Awesome video!!! My husband passed away in 2017 and our boat (pontoon) was our second home. We were on Lake Mead every weekend, rain, shine or snow!! Didn’t matter. We fished and camped on the water from Friday night to Sunday evening. We had our kids and their families, dogs or just us. My son has the boat now and is rebuilding it. I shared your video with him because he has a shop and has rebuilt an old Chevy blazer and it’s beautiful and will climb up the mountains with ease. He’s started on the boat! I’m in a wheelchair and I plan on being on the lake again! I miss it! Him and his wife remind me of us back in our mid 40’s, and she is on the boat if it just goes to get gas! She loves to fish !! Our pontoon boat is 24’ long and a blast.. again, thank you for this video!!

$17k is a great price. While some may think it is expensive, you're getting priceless memories of fun times with family and friends. Bonus is you would have been making $$$ with each episode (hopefully) and that should balance it out. As always mate, cheers for providing such great content. Look forward to what comes next.

I’m only 3:00 minutes in and already like this video better than others because you actually talk and not blast some cheesy music!!!

You did an amazing job and I love how humble you sound especially when it comes to talking about your sponsors.

You did an amazing job, and should be proud! They’re not cheap toys/investments, always remember what boat stands for; Bust Out Another Thousand $

The part your most proud of YOU BUILT IT WITH YOUR OWN HANDS. CONGRATS BROTHER

“If your wood is good, I would recommend trying to keep it good.”😂 Keep doing what you do man💯

GREAT BUILD!!! Loved the whole series, keep your unique talent, style and great attitude coming. Look forward to each of your new videos!

Well I never thought I’d watch a whole series on a pontoon boat, but hot damn you did a hell of a job dude!

I found your channel because of the pontoon build, and I've enjoyed your other content as well. You do a very nice job balancing being entertaining and informative, and your builds look great. Keep up the good work!

I am amazed and envious of your multi-faceted talent and skills. Simply an incredible job! Good luck with your future endeavors.

Great job covering your rebuild in a single video! I learned a lot. We bought a lake house last year with a great dock system. We are now considering a pontoon boat. They are not cheap! The budget friendly ones are, in my opinion, refurbishment candidates. The decent quality ones are $15,000 up (without a trailer) and its a compromise since they don't usually have everything desired. So I am seriously considering building/rebuilding my own. Your experience will come in handy - definitely! Thanks!

I'm beyond impressed. Even when the first flooring didn't work, you pressed on and got the job done. That is an AWESOME BOAT, Great job!

You did such an amazing job! I would seriously value that boat at somewhere around $25,000.

So yeah, what they said.😊 Seriously, you did a top notch job on this boat. What impresses me more is your attitude, the way you is how you follow through on everything. Especially selling all that stuff that came off the boat, and the trailer and whatnot. I saw a number of people that were saying you sold it too cheap, you must value your labor more. I thought pontoons were way cheaper than they are. I bought a mint 24' with trailer from Missouri or somewhere. It was $12,000. Then I realized that was 20 years ago. Ouch. You are only 22, and already have a GC License, so you have plenty of wriggle room. You are super on the right track. In 3 years, Your channel, if you keep it/them, will be managed by your secretary, who handles the phones, you are bidding jobs, buying material, checking in on your crew(s). You are going to be one of the winners. Watching your process from buying to selling, I know you will be a millionaire by 30, if you want to. S.C.O.R.E. - Service Corps Of Retired Executives is a great resource, chapters all around. Don't be afraid to switch around, they really get it about things needing to click for both parties. It takes a good 5 years to have things under control, not scrambling to make payroll because you are waiting on a $15,000.00 check that is 45 days past due, and paying yourself what you would accept from another GC trying to hire you. If you have to loan money to the business, that's ok too. The IRS says you need to take a "reasonable" salary. Owners mostly don't want to take a salary, because of the taxes you pay. But, it does include Social Security, regardless of what people say, you will get it. Also, you need to have I think, 3 years, of BIG paychecks, but they use your 3? top income years to calculate the check you will get forever once you retire. benefit. It cannot be obvious, so ramp up and down. It may very well happen anyways. You will always be the last guy to get paid, so getting your pay cut money is fine, and if god forbid, you are the one who falls off a roof, you want all the disability help you can get. You also, and this is just critical, you need to ask: who are you, and what do you want? Dead serious, does business course through your brain? Are you a total hands on guy, not looking to get real big, please keep me out of the office. How long do I want to do this? I HATED Tree Trimming with a passion. We started by putting out flyers, yellow page ads, ask a parent what they were. And we got what we were asking for: people who call from flyers, yellow pages, names on all our trucks. I would go estimate, and you MUST talk to contractors about properly written contracts, and buy yourself a FLIR infra red hand held scanner, shows hot as yellow, red, cool, cold as Green to Blue. Final thing, I promise. Really avoid partnerships unless goals: I want as much as I can take out each week. Well I want to leave more money in the bank for a cash flow insurance. I want to expand. I want it like it is. We were lucky because my brother would go and do whatever I needed him for. He was Ops, I was office. We saved almost every penny, kept buying rental units. Our retirement would be quadrupled by taking all our profits, planting them, and that is far bigger than what we could ever live off from the Tree work. Good Luck, which is another form of making your life into what you want.

Kid, you are a master craftsman! Due to my age, I can call you kid. I like your fearless style in your vision of design and build. I recently purchased a basket case that will be getting a full rebuild. I will be watching your videos for ideas and inspiration.

Straight up, I don't live in a place where boats are common, but I really enjoyed this series. Well done for what you achieved.

I was blown away by the outcome and super I impressed at how well it came up on plane for a pontoon boat. I'm not really a boat guy, u less I'm in the keys scuba diving! I'm more of a Big RV guy and will definitely be using some of the things you used in that. Loved the bar top pilots table with your Logo burnt into it. And the leds & cup holder everywhere.

Great narration. I watched the whole line of videos about this pontoon and it's a good synopses of what happened. When you didn't like something, you came out and said it and changed it. Overall everything turned out really sweet for your party barge!

You are so talented. I’m much older than you but I respect your gift. Please don’t stop your channel. I really want one of those boats. The way you put it together was great. Keep making boat shows I love them. Everybody do cars. Stay with the boats. I love the other boat you build. I wish I had the money to buy it.

Young man, you are brilliant. You have so much incredible creativity and problem-solving skills. Your pontoon boat came out fantastic and I agree that they awesome because they ARE so chill. Congrats on doing such a great job on your boat. Some pontoon boat manufacturers should hire you as a designer - you've got so many great ideas and you could design them for hipsters and other client groups and help get another generation of folks interested in pontoon boats. Liked and subscribed.

Outstanding! I've been a boater for years and that was a great build. Well thought out and executed. I also liked that you showed the mistake on the decking.

Absolutely love your Channel and your expertise in rebuilding your Pontoon Boat. So well done young man!!! Loved the video and thanks for sharing it. Pete

Thanks for sharing this video!!! I was an avid boater my whole life and went too many years without a boat. I will soon be in the market for a boat again as my life continues to get better. I use to be anti pontoon boat up until recently. And now seeing this video I love the ideas of customization. You should be proud of what you accomplished here. I am proud for you man. Keep up the good work. Hopefully we cross paths sometime and can share ideas.

Shout out from Canada! Good job on the pontoon. I watch your videos because I like your personality... you are very creative, don't cut corners and admit when you make mistakes. I see a great evolution in your editing and quality of your vidéos also. Super Bon travail!

Congratulations, that’s got to be one of the nicest Pontoon boats that I’ve ever seen, considering what you started with. I wish that I had half of your talent. Happy Sailing!

Great job. Been into pontoons for over 25 years and never see one this nice here in Tennessee. Again, well done!

You did an awesome job! It was brave to break down the original boat and just about create your own new boat. Love the lights!

Well done! Pontoon boat is what got me started watching your channel. Very much like the end result!

Great video! This was an amazing build and the editing is spot on. Well done and I hope you enjoy making memories with your squad for years to come. Cheers! Side note: Those bunks are awesome and I will be looking into them on my next build.

I loved this series! I will never never ever own a pontoon boat, but it’s been really cool to watch. Plus the pontoon recommendations I got from KZfaq were hilarious. I may never own one, but I know how to polish an aluminum pontoon now!

Great job and loved the journey of you making it and your visions becoming a reality!

Dude you did an amazing creative job on that boat! Awesome job, your folks must be so proud! Congratulations 👏👏👏👏👏👏

I'm about to do this on my 2nd pontoon! Super excited. Glad to see another FL dude on YT

Here in Australia we use yellow lights, bugs are not attracted to yellow. I even run yellow electrical tape over white lights to make them appear yellow

I live in New England and up here this boat is worth over $50k. You can sell it up here in NH or Maine and build yourself up to 3 more🔥🔥

Congrats, you are talented and courageous for taking this challenging project head on. Great result!

Lots of work, you take great detail in what you do and it pays off. Looks great!

Love that you share your costs in detail. Really helpful.

Love this high speed recap of the entire build.

It turned out great man! Well done. I love this channel, keep up the great work 👍🏻👍🏻👊🏻👊🏻

When I knew that you were going to be posting new videos on the pontoon boat I was checking your channel every single day because I love this series

That is the coolest pontoon boat I've seen. Can't think of a close 2nd. You did a fantastic job. Definitely my favorite rebuild you have done thus far. Keep it and enjoy it. Hope you can get the Sea Doos back on track.

This was a great series, and a lot of work. Definitely deserve more subs, and look forward to what is coming.

The pontoon looks amazing! Great job!

wow man, great job! I actually subscribed to your channel because of this series. I hope you keep working with boats. I'd love to be able to build my own boat.

You did a great job, everything is well thought out and it came out perfect.

I really like that you put some stickers / designs on the parts that you rebuild - like the mercury engine - looks like new - just from the store

Here in Seattle area new pontoons Start at $1,000 per foot. Then add accessories and a little bling and you're easily $30-$50k. Used ones usually don't last more than a week in the classifieds. We have a 26 Kayot and added 2 front fishing seats, 2 rear seats, and an enclosed porta potty in the rear corner behind the driving console. It has foldout beds,a collapsible hardtop, and we replaced the 45 with a 75 and a 20 kicker and a remote controlled retractable electric trolling motor up front. And the Way Koolest trailer, back it on the lawn, crank winch#2 and the entire trailer squats down and gently sets the boat on the lawn and pulls out from under it. Don't sell what you built, it's incredibly universal.👍👍

If I was in Florida, I'd be laying out bills till you said, "Sold!". I love your boat. Really love your boat.

Love this pontoon boat. Wish I owned it myself. Decked out perfectly.

Thanks for sharing your journey on building this pontoon boat and I followed you too and look forward to see all your videos.

Very few people can do wonderful things with their hands. Loved this so much!

Love it. It came up so well you should be proud of yourself. You couldn’t buy one of that quality for $17k !! Absolutely loving your channel keep up the excellent work!!

Amazing as always!! I truly believe the pontoon is worth sooo much more than what u have in it! Keep up the great work!

Great build! You have inspired me to fix up my 2007 Pontoon this spring.

First of all its a boat. My wife and I call all the boats we had as the family black hole for money. We are on our 6th boat . Not a boat at 50+ foot . The larger the boat the more money, but damn we love it so . Can't see us without one . Love the vid !

Talent, Talent Talent... Such Great work, hard to think of words to describe the qualities and talents you have. You are a very smart young man.

100% perfect job on the boat and editing and narration of the video. Keep up the great work. 🇺🇸

Great job! Your Pontoon Boat looks awesome! You will definitely have a lot of fun with it!

Man! Some emotions there in the end... enjoy the fun!

This was a great build. You mentioned that you wanted to make a party boat so I have an idea for you on the next pontoon build. Start with the base pontoon boat and instead of the railings ( as they are now ), install 4 foot walls that fold down (like an outrigger) once you get to your party location. This would add 8 feet to the width of the party boat. Obviously you would want to add pontoons to the floors that fold out. You could also add 4 feet the front in the same manner, but it would also have two floor fold outs so there are no holes from the front to the sides. The front would fold out forward first, and then the two sides would then fold out to join all the extra flooring that is already there. This would give you an extra 4 feet all the way around. Anyway, it's just a thought and if you happen to like the idea and you do end up building it, I would love to come out and see it.

I don't know how old this video is and my point is , you done an awesome job for a person who didn't know anything about pontoons . You're a very great young man to follow . Keep up the great work kiddo .

At 14:31, I see starboard running light installed but suggest you check requirements for visibility 120 degrees aft to starboard,, zero degrees forward to port. Same for port (red) running light on the other side.

Wow so sorry about that flooring, that “herring bone” type pattern looked incredible. Awesome build.

Great build! Nice to see! I love the ideas, the design, the execution of how it was done. I'm very impressed! You asked about pontoons and why some people don't like them - I cannot give you an answer other than they don't look like a traditional boat and they have a long history of not being very fast which some would find a problem. Of course, I've seen plenty of pontoon boats towing water skiers. My only concern is that given my climate (Maine and Maryland), the season is short and there's no way to escape the elements. I wish I could find a pontoon boat that was enclosed, or maybe a hardtop, that doesn't look like an RV on a barge. There seems to be only two choices - wide open with a bimini top or an RV on floats. Yes, there are some canvas wrap-arounds that go on a regular pontoon boat but that looks like a tent on floats and the windows are plastic. What I think I'd like is one of those enclosed "river taxi" types you see in Europe or something that looks like a glass-enclosed restaurant boat on a pontoon-sized boat. There doesn't seem to be anything out there. And, anything close to that is $$$$. Again, great build. Great job! All the best! Have fun!

Absolute credit to you lad..keep it dont sell as you seem to know it's worth and take fantastic care of her..some beautiful memories too awsome!!

Considering that a new pontoon costs approx. 34K and yours has been highly customized, it a great bargain! Beautiful job with the sweat equity.

Boy O Boy… you did a ONE Hell OF GOOD JOB on this pontoon boat👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 I have a 23’ LOWE pontoon boat with 115hp Evinrude motor. I will rewire my console my self next time, due to salt water, wires don’t last to long, it cost me $2000.00 to rewire the boat. Thank you for this video,it gave me Confidence to do it yourself.👏👏👏👏👏💕💕💕💕💕💕🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🍺🍺🍺🍺👍👍👍👍👍

Most people watching this are here for the build. As a boat person….You can only carry the amount of passengers it’s rated for. Not how many people you can fit. There’s no “night boating”, you just happen to get in as it’s dark or you go out early. You need the rating plate (passengers/horsepower) back on it. There was no sign of registration markings or pfd’s. Putting it in water at night with no one who knew how to operate it. Basically from a boater perspective it’s a train wreck. From a restore it looks fantastic tho. Good job!

Turned out real Ultimate Zach. Glad to see you kept the letsdrink bottle openers.

You made the videos, we all watched, you have to keep your boat. It's what we all wanted to see, your Dream Boat.

You did a fantastic job with that pontoon rebuild that is an amazing piece of art

$20k? Bro.... you could get close to $30k for that boat for sure. Nice work!

I would be very happy to buy a boat like that for $17,-20,000. I once rented one with friends from work. We were working too far from home to go home on weekends and we all loved fishing. A pontoon boat was sitting there and I spoke to the owner and rented it. It was amazing! We were fishing, blasting tunes and having barbecues on that boat, we loved it!

I really admire and envy guys like you who are so handy. When I do anything, when I’m done with it, it looks like I did it!

great job! I like your style... I just started on a pontoon project. thanks for sharing!

Great video, love the pontoon! Excited to see your next project🤠

Great job on the rebuild!! We own a 2017 Aqua Patio 259 CBD Tri-Toon that we paid a LOT more than 17K for: I think we would enjoy your boat as much as ours! The only thing we'd probably miss is the ability to tow water skiers. FYI: if you mount a Blackstone griddle in conjunction with your existing BBQ, you will have an awesome floating pub! Also, we bought a portable 12 Volt Dometic compressor refrigerated cooler. Much better than having to deal with a cooler that needs ice.

Growing up 60s/70s we had 2 different bachelor neighbors who were into racing boats. I was a tinkerer buying and rebuilding cars (later UCLA computer engineer/retired@50) so I fixed/painted their boats, as well as a 356 porsche and my final labor of love '70 Triumph TR6 ground-up restoration (garaged so it still SHOULD work!). ... boats are "Hole in the water to sink money into!" sort of like british cars (though today ROVER is owned by FORD!.

Great video. Nice job on the boat. Wish you the best of luck with it!

Great build !! You remind me of my younger self, rebuilding stuff. Great touch with the Skrewball Wiskey (28:26)

Excellent video. I can definitely tell a lot of hard work and man hours went in to this build. Nice work man.

I love your build . That trailer is awesome. Looks like a runway at night. But to load your boat it's great. Gave me some ideas I have a 24 foot that I want to rebuild .

Pontoon boats are cool. You definitely get the most bang for the buck in terms of walking around and using it as a floating living space. We did find the limitation is they don't recommend taking it out 10 miles into the Gulf for the simple reason it is slow and you can't out-run the storms.

Outstanding! It's the best boat ever because it's YOURS and you built it!!

Great job !! Your vids inspired me to do a pontoon. We came down to buy your fencing, but it was a different size than mine and wouldn't work. My boat is done just waiting on warmer water. I'm building a couple of projects for one of your "Lake neighbors"

Great build! Very nice!!! My only concern was that you port and starboard lights lens should not be facing forward. They should both be turned so the 90 degree angles can be seen from the front and respective sides.

Very good video with great commentary - keep up the great and interesting work!!

Pontoons are the best boat I love mine.. Looks great man wish mine had that bar setup it really sets it off

I've been watching from the very start. Well done mate.

Great boat and video! For a you say, beginner, WOW! I'd love to take that boat out. I fish too so, I'd need a different build. The Lights and stereo are great. Love the bar/helm! I have a sailboat so I do appreciate how much work you put into this boat! I just kinda fell upon this video, think ill subscribe and see what's up next. Thank You and Stay Safe.

Thanks to your video series I am starting my own "pontoon" build. Very inspirational! Mine is going to be built on a 30 foot house boat catamaran hull. Will use a lot of your great ideas and sponsors. Keep up with the dream and the channel!

Good Job. It was worth it. I had a 24 ft pontoon that would take on water in the front pontoon chambers if it sat in the water for more that a few hours. We submarined that puppy a few times. I wish I would have had that 3rd toon on that boat. Good Video and great Job on the Boat

Well done Zach. Loved watching it.

This man is a legend!! Great video again zack

Great job!! Beautiful boat!! Well done!! Love the bar!!

It looks beautiful I like what you did to it you upgraded and it looks beautiful enjoy it and God bless you in it

if you do Amber or dark yellow lights around the boat it’ll help repel those bugs. Blue LED’s are right up there with black lights as the most attractive for bugs.

The bar table with the logo on it looks amazing. Nice job 🥳