How Do You Make A Plastic Flat-Bottomed Boat?
Making a flat-bottomed boat is a fun job and the result is both useful and gratifying. This boat made with plastic bottles is eco-friendly and can be used for sailing on slow water like lakes and ponds. By using bottles to make the boat, unused or useless plastic bottles are put to good use. Gather enough plastic crates to measure 12 feet in length. The best types of crate to use are square ones as they will cover the largest amount of area most effectively. Make sure that the sides of the plastic crates have enough height for a boat. A 1-foot to 1-1/2-foot high boat should suffice, but if you would prefer a higher or lower boat, you can choose the appropriate height. Make sure that the crates do not have holes. If you can find only plastic milk crates with one or two holes, glue a plastic bottle over the holes to prevent water from coming through. Glue the sides of the plastic crate together with epoxy glue. Secure glued sides of the rates with duct tape. Draw a triangle on the cardbo