Ace-high wrote:
Yes - depends on beam, total height and overpass clearances, etc

Cost depends on what decade you finish. Could take the avg builder
14+ years for a 51 ft boat - hard to predict the costs in 2018



On Tue, 29 Jun 2004 11:52:16 -0400, Wilfred Johnson
wrote:

If I built one...

If you can, about how much would that cost?


Is this a trick question?
Hehe! The boat will deterioate faster than it is built...
May come down to a truck load of dirt :-o

We transported a 55' houseboat (3 years constr. time) over 18.5 miles.
21' beam, 20' high. Transport took us 3 days with resting over night.
I guess you can find a transport company, which asumes all
responsibility. Here we couldn't find one.
We had to MAKE a trailer.
We contracted an engineer
and two tractors and the drivers.
We involved the highway police
the national police,
hired the phone company guys and equipment,
hired the power company guys and equipment.
We consulted several municipalities
got the OK of many proprietors and the government.
The costs were well above US$ 20000 and this is in a
third world country. I guess it was VERY CHEAP.

It was a feat and it was fun.
BUT
do construct boats were the water is - and not just a bucket full ;-)

Kind regards, Eike