Gazeboat: A New Trend?
July 9th, 2007 Subscribe To Our Feed
This appealed to my sense of humor… A couple in Minnesota have built themselves a floating gazebo for their lakeside home. It’s reported to be 18′ by 18′, motorized, with a table, deck chairs and a fish finder. A funky cross between a gazebo and a boat; pretty creative…! I think I still prefer my gazebo to be anchored and stationary.
UPDATE 03/13/2008: I found a picture of this floating gazebo. It is quite creative. My hat’s off to the true fisherman and gazebo fan who built it.
In the builder’s own words:
FLOATING GAZEBO
“I was going to build the Gazebo on the edge of my dock down by the lake but I thought ….I might just as well build the deck with floats on it
and I can then take it out fishing too. Has 15,000# capacity. The deck is 18ft x 18ft with 12 plastic foam filled dock floats that are 4ft x 4ft by 18 inch. high and the Gazebo is 10 ft. Hexagon with a table and chairs inside.
“Under the table is my trolling motor so I can take it out to my favorite fishing hole. The trolling motor is remote controlled wireless so I can be fishing outside and operate the motor. On the top of the table I have a LOWRANCE Fish-Finder with depth sounding sonar’s and temp gauge. I have 2 electric winches with 40# anchors. I have also built in a water pump so I can clean the fish right on the spot.
“Now I can relax and fish while my wife can sit and relax.”
Via MN Fishing Reports, and TX Fishing Forum.
We haven’t seen any floating gazebo plans yet. If you are construction minded and handy, the description above should give you a few clues of how the floating gazebo is put together… He used a 10′ hexagon (six-sided) gazebo on the deck. You could construct your own from scratch or use a precut hexagon gazebo kit to speed your masterpiece along. Yardiac offers 10′ open sided hexagon gazebo kits with screen options and an all season enclosed gazebo kit with sliding windows and screens.
The floating gazebo above appears to be enclosed with screen windows in the pic.
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Hexagon Gazebo: A Traditional, Yet Popular Beauty
June 27th, 2007 Subscribe To Our Feed
There are many special designs for those who do not like common things – the hexagon gazebo is one of these extraordinary designs. A hexagonal gazebo is a six-sided structure; in contrast with the somewhat more common eight-sided or octagonal gazebo. The advantage of the hexagon gazebo is that it is extremely beautiful as it is useful.
With its six sides, the hexagon gazebo looks spacious and airy. You will find that the six corners provide a lovely space to display or present things (decorative plants, vases, side tables for food, etc) or keep it open for flexible entertaining and seating arrangements. The hexagon gazebo can Read the rest of this entry »
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