Mini Boat
A mini (but still full-sized) 6 foot electric boat.
This boat is ridiculously small and a blast to ride. It's also simple to build with its cable-tie and epoxy construction.
It's designed to last a lifetime. It's made from marine-grade plywood and incorporates internal bulkheads that provide floatation even when flooded.
It's small enough to store in a closet, squeeze through a door, and slide into a hatchback. When it's on the water, it steals attention from the largest boats.
Interested in building your own?
- $95 (+$20 per additional boat)
- PDF format line drawings (for printing and manually cutting)
- DXF format line drawings (for CNC cutting)
- STL files for the 3D printed components
- Non-Commercial, No-Derivatives, No-Sharing license.
- Contact me if interested.
- $700 - $1,600
- Precision laser cut components
- Interlocking assembly (no jigs)
- Simple cable-tie and epoxy construction
- Interior bulkhead design for flood floatation
- Thick plexiglass steering wheel
- Electric trolling motor propulsion
- Low and comfortable seating position
- Stable flat bottom hull design
- Reliable steering geometry
- Convenient cubby storage (above dash)
- Additional behind-seat storage
- Okoume BS1088 (marine plywood)
- Plexiglass (steering wheel)
- ABS plastic (3D printed parts)
- Delrin (steering shaft bearings)
- Cork (gaskets)
- Length: 6' (180cm)
- Width: 31" (80cm)
- Height: 24" (60cm)
- Width: 9.9" (25.1cm)
- Height: 17.8" (45.2cm)
- Depth: 17" (43.2cm)
- Boat: 67lb (30kg)
- Motor: 17lb (8kg)
- Batteries: 21lb (10kg) ea.
- 18" (45cm) w/ 170lb rider
- 6'2" (188cm) rider height
- 200lb (91kg) rider weight
- 3.5 knots (4 mph / 6.4 kph)
- Paul Elkin's 8ft "Little Miss Sally" boat.
- American Boathead's 8ft "Model C" boat
- Artistic Brit's boat building videos
- Corbin Dunn's CLC Kayak build
- Chesapeake Light Craft (CLC) build instructions
- Overview
- First Launch
- Stability Testing
- Boat Party
- Boat Party 2 (my favorite)
- TESTED w/ Norman Chan
- Sea Trials
- Sea Trials 2
- Fun at Ventura Harbor
- Fun at Berkeley Pier
- Fun at Richmond Shipwreck
- Fun in Portland
- Fun at Lacamas Lake (latest)
- Matthieu's build and launch
- Jonathan's First Launch
- Rudiger's Glassing and Paint
- Rudiger's CNC Router Cutting
- Chelsea's Tinytanic
- Matthias' Custom-XL in Worth
- Matthias' Custom-XL First Launch
- Thomas' CNC Router Build and Launch
- Jonathan's Walkthrough
- Jonathan's GPS Speed Test
- Nikita's "Betty the Boat"
- Lesley Out Fishing
- Drez20001's Build Diary
- Drez20001's First Launch
Among the lily pads at Lacamas Lake, Washington.
Electric trolling motor propulsion.
Only six feet in length.
Many finishing options: Stained windshield, painted deck, and raw-wood hull shown here.
A tight, but cozy cabin space.
Batteries act as ballast and are secured behind the seat.
Dead-simple and reliable steering drum.
Light switch, volt meter, steering wheel, throttle knob, and dead-man's switch.
In Round Lake, Washington.
Plays nice with kayaks.
A cool tree.
Getting attention from hikers.
In Lacamas Lake, Washington.
Exploring a shipwreck in Richmond, California.
Approaching Red Rock Island.
Under the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge.
Boating in bad air quality with masks.
Exploring the pier ruins in Berkeley, California.
With Dylan under the piers.
With Dylan in Berkeley, California.
Checking out the boats at Emeryville harbor.
JuliAnn in the Mini Boat.
Another shot of JuliAnn in the Mini Boat.
Dylan doing insane sea trials in the San Francisco Bay.
The first launch in Alameda, California.
Erika in Alameda, California.
A dead-on shot.
Erika heading towards a bridge in Alameda, California.
Carl jumping an ocean wave in San Diego, California.
First-person view riding the Mini Boat.
Having fun in choppy water.
Testing my balance in a very unstable position.
In the open ocean, which probably isn't a good idea.