The Beverage Barge MK 2

Step 5 Finished!!!

You've finished your very own beverage barge!!

The huggy part shuld fit rite into the barge part and not slip thru

Now you can float with your beverages!!!!

This is one of my frist instructables so please leave comments of how i could improve

Thanks!!

Comments

[Trepsik]

Killer idea. did you cut the noodle in half because of tipping issues? I left mine full and just used zip ties to hold it together. no sticks or glue plus the center holes allowed me to put a tether on it since i'll be using it on a river

[Trepsik]

tested it now and it is mostly stable. a sharp tap to either side will cause it to flip so I am thinking of either adding another piece of noodle to each side or perhaps a small keel of sorts to the bottom to dissuade tipping

[Trepsik]

tied a 1 5/8" steel ball bearing into a monkey knot which I then suspended from the bottom of the raft via a section of the rope and two fender washers. The ball bearing weighs more then a full can of beer and effectively lowers the center of mass below the water line making the raft very difficult to flip. It is now river ready. Dubbed the USS Pot-Valiant and her sister ship the HMS On the Lash for my British friend.

[shaneomacmcgee]

lol awesome man i agree, a tether would be useful If the huggy part was too small or the hole in the barge was too big, you could just hot-glue it in place great 'ible! thanks!

[wotot2]

The reason i didnt choose to glue the huggy part on is because then youd have to lift the entire float to your mout, kind of akward. This way, you only have to lift the huggy

[shaneomacmcgee]

See, I was thinkin you take the soda out of the huggy to drink it. Then you could glue the huggy to the barge w/o a problem, but I see ur point, that'd be pretty awkward lol

[LoganSix]

I added a coozie (huggy) to my barge. I glued it into the barge. I had no issues lifting the drink out of the coozie and having the coozie stay in place. However, at the end of the river trip, the coozie did come unglue. I would say that the hole was much larger than coozie and it was only glued in a couple of places, which led to it coming unconnected.

[jmiksanek]

We were out on the lake this weekend and talking about how we should invent something just like this:) Thanks

[cromagnolia]

You sir, are a true American hero!! I shall never be forced to swim for beer again!

[the_handmaden]

Great idea. I suggest you add a tether so it won't float away from you.

[sjoobbani]

I attached a piece of paracord from the raft thingy, to a tiny red floaty boey, then that goes to an anchor(full can) on the ground

[reptileink]

attach a string to it and tie that to your raft so it doesn't get away from you. Otherwise it could be floating on on end of the pool and you on the other...

[robot343]

Very nice, using a floaty noodle to create a floating drink holder, but i would rather have a floating cooler to hold beers, and pops for when im chillin.