we're going to remove that handrail going down the gangway because it is just a pain in the ass it
was great when the boat was 16 feet off the ground but now that it's like a couple feet off the water
it just gets in the way when you're boarding a boat or getting off of a boat so it leaves
hey there we go you can see it from the table or you can spin it around and see it from the seti
over there yeah now we just gotta figure out a way to plug it in james over there help me figure
out the wiring for our deck lights that's lovely they look really bright from up here but it's nice
even dim light and it won't blind you and yeah i gotta set it's gorgeous right beautiful sunrise
this morning down the fishing tournament starts they are off fry's is a brand new bass boat
it's getting there there's an old friend coming to pay us a visit here
remember him what's your name michael you gotta fire that thing up again for me just
so i can hear it let me get it let me turn it around so you can really hear it okay
okay so this is curry lake here yeah my grandpa rick deshazo he farmed all this it was before it
was a lake it was just a river yeah and there's a hidden town somewhere around this area i don't not
sure where it's at but well matthew does he turn the sonars on the other day and absolutely saw the
foundation of a building and there's actually roads it's still down there and everything but
before this lake was ever dammed up it was all it was was that river right there there's this island
right there on the left that used to be farmland still yeah it used to have a bridge that went from
here yep all the way around this you just go this island they farm that they put cornish stuff on it
but now the island is still there and there's a combine that's sunken right around the area right
here yeah absolutely it's a very cool lake um it's very shallow in some places if you get out of this
river chain yeah i know that it will get you in a bind but if you stay in it it's a very cool lake
because the history behind it is really really interesting well thanks for sharing that this goes
into i saw that that's a nice little cut up in there but it's got a bridge across it pretty soon
that i don't it does it does and i used to live in this area right here right yeah right here this is
called worms point you catch a lot of good catfish right there on poles it's a washed out there used
to be a railroad bridge that ran across there and you can catch a lot of catfish right there
sweet but yep i wouldn't go in up in there with what you got going on i'm not good enough to do
that yeah this is awesome it's a cool trick you're living a dream i am you really are
he just finished rebuilding the bottom end of that engine so well done michael
wait okay go yes sir there we go are you jumping into it mom i'm no thank you
smoking hot
there's a chewed up disc now a lot of people would
tell you don't use that but if you're careful you can use it
there we go oh that's just barely hanging on let me grab that offer it falls into the drink
these are just like two big uh plastic washers or made out of sheet of plastic
to so they can rub against each other not cause a problem and the holes there are for
pins that are in the steel plate to keep the plastic from moving against the steel that
actually looks fine it's got a little bit of a rise in it there beat that down
okay cleans it up really well just go easy on it for a while
you know i got this hole in my welding table so that i can remove
the filter that's in that cartridge down there a scuba tank compressor
and it's turning out to be a very helpful thing i found out that i can take some of
my hold down apparatus for the mill and hold this plate from jumping everywhere
well part of this summer's mission is about beating the heat and i'll tell you what i'm
doing pretty good a nice swim in the lake and then a cool evening watching the sunset it's all
working in my favor now i've been told that ac is a requirement no it's not a requirement it's
a crutch you know if you get strong enough that you can take the heat then you can go out in the
heat and you can work when you have to in the heat without thinking you're on the surface of the sun
now ac is a sign of a weakness sorry but it is it's not a requirement it's a luxury
enjoy your luxury but you don't have to have it that's a big fish
i love that this hair in here is always ready to pose for a picture i'm going to call him george
all right the bolt last time was over here and i'm going to shift it over here because when the
force comes up from it it'll push into this pipe and then i'm not going to put gussets in and the
problem with making something so strong you know where it broke is like well next time it's just
likely to break someplace else this actually in a bad place
that's nice
doug rudy came out for a little sailing and
he built that boat himself his own design and everything he looks good
so if you want to build a sailboat and go sailing you don't have to go that big okay it's not
necessary yeah it's got a steel boat the joys of oh yeah well this is me backing into a dock
i bent the snot out of this thing so it's been unbent and welded on a different place you know
if you're going to fix something you might want to prove it a little bit sure i got it in a
better spot today got love you never hide the uh mistakes as well as the upsides oh hell no that's
really weak minded to do that you're ashamed of it you just look around most people make mistakes
paint's getting baked on and that is how you suffer 107 degrees we're going out for a little
sale this morning lovely little craft you got some nice workmanship here okay that happens easily
yeah is uh instead of a throat and peak halyard two separate halyards
just put a bridle up there oh i see yeah so how many feet is she 14 feet
and you designed it yourself drew it from scratch if i were to do it again i would
raise the angle on the gap a little bit to bring the center of effort slightly forward
well you'll make another sail sooner or later someday and a bigger jib that's cut the sheet
should be coming off they're pretty much bisecting the angle so it pulls down as much as out
i don't know you're too you talking about that angle there just a little more down
i think you're getting a little picky i think you got a great little boat you just need to
let that go you know there are certain things once you get there it's like you know you just
put your arms around it and give it a hug and say this is mine i love it the way it is
you're right there's a there's a problem with perfectionism well yeah
i i would have a serious problem if i was a perfectionist you make
a great sailor yeah there's a little rain there a little nature's air conditioning i can't even feel
it i think look at this sunrise back over here beautiful sunrise along with thunder and lightning
love the noise one of the things i wanted is to take be able to remove it really quick and turn
into a motorboat right because all you got to do is take the stopper knot out of that main sheet
pull it out of there and everything lifts up because there's no stays right a stage mask would
have like a chain plate out here attachment point and a cable going up to the mast to sturdy the
mast the mask could be a lot smaller and lighter weight just talking to the camera not to you
he's just right i know you know what it means i'm talking about
i'm trying to explain this so seekers master unstate too there's no cables going on which
helps a lot because the deck crane can work over the side of the boat without
being encumbered where's your stereo system with the jimmy buffett
man that comes down quick he's got the line tied off and he's down with the sail
nut down then i'll put a another nut on it as a jam nut good morning to you sir
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doug is back from his sale aren't you and uh yeah putting to work painting finally
this is the non-skid side of the plank so we thinned down the enamel with a bunch of xylene
just to help fill in some of the weather cracks that it's getting does much better
on steel but on wood it'll do that and splinter up on steel it's fantastic it's a ppg product
we call it no [ __ ] oh that's great michelle well yeah i don't expect to be perfect it's
gonna last another year maybe it's definitely got stuff down in the cracks that's great
man i give that a nine right there i love what we ended up with because now the gangway extends
out beyond the catwalk here and it makes a great step you step from the top of the boat onto the
gangway and right up to the catwalk then over this it's easy to do lots of hand holes and then if you
watch that stupid movie where they jump off the boat and can't get back onto the boat and drown
okay yeah i haven't watched it but it's like the whole movie that's it you know it's like
people die in car wrecks all the time but anyway we have something rigged up here we're going to
test it so i got a rope going through the jam cleat and then it goes up to oh just a hole up
there that puts a lot of friction on it but you can actually yank it out of the jam cleat you're
just not pulling hard enough maybe just not fat enough skinny people die that's the way it works
you've got it it's almost there really yeah there you go it's loose now you should be able
to lower it into the water well that's pretty huh that is see you're not gonna die after all
no movie no movie no movie for you no credits nothing now that knot is a stop knot so you just
let it go on up all the way yeah i'd get out from underneath it because you're gonna sync with it
yeah and then just let go let go yeah let go that's it that worked yeah well done oh you want
your floatie floating palace and you're spoiled i am tell betsy it's mine now yeah well yeah it's a
gift to the boat from betsy okay that's it for us so what'd you make today send us photos of
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