I'll chose low budget form and function over big dollar boats all day, every day. I dig the color too. Great work, brutha!

Nathan’s grandfather was a professional ship builder and a perfectionist. Unfortunately he passed away the year Nathan was born so all that knowledge was lost. But oddly enough Nathan managed to pick up a few skills of his own.

Nathan Ankersen, great grandson and grandson of Gulf coast boat builders and great grandson of a French merchant marine who was the ships carpenter. I know you have made them proud.

mom, HEYY MOM! LOOK I'M OH THE TVs!!!! Thanks for the feature Nate, let's start picking paint colors for your new ride.

This is for me. I always need a project and I want to have a nicer boat than a kayak one day so this sounds like the way for me! Big savings too!

Nice job, Nathan! Sounds a lot like a great story for the TinyBoatNation crew!

I have the same hull with 25 Johnson. I fiberglassed a casting platform and repurposed an old aluminum step for my poling platform. Aluminum extension pole for the push pole. It’s an amazing rig. $2,100 total invested

It really is an incredibly versatile boat. Part time submarine. On its maiden voyage it nearly escaped. I hear his nephew has really strong arms. These stories only add to the legend! Southern Salt should come out fishing with us on a brothers trip and see firsthand the majesty of an Ankersen fishing trip.

Can’t believe this doesn’t have more likes, really hope y’all do a build video

I went through a similar process during Covid. I bought a 14’ hull & Customized from there. Took me about the same amount of time about six months. Coincidentally about the same cost as well.

Please build and film that would be awesome 👍😎

I would love to see that. Get them likes up!

Definitely do a boat build would love too see it

DO IT!! That would be a great group of video's!!

Great video love to c build start to finish video series

I would love to see that skiff build video!

Auburn man! Bravo!

That would be an awesome video. Hope it happens.

I loved the walkthrough, and the description of the build, but $5200 and about five months is not a deal at all for that boat. A labor of love, sure, and kudos to his skills. But for that money, you can get a trailered 16-18 foot boat ready to launch from even a semi motivated seller. Love your channel, please keep up the awesome videos.

My wife and buddies thought I was crazy because I sold my 23’ bay boat last year to build a 17’ mod-v Jon boat into a skiff. But I love the boat I built and it is way better in the marsh although I do miss going offshore

Sweet boat! War Eagle!!

This guy should be able to make a killing down at the coast rebuilding these things!

Roll tide!!!

Build a skiff!!!

I'm about to build mine. I found an old 14 ft one and I'm going to start on it this weekend. I would like to see how you extended it because I wanna extend mine 3 more feet.

So what was the make of the boat in this video that he started out with. Can not understand what he said because it was said so quickly. Any help would be greatly appriciated

Nice job. I couldn't find a john boat during the covid hoax so i built my own with wood and foam. Its 12.5' x 4'. Stable, quiet and floats in 2". Lots of storage. 60 hrs from scratch. Love this thing.

The how to build video would be a great idea - I have a 18 foot deep V I can change in to a skiff boat like this.

I love it. I built one but im looking for the black molding like yours for mine. Could you tell me where you got it

I couldn't hear him when he was telling about the push pole, where did he say it came from? I want one or more

If the transom isn't rotten wood inside the fiberglass. Mostly are already . All those old boats have rotten wood floors underneath the fiberglass. I think they replaced all that here somehow.

Nice!

Where did you get your rubrail from?

Impressive.. job well done.. i would fish the hell out of that boat

What kind of boat did you start with?

Make the video for us regardless!

where did you get the black trim thats goes around the whole boat

Awesomeness!

Is 25HP strong enough for fishing the intracoastal waterway and/or flats for redfish for example.

I got a stiffy guide push pole and some free labor if you do it bro!

What kind of boat did it start out as?

I love the color. Where can i buy that paint?

非常漂亮都船😊

You lost me at the auburn cushion! RTR!

BUILD ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

74 trihull new. 40 hp they say boating expensive but boat was 275

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I'll give him 7k for it 😂❤

Go UGA

Ok, it’s got 40k likes, it’s on like donkey Kong?

Takeway: Boating is not cheap, folks.

What do you mean what he was actually saying? Even a six year old understood him.

For 5200 you can buy a good..better boat..no work involved..

Thanks cool video of how poor people engineer things to work, never count the southern folks out nate keep casting and cooking.

👍👍👍👍👍boat video

2-300 bucks all day long sounds like Bullshit off Rip. Boat and trailer? Doubtful

1st

Logic can't hear; the goofy dude never said 100. He said hundreds. That's way worse. Lol

That's a nasty "stain" on your seat cushion! Did you have an accident on the water? LOL GO DAWGS!!!