A Canadian man's nearly 70-foot homemade houseboat, dubbed Neverlanding, a wooden-framed modular building on a platform of barrels with a singular, 85-horsepower engine, captivated gawkers on the St.

On the face of it, the idea of a houseboat sounds pretty cool. You can float around various bodies of water, all without sacrificing many of the amenities of a land-bound home. In practice, however, ...