Background:

This is based off of some pics I found while searching for a houseboat to build for myself. I was originally intending on making a Chinese style boat with curved ceiling, that I've seen on TV, but I came across the Indian Kerala state style houseboat. It also had curved ceiling, and was also exotic and pretty, so I settled on this instead.

I can't really remember the order of how I built this, as I've since built another ship that took me a long time. I think I began this one with the ceilings first, to make sure it was big enough but also small enough, and yet also round enough, and then I built the floor, haul and keel. The below deck passenger compartments were added last.

I just named it the Kerala Kettuvallam :p Kettuvallam just means houseboat (this type of it) according to the wiki, but it may as well be the name since most of us don't actually know what that means.

What's the story?

While it's a houseboat, this one's really meant to be a modest tourist boat (and is furnished as such), and serves as a houseboat when the crew isn't taking on tourists. It serves mainly as a 1-day tour boat to show people around the rivers and such taking in the sights, while serving them food and wine; but it has enough room below decks to accomodate around 4 to 6 overnight guests.

See the pics for more detailed explanation and a tour of the boat. I hope you'll enjoy them.

Please comment if you like it, it would really help :)

ps. All the bits are all interconnected, so you can use the zeppelin mod (which also has a ship mode) to maneuver this, and it's also just small enough so there shouldn't be any lag when you move it. Just in case anyone's wondering.