Pontoon Houseboat Build 2 - Bret and Becky

[@L.Barry17]

It looks so great, I loved watching everything you two did with the Sputter Butt also. I wish I was half as clever and inventive. Well done.

[@TandDcajunhideawayintheswamps]

Look like a good job keep up the good work Cajun land Church point Louisiana👍

[@rickyhalcomb2522]

great looking boat becky hope u guys enjoy may god bless u and youre family amen

[@bretbecky711]

Thanks for watching! :)

[@ropersf]

I really enjoyed your videos. Around 5 years ago my girlfriend and I built a 16 foot house boat and floated down the Willamette River in Oregon from Corvallis to just south of Portland. Not a long trip in miles but we spent 28 days on the water. Mostly we just drifted with the current, it's a small river with lots of shallows but our boat only drew about 7 or 8 inches so we had no problems. I built the two hulls (2 feet wide) out of 3/8ths plywood tapering to a pointed bow with a slight taper in the flat stern transom. The bottoms were flat with a three inch rise from mid hull to bow. All joints were glued with polyurethane and externally tapped with fiberglass and West System epoxy. We added 3 longitudinal strips cut from a 2x6 piece of Trex decking to the bottom to act as bottom protection and to help keep the boat going straight in side winds. The hulls were then painted with a bunch of coats of oil based house paint and I then filled the front and back of each hull with some two part expanding foam (but not the whole thing because of $$$ foam) We were inspired to build the boat after going to Camp Tipsy which is a camp out on a reservoir in Northern California where they bring a giant pile of junk and some power tools which attendees turn into junk boats. Many people prebuild and there are a few large very artistically built party barges. camptipsy.com

[@jaredcolahan759]

holy craop . I watched all the old one a year or two ago. glad to see ya doing this.

[@avisswope6495]

LOVE YA WALKER FAMILY A BIG GOD BLESS YA!!!!!

[@geothefisher]

So glad to see another video! Thanks for sharing with us!

[@bretbecky711]

Thanks for watching!

[@markrundquist3348]

Best of luck....I hope everything goes well on your build

[@gstone42]

Cant wait to see where yall go with this project!

[@bretbecky711]

Same here lol. We're at a loss sometimes. Thanks for watching and taking time to comment!

[@kellihammond4956]

How special.. all of yalls projects

[@Bravo21]

Looks great! I completely agree on instruments _ an Ipad and ap's will give you all the navigation/chart/moving maps and weather info you need. Add engine instruments and a depth finder and you are good to go.

[@bretbecky711]

Thanks for watching!

[@LOJOMarine]

So Happy you guys are back that new build looks a lot like mine Love the idea's you have and going to put some of them into my next build.

[@bretbecky711]

Thanks for watching!

[@bigalsoutdoorexcursions1885]

It's great to see the progress on the Shanty boat build. Can I suggest using pex pipe for your water lines it will stand up to the cold better. Also do you know how much does the building and appliance weigh. When I was building mine I found out that the Coast guard approved weight is half submerged boat.

[@bretbecky711]

I'm not sure how much the appliances weigh, but we're adding a third pontoon for good measure. Thanks for the pex idea!

[@heathschwab]

O wow been a while since I've been here sorry building a new one. Hope it's better. Bummer ain't building a second ide take the first one. lol but looking good cant weight to see y'all out there. God bless

[@bretbecky711]

This one can't be any worse lol. Thanks for watching!

[@heathschwab]

@@bretbecky711 lol. Well looks good to me. Y'all gonna be living my dream.

[@clintonmays]

Awesome video! Looking great

[@bretbecky711]

Thanks for watching!

[@50caliber16]

You should take the table and chairs and add an extension to the ends with a hinge and get fold able cushions. Hard to explain what I mean so in other words make drop leafs that pull up with legs under them to make your table and seats long enough to turn the kitchen table and chairs into a bigger bed. Just a thought, to save you a little room.

[@bretbecky711]

Great idea!

[@DualTasticToday]

Nice. May I suggest with Latex glue in 2 inch thick polyurethane in the walls and glue on a neat fabric or textured wall covering. A light weight solution.

[@bretbecky711]

Believe it or not, we were planning that very thing! Thanks for watching!

[@GatorLife57]

Yall doin` a good job ! Any recent 2020 updates on houseboat ? Wolf....from west central Florida.

[@bretbecky711]

Thanks! It's just been so cold and rainy that we haven't really done much more on the houseboat :(

[@oldfarmer9004]

I like it! So… is there footage of the completed project? I hope!

[@mccaskillfarmstead4244]

Awesome! Just subscribed 👍🏼

[@bretbecky711]

Thanks for the sub!

[@missmable6015]

It's gonna look awesome when its done. What happened to your wrist & knee?

[@bretbecky711]

Thanks! We were hoping to get it finished this year, but it's been so hot outside that we just can't stand the heat to work on it very much. The wrist and knee.....old age. lol. Arthritis I suppose. Thanks for watching and taking time to comment!

[@traleyfisher2986]

Awesome. What size is it? I'm working on a houseboat shanty cabin that is 8 x24 my front porch on it is 8x8 cabin is 12x8 and back porch is 4x8 w a 40hp motor on it.

[@bretbecky711]

The entire boat is 24 ft, the cabin is 8x18 and each porch is 3 ft.

[@haroldlomey5908]

Have you given up on the houseboat build? Really been looking forward to new videos on it.

[@bretbecky711]

No, we've been working on it some, mostly the motor.

[@thisismecantuseeitsacz5823]

Great Job

[@bretbecky711]

Thanks for watching!

[@paulab984]

Hi Becky - what's new on the houseboat? We're working on a plan and your videos are so helpful. Where are you? You sound like you're from KY or Western NC where I live. I've learned a lot from you and look forward to hearing from you again soon. Thanks.

[@bretbecky711]

Hi! I'm from Georgia, but I live in Tennessee. We haven't done very much to the houseboat because it's been so hot. How's yours coming along?

[@markolav7017]

Hi guys. How is the project coming along ? Would love to see it cruising

[@bretbecky711]

Still working on it :(

[@charlesleetravis6259]

Ok thanks for info. No i want be uploading video. Wish i could.

[@bretbecky711]

I understand

[@charlesleetravis6259]

What kind of wood did yall put on outside. Im building one now

[@bretbecky711]

It's plain old Luan. The weather isn't hurting it though because we have 2 coats of stain and 2 coats of spar urethane on it, and, rain water doesn't really stay on it long because the walls are vertical. Will you be uploading video of your build?

[@richardfurr9111]

How's the "Do Over"doing?

[@congvu6485]

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[@iammongo2106]

You look and sound just like the chick from hillbilly kitchen. Hi Becky!

[@bretbecky711]

Hi, lol!

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