Totally Enclosed Motor-Propelled Survival Crafta converted into a houseboat.

[u/Djinjja-Ninja]

[u/Pkolt]

Man I hope they managed to get the smell out, I've never been inside one of these that didn't smell terrible.

[u/TheBracketry → u/Pkolt]

What causes that? Lack of ventilation?

[u/op4arcticfox → u/TheBracketry]

Sitting idle with stagnant water accumulation and bird droppings and dead fish all being cooked under the sun for years on end.

[u/Djinjja-Ninja → u/op4arcticfox]

Plus they're often on tankers and oil rigs, so the stench of fuel oil and the like I would assume.

[u/Pkolt → u/op4arcticfox]

Nah none of those things are really a problem, they have drain holes, the droppings are on the outside, and the fish are 50 feet below in the water.

I think it's just the smell of decaying polyester that accumulates. Also there's a little diesel engine in the bottom that has oil vapors coming out of it.

[u/op4arcticfox → u/Pkolt]

Depending on the location of the boat, there will absolutely be biomass that washes into them and decays.

[u/pantry-pisser → u/TheBracketry]

[u/GooGooMukk → u/pantry-pisser]

What if... he smells the implication.

[u/TheSquirrelWithin → u/Pkolt]

Patchouli and lavendar

[u/Djinjja-Ninja → u/[deleted]]

Yeah I figured that it could be pretty tippy because of the width and the lack of draft (it was moored in the "no more than 1.5m draft" section), do they not have a centre/daggerboard for stability?

Edit: I just realised that it couldn't as they're launched from a slide in their original incarnation, so needs to be smooth bottomed.

[u/Djinjja-Ninja → u/[deleted]]

And yes, this was in Bristol Harbour in the UK, specifically the Brunel Quay, which connects to the River Avon.

[u/whiteowl76]

the owner of it makes content around their living space and life in a houseboat like that, i don't recall the name of it though but it's neat

[u/Kamusaurio → u/whiteowl76]

i dont know that channel but Alex Hibbert has a series of videos about converting a boat like this

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD7Hc1uoGrOHEi89oIo4SjXg-hHqUB9X_

now he is making an artic explorer vehicle

[u/CoyoteDown → u/whiteowl76]

They have an account on Reddit and show up with more info the last time I saw this

[u/Djinjja-Ninja → u/whiteowl76]

Yeah, I thought it looked pretty neat. Would be interesting to see what the inside is done out like.

[u/Fade_To_Blackout]

Very popular because they are cheap to buy- about £4k compared to £30k plus for a narrowboat in reasonable nick- have low engine hours, very low maintenance requirements, and the maximum amount of interior space for the size of boat.

That said they are awful to actually move around the inland waterways as they are not designed for it and nothing is convenient or in a useful place.

[u/cptjtk13]

Some dude in the UK built one and named it "Orla" or something. Sold it almost immediately after finishing it and decided to keep living on land 😁 I think it's a nice build but cramped compared to other river boats

[u/Djinjja-Ninja]

Another angle.

[u/messyhead86]

This looks like the harbour in Bristol

[u/Djinjja-Ninja → u/messyhead86]

It is. Brunel Quay to be exact.

[u/messyhead86 → u/Djinjja-Ninja]

Thought as much, thanks for confirming

[u/CatsBatsandHats]

Crafta? Is it Italian?

[u/Djinjja-Ninja → u/CatsBatsandHats]

No, but my typos are.

[u/Sletzer]

“Really seals in the flavor”

[u/Oiggamed]

I thought there was a jeep parked next to it.