Lazy Bastard: Me, not this guy, who built a boat.

[roy-nexus-6]

So, I basically take 1000 yrs or so to mod anything on my bike. Meanwhile, this guy hand built a 40 ton boat worth 1.2 million. Includes video! 

http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2009/aug/10/piece-by-piece-business-owner-builds-40-ton-boat/

[Dockstrada]

I built a boat once its only 3.5 ton but its a boat 



More pics here
http://www.flickr.com/photos/23631653@N04/sets/72157605877045505/

[Big T]

Nice boat Dock......   

But where is the Ducati Red paint job to match the Desmo??   

[Dockstrada]

Nice boat Dock......   

But where is the Ducati Red paint job to match the Desmo??   

It was pre Ducati days when i had no reason to live 

[DosVerde]

 I made a boat too - had it's maiden voyage this evening. .......

[bazz20]

I made a boat too - had it's maiden voyage this evening. .......

love it 

[Betty]

I made a boat too - had it's maiden voyage this evening. .......

A couple of questions for you HCG:
. did it cost you $9,000 US to fill up?
. did you have to pull down a wall to get that baby to the water?

If not, you're ahead in my ... ahh ... boat.

[Spider]

that's the most useful thing I've seen HCG do!

well done mate 

[roy-nexus-6]

I built a boat once its only 3.5 ton but its a boat 

More pics here
http://www.flickr.com/photos/23631653@N04/sets/72157605877045505/

You seriously built a boat? I am genuinely impressed! Boat building is so far removed from anything I could see myself doing (well) that I never thought to actually come across anyone who had built one. Well done. 

[bigiain]

I had a friend once (the drummer in my band, actually) who had a family friend who built a ~60 foot fibreglass yacht in their backgarden in Mosman, knowing full well that they'd have to demolish the house to get it _out_ (they craned the bare hull over the house, but knew they wouldn't be able to get a big enough crane down the street to lift the fully fitted yacht including however many tons of lead in the keel back over the house). They planned it that way from the start - bought a cheap house on a good block, spent about 7 years working on the boat, demplished the house and hauled the finished boat out, sold the land and buggered off in the boat for a decade or so...

I also built a couple of little plywood and timber boats - a 13' dinghy for my year 10 woodwork major work, and a few years later a 14' catamaran...

big

[DosVerde]

A couple of questions for you HCG:
. did it cost you $9,000 US to fill up?
. did you have to pull down a wall to get that baby to the water?

If not, you're ahead in my ... ahh ... boat.

It cost Telstra $110 'cos their last bill was the construction material...

As you can see I took a chip out of the basin to get it into the water, but ask any boatie and they will tell you it's all about sacrifices.

[bazz20]

by the way nice boat vince what did you chase 

[Dockstrada]

by the way nice boat vince what did you chase 

Trolling out wide for yellowfin,wahoo and bill also spent alot of time bashing browns and the peak for blue eye.

Just ran out of mates with sea legs 

[DosVerde]

Trolling out wide for yellowfin,wahoo and bill also spent alot of time bashing browns and the peak for blue eye.

Just ran out of mates with sea legs 

Still got it? Bring it down to the West Coast Vic ans see if you can catch a 120kg Tuna.

[Dockstrada]

Still got it? Bring it down to the West Coast Vic ans see if you can catch a 120kg Tuna.

Nah flogged it,Had no mates that could handle the open sea 

Best I have caught is 80kg tuna.Had the drag up to tight for stand up and went for a swim,thank F#*k for the quick release drag on the Penn's.managed to unclip my self and hand the rod to a mate on board landing it after 40 min. Take that you  friken tuna 

Got plans to build another smaller one in the not so distant future