Houseboat 120ft By 28Ft

Discussion in 'Boat Design' started by chicagojax, May 21, 2007.

  1. chicagojax
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    chicagojax New Member

    I have been looking at building a houseboat that I could retire on in salt water. The platform would be a barge base of steel. Has anyone built any thing like this? My figures are at 63,000 lbs for the house not including the weight of the barge.
    Thanks
    Tom Sundling
     
    chicagojax, May 21, 2007
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