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Hello everyone!

A quick message from a long term lurker on here. This week was a big week for me in that i finally took the plunge and bought study lans for the eco62 houseboat and the duo900. If you want to skip my waffle there are some questions numbered below that I have been struggling with. Any input greatfully received!

I've been watching the houseboat builds on here and it was just the impetus I needed to actually get started doing something concrete towards my life long ambition to build a tiny (semi-)liveaboard! I was initially planning on building the houseboat because i just LOVE the design and kind of assumed it would be cheaper than a nine meter long sexy beast of a sailing yacht. I have also had many a dream about the duo900 ever since first seeing it four years ago. I am finally in a position where I can put a significant portion of my time and resources into building a boat (I am never diving into academia again!). As I am just starting my career path I do not have savings so the project will have to be financed month by month. Seeing as I am absolutely torn between the two designs (I love them both to pieces but assume the houseboat is more affordable, has lovely big windows, looks mighty comfortable, is adorable, and nice and small for meandering along, but it cant sail. the duo 900 more expensive/time consuming to build, a little less headroom, but possibly the sexiest boat i think I've even seen, and it sails, and has a higher load capacity) I have decided to price both up.

You can probably tell I am still a little undecided. Hence I thought I would study the study plans in depth and see if that makes decisions any easier. It didn't and I've come down to price to build being the determining factor. I can put 20 hours a week into the project and approximately 850 euros a month (I know its uncouth to talk about money but I figured you guys have actually built boats and know if these figures make sense, especially those building boats in the north of the EU). I am hoping to be done with the bare boat in around a year. Furthermore I have basic skills (I have made sheds, built decks, installed plumbing, electricity, insulation etc) but nothing quite on this level yet... but I'm sure that will come with time. Does this sound feasible?

If you have made it this far here are the questions I dont seem to be able to answer for myself:

1. I was looking at the plywood requirements and notices that the sheet size specified was 250x125. I could only find 250x125. I am in the Netherlands does anyone know of a dutch german seller that can supply that size and if not would 250x122 cause a problem (I am imagining so but would love to be proved wrong)

2. I noticed that many of the wood merchants don't seem to sell wood that is planed to the dimensions specified. How do people get around this? Do you mill down from the next size up or something like that?

3. For the dutch speakers here I am trying to find fused silica but seem to be coming up short. What is the Dutch word for fused silica?

4. Where do you build your boats? When I look around where I live I get a bit stumped. I can find garage spaces and the like but they always seem to be too small in at least one dimension. Does anyone have any tips?

Apologies for just suddenly barging on with question after question. I have kind of gotten a tad excited and the questions were coming thick and fast. Any help at all would be most welcome.

Warm regards,

Zachary.