I would like to buy some of the smaller ones. If you have any info on where I might find some please let me know...thanks

http://www.truck2hand.com/index.php?module=InnoForum&func=list&ctrl=topics&category_id=13 I think this may help

Those are not the types of boats I'm looking for......the Thai small boats are handmade, all wood for 1-2 people.

I am sure that if you got a translator and went to the sea gypsies in Phuket or Krabi. Probably better away from the tourist areas. They would probably build them for you. I doubt you will find one already built unless it was at the end of it's life span.

One of the things to look in a used boat is worm holes in the keels. A small hole on the outside will yield to huge caverns inside, thus weakening the main support of the boat. This is why it is very important to keep the anti-fouling paint in good shape in tropical waters.

Those are not the types of boats I'm looking for......the Thai small boats are handmade, all wood for 1-2 people.

Look at the "teak barons" in and around Ban Thi; some of them most likely have exactly what you're looking for. But take someone who speaks Thai with you, they don't speak English at all.

We can find one for you, but then it comes to business, so expect a 20% surcharge to the boat price in case you buy one. Send me a PM if you want to make use of our service.

Do you have a photo of what you are looking for?

What about this one? http://www.truck2hand.com/index.php?module=InnoForum&func=list&ctrl=posts&id=216605

Or this one. http://www.truck2hand.com/index.php?module=InnoForum&func=list&ctrl=posts&id=128949

Or this one. http://www.truck2han...posts&id=128949

The ones I meant have no long tail shape, they look more clumsier and are for at most 2 persons. They were used for fishing on the local lakes in the past.

You mean like the ones you see in Floating Market pictures right? Fairly wide, flat bottom type boats? I'd try to find them where they are/were most used, on water-side villages and towns in Central Thailand. Fun challenge, actually.

You mean like the ones you see in Floating Market pictures right? Fairly wide, flat bottom type boats?

Not really. Fairly wide, flat bottom: yes. But much shorter, I would say not more or even less than 2 meters long. Dimensions look more like an open shoe box. Normally there is a built-in fish container at the rear end. I saw them only here in the north yet. Googled for pictures but couldn't find any.

Will take a camera on one of my next bicycle tours through Ban Thi area, and try to find one to take a photo.

In various sizes:

Try contacting the fellow here; http://www.scorpiontailed.com/village/

He is a wealth of knowledge on the river and would have a better idea on where to start looking.