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The Homemade Cruise Ship

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Francois Zanella, a 58 year old former mine worker has built a cruise ship at his home in Morsbach, Moselle in North-Eastern part of France.

He started building his ship on August 10-th, 1994. By that time, he had already spent more than 3,500 hours designing in excruciating detail all the components of the ship. It took him 11 long years to build the ship, a process that was completed on June 23, 2005…

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This entry was posted on Thursday, November 1st, 2007 at 2:09 AM and filed under misc.
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Comments (1) to “The Homemade Cruise Ship”

  1. robert wiedenfeld wrote:

    the thought of an ordinary working man going home and thinking about extraordinary anythings is intriguing !! i just wished their were more Francais Zanella’s in the world. Unfortunately so many people lack imagination and are unable to break free of the narrow confines that society has constructed. Mediocrity is so boring and safe..Viva la Francois !!

    Posted on 01-Nov-07 at 12:38 pm | Permalink