rockinbbar,
Actually, Tex (that he & one of his boarding-school chums designed) has a different project in mind. - A 2-story, 22x48 foot "townhouse on a raft"/houseboat, to retire upon & that will be "home ported" near Aransas Pass, TX.
(Tex is about half fish & has wanted for years to live on the water.)
He started thinking about/designing the houseboat (years before we met) when he was last stationed overseas with the Army & is now in "the materials gathering stage" for his "big idea". - For example, he's bought a Cummins diesel engine, marine transmission, shaft & propeller for the PRINCESS ETERNAL & has "squirreled-away" the windows/doors & some other needed parts for the boat.
(The "raft" under the townhouse will be 28x60 feet. He plans to use solar panels for electrical power, with a small diesel "back-up" generator.)
Sincerely, DarlaG
