"I know that it's possible I will die and leave Laurene with a half-built boat, " he said.
Having designed and built the boat, they must then try to row it across a lake.
Andrew Turner has built the boat and is ferrying pilgrims for free at Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers, where the festival is held.
Instead, Huibers and his team built the boat by welding together the metal hulls of 25 barges into a single frame, which was then covered with Scandinavian pine.
Now in 2010, David de Rothschild has built an entire boat out of plastic bottles and is sailing the Plastiki across the Pacific.
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The boat was built using special materials to be as lightweight and good as possible, he said.
In 1947, the Hughes H-4 Hercules, an eight-engine flying boat, built by Howard Hughes, made its one and only flight of just over a mile in Los Angeles harbor.
This boat was built to go places, and I knew I had to go down there to see what the story was behind this yacht with the words PANGAEA painted on her bow.
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And, of course, vehicles built overseas still have a boat ride to take, and that adds several days at least.
Sun-bleached boat sheds are built into the honeycomb rock, with long slats sloping down to the water so the fishermen can easily push their way out for the early morning catch.
The inquest heard the four-man crew used to relieve themselves over the side of the 58ft (17.7m) boat, which was built in 1974, and the bulwark and rail were lower than the recommended height.
The undulating form of the ceiling was built from local oak based on traditional boat construction principles.
The tournament, which is backed by the NI Events Company, the Sports Council and Belfast City Council, moves to a purpose-built glass-backed court at the Ulster Hall from the Boat Club from the quarter finals on.
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The hull of the boat looks a good deal like a boogie board, built from polyurethane.
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Park authorities built a raised walkway through the forest, so you can leave the boat and wander through the trees or go for a dip in one of the freshwater springs.
The shipping scion piped in utilities, imported sand, planted forests, and built a family compound that includes three residences, a helicopter pad and a boat quay.
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In 1761, a British carpenter named John Harrison built the first marine chronometer, capable of keeping time on board a rolling boat and providing ship captains with a way to determine their longitude during a voyage.
Purpose-built for the NWNW SFC, the concern between Cardigan and the Dee Estuary is that this patrol boat will be used on the English side of Liverpool Bay - and that Welsh officers would have to make do with their inflatable dinghies.
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