What an incredible build. 6 years on a model. Maybe I can beat that on a real boat (but with nowhere near the skill or detail). GCaptain has this article, with lots of links to other places. Brothers Brick is a core one.

You may have seen this incredible model before, but its worth another look. That has to be more work (and definitely more discrete pieces) than any of the boats we're building :-)

What an incredible model... A ship model and Lego's to boot. It even includes a battery operated derrick, and lots of auxiliary craft.

There's a 184 picture set on Flickr detailing his progress during his build.

He even build a 20' ship (that's 2/3rd the length of my boat!) in 7 months.