As to the original thread subject, my first boating attempts were also sadly unrecorded. One was a magnificent raft, which even had a pointy bow, constructed when we lived on a farm. I made a boat-shaped and planked floor frame, then wired every empty gas and weed spray drum I could find under it. I then made a tiller, and we made paddles. It was great on the river that edged the farm, as we could paddle up river, then tiller steer her down on the current. We had a great time with it, until a massive flood one summer left it lodged 30 feet up a tree. As far as i know it's still there.
I then got a hankering for sailing, when I found if I rowed our uncles dinghy upwind at the bay where he had a holiday cottage, holding a large piece of ply sheeting up, and using an oar for the tiller, made for a neat windblown trip back downwind.
Later when I had a young family, (all this in NZ before we moved to Queensland Australia), we had two what we called 'trailer yachts'... a Tasman 20, and Gazelle 26, which we brought over to Qld with us actually, but found Moreton Bay not all that sailboat friendly. These I do have pics of, and are self explanatory. When we needed more room more privacy, (by then living in Queensland), we moved into our precent boat, (see avatar), via the Resort 35 in the last 2 pics.
That Resort 35, (big brother to AusCan's Cuddles 30 actually), was really interesting, as it managed to pack into it's length, in a very cunning way, sleeping for ten people, albeit quite cosily. This was achieved via 4 bunks in the bow forecabin, a double master to port, (with ensuite loo), a larger bathroom with second loo to starboard of that, then moving aft, a few steps up from the for'd sleeping quarters, a generous galley and dinette in the saloon, with another double under the dinette, and the dinette made into another double. Then there was a quite generous cockpit with seating for ten round their trademark rounded canoe style stern section. They were popular charter boats for this reason.