WATER TESTING My Fully Restored Houseboat! (Itty Bitty Reveal)

ladies and gentlemen it has been 2 and A2 years believe it or not since we took the itty bitty on the channel we left you guys high and dry in the middle of the Interior updates I decided I didn't want to update you guys again until the boat was completely finished behind this blue tarp may or may not be a completely redone itty bitty a month ago the interior was completed we've done some work we'll show you in just a second and it left us with just a couple little fiberglass things that needed to be touched up and we needed an Ice Cream Paint Job to finish this thing on a high note so we went to the one place that I knew could handle a job of the stature the baddest of boys Tim's fiberglass shop looks awesome man all right good day was hoping you'd be happy with it no I'm stoked with it it looks so clean yeah yeah it does it looks so much better good Lord how long did that take you uh well the preparation took a better part of two weeks but the actual painting and gel coat probably took the better part of two days same color same everything mhm yeah we used the same red the same bottom paint blue and then we gel coated the white off white color I wish I I can't remember in my mind what it looked like when you first brought it I know it was bad but do you remember how it felt in there when we had it down to the bulkheads mhm we spend a lot of time on those bulkheads that was any fun at all that's terrible I couldn't believe you were willing to get in there and do it with me because that was terrible you now the whole top deck if you remember I mean it was like this you it wasn't even stable enough so I was afraid it was going to collapse all over I was too I was terrified watch he walk up there oh did you hear [Applause] that maybe it won't collapse before we can get it down that'd be nice yeah yeah see andal suit it's been fun a fun journey I mean I'll admit it's been a challenge and it's it's taken a long time but this will be one of my most memorable U boats we ever worked on for sure hopefully we have some more challenges for you soon more memorable projects well we'll be here after 3 weeks of Tim doing what only Tim can do behind me is a fully furnished fully restored fully two and a half years poured money in ripped apart put back together 1972 stewy houseboat without further Ado I present to you the itty [Music] bitty oh crazy dude so today I'm going to show you guys what we've done in the last four months and I'm also going to just kind of remember what we've done to the itty bitty since we've owned it because this is pretty much the end line of the project to be honest the boat is fully functional a little bit more than functional she's not done there's a few things that could always happen to a boat that you have to completely build yourself but Tim did a phenomenal job we put kind of like a matte finish across the whole boat we stuck with the original colors because you can't go against Red White and Blue Link in description my favorite part about the paint job that Tim did we left the original itty bitty logo on the side of the boat that was on it when I purchased it and then he just put a pinstripe around it so we have the original paint job the original letters everything exactly how it was when we got it we're going to leave it there for as long as this boat is in existence we have new drains that come off the top of the boat we have new water tanks where we can eject gray water right into the ocean and what we have new plugs on the back pretty much just a RV hookup Water Hookup so we can fill our tanks up we also have some of the original window there is some air forming inside the frame but we're going to leave them for as long as we can we did have to buy some fresh new Bad Boys some ajrs marine grade windows are some of the most expensive windows on the planet I don't really know why I know they do have some flexing cuz you're going to be banging them against waves and whatnot but they also are Marine water sealed we finished putting the lights on top of the boat and what I really really like let me grab you folks Jason ran the wires for the lighting all the way through the handrails that are already up here so it looks clean as can be we got some back lights which will help a lot cuz maneuvering this thing in the water is going to be insane moving up to the roof god it feels so wrong to get a fresh paint job knowing what we're about to put this boat through this window dude this window it's one of my favorite parts of the boat because it makes it feel so much bigger inside the boat but holy smokes man I mean highway robbery this window alone was a couple thousand and it was the cheapest company that would build this window to get these things in here we originally had the rounded windows and to get those remade would have been double the price of just getting a hard Edge window with a hard corner so we just cut those flat Jason put those in sealed them up really good we had the old Coleman Mac heat and air on top of the boat so we can be in here cold or warm also we're running a lot of our power off this Champion Global Power Equipment they have not sponsored the channel but that is our generator that we're going to be running most of everything that you will see in the interior off of and the upper deck finish this thing maybe a year ago it feels so sturdy I feel like I could have four or five dudes up here flinging rods around which is crazy cuz when we first bought it almost fell through it like 20 times moving into the boat we have the original top door we painted it put a couple little locks on here so we can lock the door closed then we put a fresh I believe this is starboard so it's never going to rot it'll probably last longer than anything in the boat that just feels unreal coming in here and it's actually put together [Music] if you are a sub 510 person you can fit in here comfortably we cannot stand up anywhere in the boat which is just exactly what I was W so when we purchased the boat there was a closet that had our breaker panels and everything that we needed to work on the electrical parts of the boat in that closet now we just have a cabinet that we can put bags and camera gear in so if you want to Rob us just come in the boat take a ride it'll be right there we have a countertop all our countertops match completely and then we have these little pullup power stations we like to call them we're going to be charging our gear on every single surface in here we also had a TV put in because gravy will not come on trips if there's a good game on can watch the new drops of AO fishing as a team it's fixed in place moving forwards where we used to have a booth and a table that folded down into a queen siiz sleeping area we just have a couch which is pretty comfortable and I really like it it has these bring in tables so we can eat and we can edit here and we can also push these tables out of the walkway when we're not using it the only thing that's kind of a bummer about the couch right now is it's not a fold out bed in the future I would like to modify this thing where we can have a giant queen-sized mattress maybe Kings siiz mattress so we can fit multiple people right here in the meantime just throw a twin mattress in here fit as many people as possible I do like this though because when we first bought the itty bitty when you would walk through the middle you would have to have your knees pretty much tied together the whole way this kind of took those boots shoved them against the wall so we do feel a little bit more open in the boat maybe we can't stand all the way up but at least we can breathe in the very back of the boat we have a little bit different bathroom a much different bathroom the laws of the water have changed over time and each state has slightly different laws so we used to have a super narrow door that youd come in from the side and it was a bass shower breed we ended up putting the shower on the back deck so you can shower in nature and we also don't have to have a drain or a runoff in our bathroom we have a full door that you can walk in pretty much standing up with a lock cuz we value privacy when you come in here there's a ton of room in here to take care of business this is a porta potty so you have to deal with your business twice if you're going to take a number two Z on this boat the only thing we did not install in there was a fan we really are trying to do everything we can not to make this boat rot again and also not to give the Coast Guard any places to say you're not allowed here we want this boat to go pretty much everywhere a boat can go moving to the kitchen we have everything that the original kitchen had we just moved the fridge from the right hand side of boat to the Le hand side of the boat put in the old mini fridge it's a lot lighter than the original fridge which sat right behind the driver's seat on this felt like you were in a 1970s hippie van like a orange carpet went with more of a wood cabin feel in here we're going to be using this electric stove so we don't have propane on here we're going to be running that generator up top which should be able to run the air conditioner and everything else in the boat the air conditioner will be our biggest pull though when we're traveling got our sink definitely drinkable that's just for washing fish guts off cuz there's going to be a lot of fish slime fish guts fish bowels body parts will be here and a lot of them and large ones typically just large ones everywhere it's going to be disgusting probably going to have to get our mercury levels tested by the time we're done with this up top we have a Black & Decker can't go wrong with that we're trying to maximize every square inch of this boat so when we put in these ceiling panels which look way way too nice for us but they look phenomenal we had to leave an open area so this microwave door would actually shut and open open and shut speaking 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wooden steering wheel in here I wanted to I ended up breaking it off camera and it broke my heart and then when I showed my wife the boat for the first time in like a year she came in here she was like oh where's a steering wheel it's the only thing she said I do miss that steering wheel and in the future we might have one made and just put it on here because it was so iconic we do have brand new gauges so we can see our miles per hour our RPMs our temperatures volts everything everything can be managed from right here we have all our switches which is just so fun to do go ahead and just test the wiring real quick we have our anchor up front wired up which still works it's 50 years old and we have an electric anchor we also have our left and right fuel tanks so we can control where we're pulling fuel from and then up top we have our low rent fish finder so we can know what depth of water we're in we got a old crap radio in case we're in really bad situations throttle right here beside me so I can Max this puppy out go ahead and throw it about 45 miles an hour maybe 50 you know tail walking little bit kind of The Game Plan before we go to the front deck though beneath floor two we have this set of stairs you guys saw us working with Jason if you fold this bad boy up oh yeah we have everything that you might need to work on with this boat our water tanks are up here our batteries are back there our gray tanks water pumps electrical Breakers everything that you need to work on you can reach right here which is super convenient you can fit in here without having to tear the entire boat apart to make sure you're functioning properly beneath our seat platforms we have just some open Cubbies we can hide you know illegal substances and Firearms depending on what borders we're crossing up top this is where our air conditioner comes in here here cool air drops the whole team's some sweaty boys so we're going to try to have this cool air hit us in the face drop down to whoever's chilling in the back whoever's severely motion sick we'll get some cool air on them we have some bow speakers throughout the boat that's us boss we have Boss speakers throughout the boat commonly mistaken with bow speakers because of quality moving to the front deck we have the original door which is probably going to come back to bite me but I just wanted to keep a couple random parts of the boat and I know that that's going to be slammed more than any door in the history of doors we have put all the original windows on the front back we did remove where the propane tank was sitting that fed into everything in the boat that used propane got that gone we're electric and we're generator now added a light so you can fish to your heart desires we have the old manota 50-year-old anchor the same hand railing that I thought was dangerous it's still dangerous but we still got it have our headlights and then just open space to fish and do whatever you want to up here okay that is the entire review of the fully furnished fully restored itty bitty time to shut my pie hole we're taking this thing to the lake and we're water testing it for the first time in like 13 [Music] years two and A2 years ladies and gentlemen has led us to this moment right now you guys have seen every square inch of her everything we've done to the boat from the beginning to now all the issues all the problems all the setback we're finally here at the ramp ready to get dipped in we've never started the Yamaha I've had it started one time but I wasn't there so this will be the first time I see the motor run my heart is beating out of my chest I don't even know how to feel and we've worked on that so long and there's always been a Finish Line that got moved back over and over and over and to be at it I don't even I didn't even know this would ever happen I just knew we were going to keep working on the boat I'm going to have my man back me in I'mma hop in there hopefully start at the boat and we're finally going to water test ddy bitty okay all righty three two come on girl I think we're good all right go ahead hold up God we are deep in the water I don't know how much further we should back in stop oh god oh baby come on girl all right right we're about to see if we can playing the old girl out we're idling out of the marina right now lake is calm dude it is the perfect day to do this so there's no excuses if the old 150 can't get her up I don't have very high expectations to be honest with you guys but here's the hoping there's videos of people skiing behind this thing man the throttle is a little stiff god it feels so wild just driving this thing it's like I saw it in a shop so much that I forgot that it was a boat all right that's about 2500 RPMs give her just a little bit we are we are plowing we're going to try to follow the the break-in period for a Yamaha 150 but at the same time I don't know how much patience I have I think by the end of today we're going to see if we can play around I feel like one of the biggest problems we had with the boat was the windows there's just so many points for water to come in and ruin everything but I will say when you're on the water having this much visibility is awesome what I step for just like digging into the water I feel like we have a little too much weight up front I don't know it's just going to do it come on girl put your nums down come on baby we are rolling are you kidding me we are rolling you can 100% ski behind that 100% water sports will be done holy smokes dude we're moving we're topping out we're topping out at 25 M hour are you you kidding me they like 27 doesn't sound that crazy if you've never been on a boat 27 doesn't sound wild but to be in the itty bitty going 27 just sounds dumb dude we planed her out she planed everybody was saying like dude you're probably never going to plane this boat they were wrong they were very wrong we're going to take the next couple hours and just break the motor in go through all the protocols that we've already completely shattered but I feel like we've earned the right just to enjoy the boat for a few hours burn some gas smell some [Music] fuel [Music] where did you come [Applause] [Music] baby how did you know I needed you how did you know I needed you so badly how did you know I give my heart gladly yest I was one of people now you're lying close to me Mak what what what what what what what what what what what what what what what what what what [Music] got $20 in my pocket oh Smalls deep breaths buddy deep breaths you okay y' can't stop me go like I got to in a with in my heartbeat and I'm meeting at the beat like it gave a little speed to a great white Shar on Shar we ra time to go off say goodbye I got a world the see my girl she want to see Rome CES make you a believe or not I never ever did it forr that validation comes so giving it back to the people Now sing the song and it goes like raise those hands this is our party we came here to live life like nobody was watching I got my city right behind me if I fall they got me learn from that failure gain humility and then we keep back this is the moment tonight is the night we'll fight till it's over so we brought our hands up like the ceiling can hold us like the ceiling can hold us back this is the moment tonight is the night we'll fight till it's over so we brought our hands up like the ceiling can hold us like hold well I thought it would only be fitting to stand and bask in the glory of this bad Larry in a field with you guys to finish this thing two and a half years ago I sat on the roof and I asked you guys to get me to 100,000 Subs which to me back then sounded crazy and right now we're sitting at like 647 th000 which is just ridiculous you guys are freaking awesome and when I started this thing I knew we were down pretty bad but I thought we could just you know put a put a cot in the back maybe slap a different oil filter on there and call it a day and I was very wrong I was wrong in every way possible I've had more issues with this thing than the internet will ever see but because you guys supported me and the boat for 2 and 1 half years and watched all of our updates even if they were spaced you know four months apart I could have three babies right now and not told you about any of them theoretically we have a lot of big plans for ladyy bitty and I want to take this to some places it probably shouldn't go but I'm going to do it I'm going to film it I'm going to show you I want to put some fish on there rub down that stewy with things that I've never rubbed it down but before we finish thank you so much for supporting me and this old girl here I love you guys I appreciate you and I will see you on the next one

Channel: AYO Fishing

Views: 1,063,155

Keywords: itty bitty houseboat, houseboat, steury, Facebook marketplace houseboat, boat, boat project, houseboat project, restoration, restore, project, cabin boat, cabin boat project, walk through, water test

Id: Lhuulrj34oM

Length: 26min 1sec (1561 seconds)

Published: Mon Mar 25 2024