Crossing from Florida to The Bahamas in this small skiff boat conversion
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 พ.ย. 2024
- In this video I convert an old sailboat into a skiff boat in 24 hrs time then take it on an incredible journey as I cross from Florida to the Bahamas solo boat. This video contains the entire build process along with the trip of crossing to the Bahamas by boat and then back to Florida on a small skiff boat.
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Recent subscriber. I love adventure, building cool things, messing about in small boats, fun vibes, loving life. It’s why I subbed.
Love seeing an old sailboat made into a wild skiff!
Thanks Wayne! The old sailboat conversions are fun indeed! And they’re everywhere on marketplace/craigslist 😎
Things that you do that I dig. Repurposing boats cheaply and having a lot of fun with them. Having fun and not worrying about status, paint, trying to look cool. Adventures on the water. Learning things while I watch you do them. Your attitude and enthusiasm. Great video(s)! A pleasure to watch.
I want to see you build a party/sandbar skiff. A wide, flat deck area for sunning/dancing, someplace to store drinks that's accessible from waist-deep water, and an easy way on/off the boat, and capacity for at least 4 people, 18 - 20 feet with some sort of shade in the back. Maybe a skiff-toon?
Thanks Elle! I always love your ideas/ feedback! Ironically I recently had a 19-20 foot airboat hull offered to me ( super wide/ low sides ) and I have been back and forth. The hoarder … I mean connoisseur in me keeps racking my brain with ways to repurpose it and you very well might have the winning recipe! Cheers and thank you for the positivity / input!
Let's see episode 2 of the MacGregor 26M.❤
Sounds like a sweet little build
Well, you got me today... Been working on a 10 foot livingston so my wife and I can dick around in the Indian and banana rivers in Florida. Keep up with the fiberglass and body work. You're both informative and entertaining. Keep up the good work.
Haha. I appreciate you! And I’ve got a soft spot for the Livingston’s! I honestly believe for a small skiff they are pound for pound unbeatable in EVERY category 😎 cheers buddy!
The only thing that would make your videos better is adding in some fishing in these great places you visit!
Love seeing someone live their best life
I strive for this
You’re the ultimate Florida man Forrest. I wish had the vision you do to turn flip the sailboat into a great skiff.
Thank you so much Daniel, I appreciate you joining us and your positive energy. Cheers!
I so want to join you on one of these crossing adventures it looks like a blast... absolutely crazy but a total blast! 🤣
Great job on the conversion. I crossed from Miami to Bimini in a 20' center console skiff when I was younger (many, many years ago) and it was crazy fun. Thanks for the video.
Ha ha ha. Now thats an adventure run right there. Great job guys!! 😅😅💯💪💪🇺🇸. Only in America!!
Only one problem!! You forgot the fishing poles.. 😅😅😅😅
Why did I subscribe? I have made a few small boats and I also adapted a large waverunner into a tiny pond prowler. You are going far beyond what I have done. It inspires me to do more
Oh man! Sounds like you’ve made some cool stuff Greg! Thank you for the compliments, I’m glad to have you here amigo!
@@diywaterworldyour a nice man I appreciate that
Same reason I subscribed. Haven't finished my jet ski conversion yet but been working on it for little 20 acre lake by my house.
What has been referred to as a "keel" does serve as a keel but is better known as a center board on this sailboat. Great video! Enjoyed it.
Enjoy watching your builds bring boats back to life and boating adventures
Thanks so much! I appreciate you joining along for the journey! Cheers!
I`ve had many boats in my life, I`ve always loved the water .
I was on over a dozen cruises to the Caribbean .
I enjoy watching you work on boats & cruise them.
Thank You for sharing your video .
Awesome videos just enjoy watching and learning so cool to watch what you’re doing with these boats and to take them to the Bahamas
I'm from Louisiana and you're slowly convincing me to make that trip. It looks fun.
Another awesome episode! Incredibly talented and love the way you donate so many of these builds.
What a spot. My Sis lives on Cat Island, and the North shore has a similar canal cut through the reef and then harbours and cuts for miles. All abandoned.
For now.
Ahhh Cat island… what an area! I’ve been putting off a long distance skiff expedition for years and Cat is one of my stops. Cheers to a beautiful place that hopefully stays that way for many years to come. Thanks for sharing! Cheers!
Congrats first for making there and back safe .I hope one day I’ll get the balls to try this on my 18’ mako , you’re definitely my motivation to make it happen .
I'm surprised they work so well. As a sailing vessel. The speeds are so much slower. Now you're using it as a planing haul..amazing. who would have thunk it
love the fact you take small boats so far. maybe show more of the passages in the little boat.
Love these videos man 🤙🏽
Thank you so much! Stoked you enjoy them and are here for the journey !
Just a bit of bright work and a chopped low windscreen and you've got yourself the next Bond villain boat.
Also, the beanbag chair seems like an awesome way to cruise!
I like the way you think haha. It definitely has that feel to it right?! And yes sir, the beanbag chairs for the win!
The tip about the multiple layers of gloves is great!! Wish I thought of that a long time ago. Great video as always!
Wow. OK. That’s pretty crazy. I have crossed the gulf stream hundreds of times. Many in a 25’ outboard powered 7.5 hp. Daysailor. On the way back did you have a spare motor? No. A life raft? Maybe. An EPIRB? I certainly hope so. Wow. What an adventure. Well done.
Awesome! Love your videos Forest. Wish I had your guts to cross in a small boat like that.
Deerfield beach native. New sub. After watching crossing, not s s scared to take the 20' deck boat out on calmer days. Thanks dude! Really enjoyed this trip and looking forward to more! Cheers mate!!
Hi Terry, right on ! Glad to have you here and heck yes. It’s all about the weather window and knowing your boat. Yea there’s some other important factors but overall, it’s very doable on just about any boat. I’m putting together a very detailed video on how to cross from Florida / Bahamas along with a ton of details listing every aspect of my experience/ planning/ and execution of my trip! Stay tuned!
be very careful - I took a 27 ft pontoon boat sold new as ocean going and almost sunk it 5th time out - also its last time out - now the 10-footer I had with a 9.9 on it was just fine down the keys in Pennekamp - I did have a support boat with it -
finally back to enjoying your last video! You are living the life I think of all the time with giving new life to boats and other things. I have had boats of my own for over 40 years and quite a few were meant for destruction but I enjoyed them for years and passed them on to others that got something out of them.
Came for the Honda in the preview clip, left a new sub and fan! Love the Flying Scot and your energy, thanks for bringing us along sir!
I love the sense of adventure on this channel. No fluff just cool stuff
Forest has the best energy ever , love the vids cant wait to see more
Another awesome video! Absolutely inspirational, and I loved the classic style of the sailboat build. Looks so cool!
Thank you for the answer and now it makes sense.
This is my favorite of all the boats you've built.
you're crazy but I can't look away. I love the boat conversions.
I feel like I seen this video before is this a old upload I love it thanks for sharing again.😊😊
West Palm Beach native here Such a phenomenal video. Thank you so much
Dude, you're crazy but that looks so awesome. I hope to have an adventure like that someday. That journey is a little too far from here in Eastern NC. Topsail represent 😂😂
I was contemplating on building my own small boat for lake and came across your channel. I quickly found most of the channels I enjoy are people all on your loop. Wayne for example. Cool boat stuff. Always ready for more. 👍
I am land landlocked in St. Louis. But was in the navy. Mis those oceans. Nice bit of memory bites here. Thanks.
The Flying Scot, primary inter-club one design sailboat since 70s. Now its the Viper640. Love this boat, sad not sailing but, repurpose is a win. That flat bottom must have been a beating in crossing.
Saw over your shoulder in the build a sailboat mast on roof top. Would love details if available. For another TH-cam channel in need on hurricane damage rebuild.
Love boats, love seeing the work you do with them, and love seeing the voyages over to the Bahamas…especially since I live here in PSL and go out of Stuart pretty frequently, but still haven’t worked up the courage to run across, myself.
You do some really cool work! I'm planning to convert a 19ft sailboat into a skiff for my next project and you giving me some ideas! 🤙🛠
Enjoy life !! You're an inspiration of living the dream cheap and simple
utterly wild in such a small skiff
I took one of my 5 gallon can lids. Ran my fuel line in and made a sealed connection. That way, I just unscrew from one 5 gallon tank. Right onto the next.
The master strikes again!!! Nice one dude!! I’m coming down to cross over with you soooon!
Hahaha. Yes!! I’ve been heavily thinking about gathering a small group of subscribers that want to make this trip together. It would be awesome! Cheers!
Let me know! I have a 19 foot skiff!
Just subscribed. I live in Australia love mucking around in boats and you give me some great ideas. Would love to come to your area one day. Thanks
Right on Paul! I’m stoked to have you here and thank you for hopping on for the ride! If you ever come stateside give me a shout! I’ll do my best to show you some genuine Florida , USA hospitality! Cheers!
Forrest- well done mate !
Thank you so much! I appreciate it!
Love the channel Forest! You come along way from doing twin cam VTEC swaps 😂❤
Grew up in port Salerno working on boats, im an old glass monke , love the channel and what you do! Keep up the great work
Rock on Eric and thank you! I’m glad to have you here! Cheers to the folks doing the itchy work!
@@diywaterworld my family's are conchs from the Bahamas, been commercial fisherman born and bred, so pulling nets and building our own boats from scratch, I really appreciate what you do, your solid brother, st Lucie inlet is my stomping grounds, once again watching you come in the cut past sailfish point, cutting past pecs lake, sure brings good memories, keep doing what you do, your my new favorite channel good stuff brother
@diywaterworld living in stienhatchee Florida now, getting ready to build an old fashioned flatty, the origami flats boat, except the motor won't be kicked to the side, can't run nets no more, so flounder gig set up, be safe brother, love your channel
Thank you for that comment,.my grandmother's house was directly across from pirates cove, manatee pocket or just the pocket, it's changed so much, you probably know my name, moree related to Knowles penders,,foxes, anyways brother be safe!
Trip back was nuts.
In Japan we have these type of boats but we add 1 foot higher around the inside of the boat so water does not splash into the inside of the boat.
Subscribed bc i like building little rafts and boats. Have a jet ski hull i have been converting to use on my lake.
I love your channel bro! One recommendation: upgrade your camera to do 4k or atleast 1080 footage. Your content totally warrants a bad ass camera setup! Much love!
Great and important upgrade/ recommendation! Thank you! I’ve been shooting recently in 1080p so hopefully you’ll enjoy that content. :) I’m hoping by this fall to shoot 4k, what a dream. I just need a computer to process it. Right now all my editing is done on an old iPad. 🤦🏻♂️. It’s a bit slow to say the least. Oh, and it heats up to the point of me expecting an instant fire. 😂 cheers!
I subscribed because I love boating and also diy. So this channel is the best of both worlds.
Plus, great vibes and positivity, even in the face of setbacks makes it even more inspiring.
love the conversion and the adventures!
Thank you so much Jose! Glad to have you here!
That was a awesome journey to do would love to take my wife on a adventure with me she always has been with me on my off-road journey and all of my boat journeys in the Gulf of Mexico. To take her to the Bahamas with me on a small boat would be awesome...
Love the videos, tips and messages! I guess I am living vicariously through your chanel
I subbed a long while ago now, and it was your builds that got me hooked. Your attitude towards work and the work itself, super cool.
I like seeing the builds plus ur cool af. Much love to ya brother from Maryland❤❤❤.
glad you love our waters
Well done 👍
Thank you so much!! 🙌🏼
Nice job Bosque
Wish I had a 1080p or even 4k camera to send you.. sigh... Love the video!
Nothing makes me happier than seeing my favorite channel has uploaded a video! We gotta do a crossing before winter comes! 🤙🛥️🌊
Cool adventure
Little red rides again. Awesome!
dudes a legend
I thought A was top and B was bottom? It's still awesome work you're doing....
Love the great builds!
Who knew Johnny Sinns could build a boat as well as be a Astronaut, Fireman, and Doctor
I subbed for your upbeat attitude and creativity with your projects. Love seeing people do things that aren't the norm. But you seem to have some great skills which you share along the way. As a beginner glassier, I have learned some good things from your vids. I like seeing all the things you manage to acheive on what seems to be a low budget, but you still put the effort in to do a good job. Here in new zealand I am loving your channel as it is. More small boats, more creativity, more motor stuff. I have been learning about hull design some more, so if you can share your thoughts on proes and cons re the different hulls you have experience with, that would greatly interest me.
Epic video 💯
You’re nuts! Freaking awesome 😂
Great video 💯
You have inspired me to take my daysailer across the gulfstream. Any recommendations on where I should head? only looking to fish, camp and be left alone. Awesome videos, you are a modern Shackleton.
Do some spear fishing video coverage. I wanted to see you swimming around some of the spots in this video.
I got hooked when the "Wild Skiff" video came out! Love that original waverunner idea. Did you pick up your spare motor or is it still hidden on a beach in the Bahamas??? Please remember to record when you are glossing, I'm counting on you for my fiberglassing education! I get to retire in a couple years and was thinking of getting two long skinny boats to build a pontoon boat out of and want to put twin motors on the corners with a throttle balance lever so with it in the middle the motors are equal but I could move it to the left or right to favor one motor to create differential thrust to improve maneuverability. Maybe you can build one to show me how! That Drysdale had me worried, don't do that again please.
That dryspell had me worried, don't do that again please!
Nice job 🤙
Love the vids!
I would love to take one of those trips - but I am on-call for work 24/7 365 and I am not a youngster anymore - I am currently setting up a workshop in my Garage to build me another boat - I miss the water really bad - I have lived in Dade Broward since I separated from the Navy in 67 - someday I might take a run up there to say hi - I used to hit the treasure beaches with a detector all the time in the 80's-90's
the more build you do the more ideas I get - how hard is it to get one of those boats registered or do you have the title when you start on them? I titled a 10-footer in the early 80's with no trouble, but I understand you can't do that with an old abandoned boat anymore -
I had the same idea. I've seen those things on craigslist for pretty cheap. Maybe get a motor for under a 1000 bucks. Or maybe a brand new one for whatever. a 9 horse, something in that category.
Wow that Johnson really is a sea horse.
I appreciate your inspiration and helpful advice.
Where did you get your ocean going confidence from?
Especially to take such a small skiff?
I love it, but asking why you left so much of the keel box sticking up?
Hi John, Great question. It is essentially now a stringer giving quite a bit of strength and I put it at the height that if a deck was added then it would support the deck also. 😎👍🏼. Thanks for watching!
Now thats wild! I love your adventurous mind! But what in case the motors stops on the way? Did you have a backup plan?
My fantasy boat is a macgregor,with amenities and sail of course ..
But what I really want to do is a capable pontoon shanty that can do the Caribbean, or,a decent pocket cruiser under 20ft
Great adventures! thanks for sharing! One question: Do you go wide open throttle all the way to Bahamas?
Thank YOU for joining along for the ride! Glad you liked it! As far as my crossings I rarely go much above 1/4 to 1/2 throttle , it all depends on the conditions and boat. And fuel consumption. In the way there it was a bit tough and I really never went much over 10-12 mph , at one point we were just crawling along at a couple mph 🤦🏻♂️. On the way back I had a lot less gear and cruised around 16-20mph which was around that lower throttle of 1/4-1/3 throttle. :) the 2 strokes definitely drink a lot more then the newer 4 strokes! Thanks for the question! Cheers!
Amazing adventure. Wow. I will definitely not try this at home! Enjoyed the video! Did you have the backup motor with you on the return trip?
What material is it that youve bonded to the transom area to create the part? Awesome project and mission of course.
Need a small Sked just in front of the center board trunk.
Hi Peter , are you saying a skeg? For tracking I’m guessing? I’m all ears! Cheers!
🌴 well Forrest , so here I am watching you pull off another crazy build ( in 24 hrs ) it sure would have been easier to be able to flip that hull to glass that keel extraction , thought for sure you would of let a bit of keel to help make it track better but it seemed to work out great , kinda wounding what happened from the last video you were looking to do an electric boat ? Canoe build ? Then this build took its place , now you left this build back in the Bahamas, was it for someone there ? You could of at least brushed some gelcoat on the bottom and transom so it didn’t look ugly 😉. You were zipping right along out there ! Dude that was freak’n scary , and just like you said being out in the middle of the ocean in a small boat with big azz roller coaster waves is humbling bro you’ve gotta have one nut bigger than the other two just to do it , I’ve been to Freeport a couple times a long time ago, beautiful place , but expensive since everything is brought in on cruse ships and planes , good thing that motor held out , just bought a 1973 Evinrude 9.5 hp for $250 bucks a couple days ago haven’t had a chance to check it out yet it sat for two years in a shed the guy I bought from said it ran when he put it away . ( the all say that ! ) well this was another adventure so glad you took us with . So what’s next my friend ? We see a lot of small boat creations , you definitely hav3 the skills and know how , have you ever thought about doing say 🤔 a big. electric motor solar catamaran ( buying a hurricane damaged cat or big boat live aboard fixer upper ? ) that would definitely give you alot of video content . 🤔
Hi Dave! Always a pleasure my friend! Cheers on your new motor! Fingers crossed for you that it works out well! And hahaha, they definitely all say that right?!
I’m always stoked to hear your feedback and questions on the builds. My timing / upload schedule ( or lack thereof ) is all very random and generally never in chronological or logical order. 🤣. I’m still plugging away on the electric boat and I will be uploading part two very soon. I promise it’s pretty crazy how the project has veered and transformed into a mini monster. I know you’ll like it!
As for the skiff I converted in a day, I did end up applying gel coat to the glasses areas and yes, I donated it to a fisher ( pre planned) over in Grand Bahama. The little red boat return was spur of the moment as I had a new home plan for it as well. Overall it did seem a little crazy making that return trip but I had a ton of safety things planned / with me/ and direct communication to both US and Bahamas sides. So although I was alone out there, I trusted and know the motor / boat well. I trust myself with my judgement to let the ocean tell me how and where to go, and in a worst case scenario I had communications to hail some friends to scoop me up. ( they also monitored my constant whereabouts via gps tracker).
Cheers buddy!
So freaking cool!
7.50 in San Francisco too
What was the cost for boat, motor and materials?
Epic!!!
I got lost in the process, did you goto bahamas on the boat you built and came back on another one. I do drift off but not out to sea. What did you use to navigate, dont see much instrumentation. Love the boating lifestyle.
And tomorrow, we are going to demonstrate that we actually can flutter kick their way to the bahamas using this pair of flippers scored from a yardsale for only 2 dollars!!
Haha, be safe and party on Garth.
I just lol. The best part of your comment is that ALL my close friends know I make my crossings with an emergency ditch bag at my side. It’s got the basics, strobe, mirror , handheld vhf w/ dsc , epirb, some water, an orange inflatable pool floaty raft and my fins!! They all know if all else fails I will swim my ass back to Florida. Haha. Cheers and Party on Wayne!