to recent EPA efforts, all new houseboats must be able to navigate under their own power.
