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	To see photos of the Floatboat in action please visit my web page at:
                                 http://www.mtsi.com/~knockout/

              The Olsen Floatboat is a one of a kind  watercraft that
ANYONE can build at home,  in one weekend,  for about $100 dollars in
material costs!

	The Floatboat is a personal pontoon boat made from four,  6 inch
diameter PVC plastic tubes.  The symmetrical design is five foot wide
by ten foot long,  with two tubes on each side,  connected by a light
galvanized steel tube frame.

	The tips of these PVC tubes are shaped into beautiful, upswept,
kayak-like bows that cut the water with an absolute minimum of water
resistance.  Making this craft one of the fastest rowing boats around!

	The boat weighs only 70 lbs. and is extremely easy for one man to
handle.  With its step through floor design,  you can stand directly
in the middle of the craft,  reach down and pick it up around you,  by
it�s centrally balanced frame,  and walk down to the water�s edge.  To
launch it,  you just keep on walking into the water until the craft is
floating,  then sit back and pull your feet up.  And away you go!

	The Floatboat is basically a one man craft supporting up to 300 lbs.
but by adding one more PVC tube to each side,  in a triangle
configuration,  it�s load caring capacity can be brought up to 520
lbs.  Making it easy for two people to spend the day on the water
together.

              Also different seating configurations can be used. The
standard being swiveling plastic fishing seats,  but a sliding
sculling seat arrangement is also available.  I even made one with a
full size,  reclining aluminum lawn chair mounted on top.  Not the
best rowing version but certainly comfortable for lounging around in a
lake on a hot summer day!

	 Versatility is really the key word. These PVC tubes aren�t so much a
boat,  as they are a whole boating system,  that can be reconfigured
in an almost endless variety of ways.  One basic configuration change
is to put the two tubes on each side end to end,  instead of side by
side.  This makes the boat a  20� long pontoon rowing scull.  With the
addition of a homemade or store bought sliding sculling seat  I
guarantee you can give any rowing craft on the water a serious run for
their money.
	
	Catamaran and trimaran arraignments are cheep and easy to do using the
same tubes you make for the Floatboat.  A different frame, a rudder
and some used wind surfing sails make a fast transition from Floatboat
to sailboat!  The options really are endless.

             I sell plans to build the rowing version in a 27 page
fully illustrated package for  $19.95. These include step by step
descriptions,  construction photos and cad drawings from each view of
the Floatboat.
         
             To see photos of the Floatboat in action and for ordering
info. please visit my web page at:

                                 http://www.mtsi.com/~knockout/

	        To order directly send check or money order to :

                                   Knockout Ideas 
                                   10117 SE Sunnyside Rd.
                                   F-717,Clackmas, OR. 97015

                        e-mail to Carl Olsen at Knockout @ mtsi.com.
	                       Thanks for your time !