Convert a Wooden tugboat to liveaboard by elking
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A bunch of years ago, I worked on a much nicer steel tugboat that was converted into a houseboat. It's a cool idea. Lots of fuel though.
Look into the longboats on the Thames in England. Lots of cool housing built onto hulls that are about the size of a single wide mobile home but much cooler. Most of those aren't really meant to be moved anymore though.
In reply to bravenrace:
That's the only way in hell I'd live on a boat, I can't handle the motion-sickness at all.
The trouble with tugboat conversions is that buying and converting the boat is often much cheaper than keeping it afloat.
If you like that kind of thing, click around PacificBoatBroker.com
The one below is finished and $30,000.
Here is further detail on The Benson Ford with lots of interior/exterior photos.
It is now owned by a local car dealer in my home town.
http://shiponthebay.com/history.html
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