00:00Hey Becca, can I have another boat?
00:05You already have tons of boats.
00:07No I don't!
00:09What's that?
00:10This is just a pontoon boat.
00:11And what's that?
00:12This is just a skiff.
00:13And what's that?
00:14I don't think kayaks should count.
00:16Does this one count?
00:18No I only use this for shark fishing.
00:20And this one?
00:21This is a stand up paddle board, not a stand up paddle boat.
00:25And what about the paddle boat?
00:28It was on sale.
00:29Luke, you can't buy any more boats.
00:32I won't buy any more boats.
00:36Ha ha ha ha ha!
00:39Loophole!
00:40Loophole!
00:41Loophole!
00:42Woo!
00:43Luke and Jake here with the Outdoor Boys YouTube channel and it is a cold winter morning and
00:54a perfect day to build a floating fishing cabin.
01:02Yeah!
01:05That's good!
01:09That's good!
01:13Yeah!
01:16That's good!
01:32That's good!
01:48That's good!
02:08That's good!
02:36Well I got a lot more done today than I thought I was going to get.
02:51And if you guys want to see kind of a list of materials and some plans and details about
02:57this project, I'm going to post it on Facebook and put a link to that post in the video description.
03:02So if you want to do this at home, you can figure out how to do it.
03:05But I've got to get to bed and I will see you guys in the morning.
03:08Alright, it's another beautiful day and we've got to screw some wood together.
03:12You ready Jacob?
03:13Yeah!
03:45Oh my back's killing me.
03:46I'm going to call it for the day and I'll see you guys tomorrow.
03:52Well it's day 3 of this project and it's one of the few days that it's warm enough to paint.
03:56So we're going to go ahead and do that today.
03:58Unfortunately, it's supposed to rain so we have to do it all in the garage here and it's
04:02just barely enough room to paint here in the garage.
04:05I've got some exterior deck paint we're going to slap on there and let's see what happens.
04:11There you go guys.
04:12This is your first glimpse at the size of this project.
04:144 units making a total of 16 feet by 8 feet.
04:18Alright, let's get painting.
04:29I slapped about a half a gallon of paint on there.
04:31We're going to let that dry for about 4 hours.
04:33Then we're going to hit the sides and the bottom.
04:40We're going to let that dry for about 4 hours.
05:10We're going to let that dry for about 4 hours.
05:40We're going to let that dry for about 4 hours.
06:10We're going to let that dry for about 4 hours.
06:40We're going to let that dry for about 4 hours.
07:11We're going to let that dry for about 4 hours.
07:20Well, we've made pretty good progress on this project but my little boys decided to bring
07:24home stomach flu.
07:26So, for the last few days I've been doing other things.
07:31Stop.
07:33Pooping.
07:35We're going to get back on.
07:36We've got one more wall panel to make and the roof and then we are going to start putting
07:40things together.
07:50Alright.
07:52Oh.
08:04Alright, a lot of you guys are wondering how we're going to make this raft float and to
08:07do it we're going to use 18 gallon stair light bins from Walmart.
08:11They run about $3-$4 a piece so they're super cheap and the dimensions are perfect.
08:16Each one of these bins will fit perfectly into one of these squares.
08:19You get 10 bins per raft and we have 4 rafts that will form together to make one big raft.
08:25So, that's 40 bins.
08:26Now, if you want to know how much these can hold, do some simple math.
08:30One gallon of water weighs 8.34 pounds.
08:3418 gallons of water, the volume of one of these bins, is roughly 150 pounds.
08:4110 bins is 1,500 pounds.
08:44Four rafts, 40 bins, is 6,000 pounds.
08:48So, it takes about 6,000 pounds to sink 40 18 gallon stair light bins.
08:55Now, obviously, we don't want to sink them.
08:57We want to have a margin of safety.
08:59We only want about a third of the bin to be submerged in the water.
09:04We want the raft to sit nice and high out of the water so that we have some safety in
09:08case of waves or bouncing around.
09:11So, if you only want a third of the raft to be submerged, then you take that 6,000 number,
09:17divide it by 3, and that's 2,000 pounds is the max safe load of the raft.
09:24Now, fortunately, I have more than just a theoretical knowledge about how these bins work.
09:29I've built rafts like this before and floated rivers on them.
09:33I took a troop of Boy Scouts down the James River one year on a bunch of rafts made out of bins like this.
09:39As a matter of fact, a lot of these bins are left over from that project, and it worked great.
09:44The things floated like corks, and they handled Class 2 rapids very nicely.
09:54These 18 gallon stair light bins come with a quarter inch hole right here in the handle,
09:58and that's how we're going to attach them to the deck of the raft.
10:02All of these bins are old bins that I recycled from my old raft projects,
10:06and you can see some of them have done multiple whitewater trips,
10:09and you can see where they've been hit stuff. It's left a little white scuff mark.
10:14But very few of these bins break, and when they do, we just replace them.
10:36I went and made a whole bunch of these little wood washers here,
10:39and we're going to take and put them just like that down there.
10:47One down, 80 more to go.
11:06Whoa!
11:15Nathan, what are you doing?
11:17I'm drilling in a bunch of stuff.
11:20What's in that one? And who's in that one?
11:25Ugh!
11:31Alright, that's the foundation of our fishing platform and cabin, 16 feet by 8 feet.
11:54Drilling
12:02Drilling
12:05Drilling
12:08Drilling
12:25Drilling
12:29Drilling
12:32Drilling
12:35Drilling
12:48Drilling
12:54Ha, ha, ha, this works.
12:56All right.
12:57All right.
13:27The big kids...
14:26There we go
14:56I
15:26Will
15:46Look at this
15:49She's looking gorgeous
15:51A
15:53Little bit of light inside just enough to see by
15:59Everything's
16:01Working good
16:02Well, everything seems to be working great, but my wife wants this off our front lawn
16:08So I think I need to break it down and put it on that trailer
16:21I
16:41Go eight bolts and 40 knots that's all that holds this thing together
16:51I
17:21I
17:44Come aboard live my lady. There we go. We got our electric power grab
17:51Bye children
17:53We've taught you well raise yourselves. We're not going fast, but you know, we're getting a mile per hour or two the love boat
18:02exciting and for sure
18:21Oh
18:46There we go, it's all together
18:49Look at that so long suckers
19:01Well, here we are with the maiden voyage of the floating fishing cabin, we've got the whole Nichols family aboard and it's doing really well
19:08We're not we're not too back heavy. The nose isn't sticking up too high as it's riding evenly. That's good. Very stable
19:16The wind doesn't seem to make it want to tip over which was another concern
19:21We're using a little bit more freeboard that I thought we would right now. The bins are about
19:27Halfway submerged. So we still have about that much from the top. And so we're doing pretty good there
19:35But yeah, I wouldn't want to load it up too much guys. I think we should go camping on the fishing cabin
19:46Oh
20:10There we go
20:16You
20:33Guys ready to do some fishing and camping. Oh, this is gonna be awesome
20:43We're going we're cranking
20:46We just built a boat. Yeah, we did
20:49High-fives got the skiff towing behind us. Yeah
20:53I'm really glad we got the window in the back because we can see what's going on with the boat back there
20:57It's nice to be able to see behind you
21:02This is sick, I just saw some shad jump maybe we should try to get some bait
21:17We've got a great spot that I think will produce some good fish here
21:22so we're gonna go and post up right here some really shallow water and
21:26We're gonna be able to access the shallow stuff and the deep stuff and hopefully get some good fishing in
21:32I
21:45Think it's time to do some fishing. Let's catch some big old catfish. We're gonna use some pieces of cut-up shadows bait
21:56Well, I thought I saw some carp jumping so I'm gonna make up some carp bait
22:00Unfortunately, I forgot to bring any corn
22:02So I'm just gonna use jello poncho grits throw it on a method feeder and we're gonna see if we can't catch some carp
22:23I'm gonna take a little glob of grits and poncho and we're gonna squish it on to the method feeder like this
22:30And we're gonna take this little fake piece of corn
22:33Jam it in there
22:35See if we can't catch a carp
22:39Guys I can't believe it. It's taken weeks. But finally we're doing it
22:43We're camping in our floating fishing cabin that we built ourselves and we've got the rods out. It's beautiful. We're safe
22:52Just having a ball starting to get a little hungry. So I think it's uh, it's time for dinner you guys hungry
23:01Oh
23:18Over here on this corner see what you got. Keep them out from that log and don't let them get wrapped around the boat motor
23:24Oh
23:28Oh a nice carp
23:39Beautiful carp Tom
23:41Congratulations, bud. Put them back in there
23:44Good job, buddy. Oh
23:47Slimey high-five bud
23:50There we go
24:04Yeah, oh that smells so good put these sweet peppers in there
24:13Wonderful bit right there here have some peppers just to eat some vegetables. Okay
24:18This is probably one of the best camping trips we've ever done
24:22This is pretty nice. Just sitting here eating steak with my boys
24:26Looking out over our rods
24:28Life is good. Oh, hey guys, look at bite
24:32Grab it really quick. Don't let him get it tangled up in the other stuff
24:39Yeah
24:41Well, we had two carp on landed one gotten some bites on the catfish rods we're off to a good start
24:56Well, the temperatures dropping quickly it's supposed to get in the 30s tonight
24:59So it's a little chilly right now, but what but we're nice and cozy in here. The boys are cuddle up
25:05it's getting past their bedtime and we're just gonna kind of snooze and watch our fishing rods and
25:10Have a good time. Oh guys, this is so nice. I got this toasty little propane heater here. You got my memory foam
25:18fishing caught
25:21Oh Tom Tom, I just got really in the rod and there's a fish right there far right one
25:28It's a big fish he's fighting hard
25:40Oh, that is a big car. Oh, you want to go and get warm you go get warm
25:54Yeah, let's get back in the water though
25:57Well, this is a load of fun, but it's 10 o'clock and I've got to get the kids to bed
26:01So I'm gonna reel it up and we're gonna get to bed
26:04Okay, hop into bed guys. Good night
26:07Did you sleep well last night? Yeah, well should I get up and make some food boys?
26:25I'm sitting here filming a YouTube video while Nathan's watching one of my YouTube videos
26:30My life is like the movie Inception. Sometimes we got some Mountain House biscuits and gravy here. We're gonna try this out
26:37I
26:40Just found out sausages cooking
26:45There you go, you got hot chocolate over here to me
26:51Let's do some fishing
27:01Got the rods out. I'm gonna go inside and hang out with the boys wait for a bite
27:06Because I'm in a floating fishing cabin
27:08It's just a cold
27:11Miserable day outside. This is just so pleasant sitting here at the here on the boys are snuggled up in their little bags
27:19Just man. I don't think I could get the boys out fishing and camping in this weather
27:23It wasn't for this cabin, but we've got a fish on and I think everyone wants to stay warm
27:28It's a good deal with it. Oh
27:31Yeah, there he is
27:35Oh
27:38You put me in that same
27:42Well, darn it I just lost another carp and another carp rig in that snag over there so I
27:48Started with three rigs. I'm down to only one rig and one rod for carp
27:53I really came here expecting to catch a lot of catfish. Well guys, you got to use up that steak
27:57You guys want an early lunch?
28:05Oh
28:11It is cold and rainy out here
28:15Fish haven't been doing much
28:16So I think we're gonna reel it up and go take the boat out for a little cruise
28:21Just see how it's doing after a night out on the water
28:27There we go just out for a little sailing trip on our floating fishing cabin
28:35All right, guys, I'm just doing a little inspection from the outside and check her out look at that she rides pretty well in that water
28:44It's a good-looking ship right there
28:48I am super happy with this project
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28:54We'll do more camping trips and fishing trips in this cabin
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29:07We got that here at the outdoor boys channel, too
29:09So we'll put links in the description to some of our survival camping trips, which are pretty fun. So thanks for watching
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