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Posted: 2:18 a.m. Monday, June 25, 2012

Tipp City area man spent 15 years building a boat

By Steve.Baker@CMGOhio.com

Northern Bureau Chief

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Ohio —

Don Theobald of Old Springfield Road near Tipp City has spend the last 15 years building a house boat that he and his wife will live on and travel the rivers of the United States.

Saturday Theobald, with the help of alot of friends, "inched" the boat out of his barn.

The 58 foot long boat, that weights 45,000 pounds, will be loaded onto a semi trail on Tuesday and leave on Wednesday for the Ohio River.

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