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In his warehouse in Philadelphia sits Jonah Eaton's 42ft (13m) wooden boat.

Over the past eight years Eaton has devoted much of his life to building the vessel by hand, with scores of volunteers helping along the way.

The project started off as a rough idea - Mr Eaton's parents would buy the lumber and he would provide the labor. None of them could foresee how consuming the boat would become.

But building a boat was only part of the plan.

Eaton and his parents hope to sail it across the Atlantic Ocean and end up somewhere in the Mediterranean Sea.

The project is a labor of love and the latest subject of the BBC's Big Dreams series. It's a 42 foot boat. So far bigger than a folk boat and quite an undertaking for one man. Especially if it’s his first boat and he's learning as he goes. Looks like a nice job though.

Rebuild a wooden boat and get your money back. Well, whatever next? And why sell something that you put your heart, soul (and a few trees) into?

I must be out of touch with these things