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00:00Hi!
00:01What a gorgeous place!
00:03We want something that feels vacation.
00:05Why don't we just use a boat?
00:09This is awesome!
00:11It's definitely larger than the pictures.
00:14That is impressive.
00:16This boat weighs close to 13,000 pounds.
00:19I'm a little nervous.
00:21We got a bunch of wannabe pirates that never even been on a boat.
00:24I want to unwrap the steering wheel.
00:25And no instructions.
00:26All right, here we go!
00:29Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! It's tipping!
00:31Don't let it fall!
00:32The starboard side needs scrubbing.
00:34Walk the plank, Captain.
00:37One, two, three.
00:40How'd you do that?
00:41No way!
00:42That's amazing.
00:47My given name is Jared Cappy.
00:49But everyone calls me Cappy.
00:51This is probably one of the coolest things I've ever done.
00:54Everyone clear?
00:55I've been a professional builder for over 15 years.
00:58Woo-hoo!
00:59But a few years ago, I teamed up with my daughter, Alex.
01:02Whoa!
01:03It looks so good in here.
01:05We specialize in transforming unconventional objects.
01:08Whoa!
01:09I'm awake now!
01:11What if we did use a plane?
01:12Wait, really?
01:13All right, Alex, she's all yours.
01:15Into one-of-a-kind creations.
01:17Oh, my God!
01:19It's so amazing.
01:20It's so amazing.
01:21And we get to do it for our favorite people.
01:23I love you.
01:24I love you.
01:25Oh, my God.
01:26Look at this, look at it, look at it.
01:27But the best part...
01:28...is we get to do it together.
01:32It's so vast out here.
01:48It's pretty.
01:49It looks like the ocean, like the waves.
01:53I do like how the wind moves the grass like that.
01:55It's cool.
01:56Mm-hmm.
01:57You're good on GPS?
01:58You know where we're going?
01:59Yep.
02:00So I got the coordinates from that couple that called Joe and Mandy.
02:03They own all this land, but live elsewhere on the property.
02:06We're going to a different spot.
02:08They said it was pretty open.
02:10It's open.
02:11It's just...
02:12It's a little bit in the middle of nowhere.
02:14All I know is they love being outdoors with family and friends.
02:18And they're interested in some kind of off-grid getaway spot.
02:21Cool.
02:22God, this is big.
02:24I thought our place was big.
02:25This is big.
02:26We're almost there.
02:29All right, I'm going to need that hat back.
02:31Well, I have mine.
02:35Oh, you want me to wear yours?
02:37Yeah.
02:41You look very pretty.
02:43I feel very pretty.
02:48Actually, Cap, I think I want mine back.
02:51I don't want it to get all sweat-stainy.
02:53That seems fair.
02:56Hi.
02:57What a gorgeous place.
02:58I know.
02:59Thank goodness.
03:00Nice to meet you.
03:01Awesome.
03:02This is incredible.
03:03This is our favorite place on the property.
03:06I can see why.
03:07Yes.
03:10We, in general, have always been outdoorsy,
03:12whether we're mountain biking, boating, camping with our kids.
03:17Outside is where we get our zen.
03:19Outdoors is huge for me.
03:20I lived up in Alaska.
03:21It's very much what I love.
03:24What brought you to South Dakota?
03:25Good friend of mine.
03:26Her family has a ranch.
03:28We came up to help on the ranch, and I instantly fell in love.
03:33It had all the open space that I love so much.
03:36And her family is amazing.
03:38Her dad, Dale, he was just a very loving and embracing family man.
03:44He did pass away, but he was the inspiration for getting us here.
03:48Oh, that's cool.
03:49Mm-hmm.
03:50Yeah.
03:51That's really neat.
03:52Very, very special in South Dakota.
03:53So, friends drew us here, and then how can you not love this place?
03:56Yeah, absolutely.
03:57Right?
03:58So, tell us what we can do for you.
03:59We want something that feels vacation.
04:01Okay.
04:02Something unique, of course, because we called you.
04:05What does, like, a vacation look like for y'all?
04:08With friends, we probably had more fun lamping, like when we had a houseboat.
04:13Tell me about that.
04:14How fun.
04:15Had it for 13 years, and we enjoyed the heck out of it.
04:20Oh, fun.
04:21Yeah.
04:24This place is full of views and big sky, and that's what we would like to share with friends.
04:31Joe loves the water.
04:32I loved getting together with friends, having that open space, the stars, all of that.
04:38But it's now a time where we like to be close to home.
04:42So, it's mainly a space for you and friends, and to have family, to unplug and not have
04:47to worry about anything else.
04:48Correct.
04:49Right.
04:50Something close by, but feel like we're a million miles away.
04:54Okay.
04:55Yeah.
04:56That's it.
04:57All right.
04:58Well, I'm good if you don't have any questions.
04:59Yeah.
05:00I'm good.
05:01You mind if we poke around for a little bit?
05:02No.
05:03Yeah.
05:04Feel free.
05:05We're going to dip this one in sunscreen, and then we'll...
05:06All right.
05:09Nice to meet you.
05:10Awesome.
05:11See you all soon.
05:12Thanks, guys.
05:13Thanks.
05:21So, we got big fans of adventure.
05:24Yes.
05:25Being outside, being in nature.
05:26Mm-hmm.
05:27I think it's cool they lived on a houseboat.
05:28That sounds super fun.
05:29Mm-hmm.
05:30I suppose my question is, do we want to match the prairie, or do we want to match their love
05:34for the water?
05:35I don't know.
05:36Like, well, so what are the options?
05:37So, we could do a sod house.
05:38Or a log cabin.
05:40We could do a grain bin.
05:42That would be cool, but could we try to push the envelope a little bit and do, like, the
05:47total opposite?
05:50Because they love the water, so what if we did something that kind of took this very flat
05:56land and totally snapped it?
05:58Okay.
05:59So, then how about we do a lighthouse?
06:01Yeah.
06:02Oh, for real?
06:03Yeah.
06:04I was just making that up.
06:05That would look so funny out here.
06:06What would we make it out of?
06:07I don't know.
06:08Because we could frame it.
06:09We could make it out of, like, brick or anything.
06:11That's ridiculous.
06:12What about we could do, like...
06:14Wait, wait, wait.
06:15Why don't we just use a boat?
06:19Joey should totally use a boat.
06:21And we were talking about how out here it looks like waves.
06:25Good point.
06:26The grass was looking like waves.
06:28I mean, we put an RV in a tree, so why not a boat in a field?
06:32You used to have a friend with a sailboat, right?
06:34Yeah, yeah.
06:35Often, when I would go out on the sailboat, we had a slip that we'd park the boat in at
06:41the marina.
06:42So, I wonder if we could model it off of the slip.
06:45Oh, like put a boat with a deck around it?
06:47Yeah.
06:48Oh, that'd be so cool.
06:50Because then you got your sitting, hanging out spot out of the grass.
06:52Mm-hmm.
06:53They would freak.
06:54I wonder if we could do a sailboat or something that would have a cabin inside for them and
07:00their friends to sleep.
07:01So, something like this?
07:03Yeah.
07:04Yeah.
07:05Sailboats have a keel.
07:07How would you do that?
07:08I mean, we could either build up or go down.
07:10Or like dig a hole?
07:11Mm-hmm.
07:12Because then it would look like it was parked at the slip and then the water disappeared.
07:16Mm-hmm.
07:17I don't know if we would want to do...
07:20This is awesome.
07:21Dude, I love this so much.
07:23You're gonna come over this hill, this grass-flowing happiness, and there's gonna be
07:28a sailboat.
07:29We're 100% finding a sailboat.
07:31This is the most fun part is because I get to see how excited you are.
07:37This build's gonna be a blast.
07:38We're creating an ocean-going escape right here in the middle of the prairie for our adventure-loving
07:44clients, Joe and Mandy.
07:46At the heart of this is a real sailboat that'll be lowered into the ground so it looks like it's floating on waves of grass.
07:52Around it, we'll craft a custom deck, or slip, that doubles as the perfect hangout spot for family and friends.
07:59Inside, we'll turn the cabin into a cozy retreat with spaces to cook, sleep, and host, or to tuck away and fill a million miles away from everything.
08:10The tricky part is we don't know much about big sailboats, which means a lot of this build is uncharted waters for us.
08:17But hey, we'll figure it out together.
08:20And then I have a lot of ideas in terms of deck and what we wanna do for entertainment, where it should even sit so I can run home and sketch that up.
08:29Love it.
08:30Coming up with ideas is the easy part.
08:40Finding a sailboat in a landlocked state like South Dakota is much harder.
08:46Sprout and I spent several days searching, researching, texting, calling.
08:53Like this?
08:55But everything was either too big.
08:58Wow.
08:59Aw, it's so cute.
09:01Or too small.
09:02Yeah, that's not gonna work.
09:04Mm-hmm.
09:05Yes.
09:06Or too far away.
09:07Michigan?
09:08Pass.
09:10We're just not a sailboat.
09:11Is that purple?
09:13Hello?
09:14Hi.
09:15But then, after a lot of digging-
09:17I did call earlier, I wanted to-
09:18We landed on the perfect vessel.
09:20Okay, great.
09:25I think I found it.
09:31Sprout tracked down a sailboat that's 32 feet long and eight feet wide, and apparently fully loaded with all the boaty things a boat's supposed to have.
09:39Now, I don't know much about that, but I do know that this one is nearby, which already makes it my kind of boat.
09:46Wow, that's like a legit sailboat.
09:48The owner's away, but he gave us the green light to go check it out.
09:52It's definitely larger than the pictures.
09:55It looks good.
09:56Uh-huh.
09:57The boat's 32-ish feet.
09:59Okay.
10:00That mast is another five feet on either side.
10:02That's a 40-foot mast, dude.
10:04Holy catfish.
10:05Well, so this is all obviously rudder.
10:08Yeah.
10:09A little propeller.
10:11I was expecting there to be like cracks or something in it.
10:14Yeah.
10:15But there's not.
10:16I'm not loving those tires.
10:18Me neither.
10:19That's a bit scary.
10:20I think the only scary part about this boat is when it's on.
10:23Yikes.
10:24It doesn't have to go far.
10:26Mm-mm.
10:27Well, riddle me this.
10:28This trailer's on its last leg, so there's no other use for it.
10:31But it does provide a foundation for the boat, and the wheels could help us.
10:35What if we just dug a hole and just drove the trailer into it and parked it?
10:38It would just be like in the ground?
10:40Yeah, just dig a square hole, the size we need.
10:42Uh-huh.
10:43Take the skid steer, back this dude into the hole.
10:45Uh-huh.
10:46To the whatever level we decide, and then backfill the hole.
10:49So the boat and the trailer is buried.
10:51I'm good with that.
10:52Okay.
10:53Now the tires will lose air over time, so I want to jack up the corners of the boat trailer
10:57and block them up, lifting the tires off the ground.
11:00Right.
11:01I tell you what, I'd like to look inside, kid.
11:02Okay.
11:03Why don't you go grab the truck and just pull it up next to it and we can get off the bed.
11:08Okay.
11:10Sweet.
11:17Did you get it?
11:18I'm just worried about the stability of the boat.
11:19No, no, you go.
11:20Oh, no, it's on the trailer, kid.
11:21You're good.
11:22I mean, you go first, but...
11:25Love you.
11:26Love you.
11:28It's not bad.
11:30Well, that's like wood around it.
11:32Uh-huh.
11:35Oh, it's not bad.
11:36Check it out.
11:37Oh, yeah.
11:38It's got a little galley and a cameraman and...
11:40Hi.
11:41Hi.
11:42Got a little table and a little stove.
11:44Mm-hmm.
11:46How hot is it in there?
11:47Very hot.
11:48You're doing great.
11:51I don't know, kid.
11:52I like it.
11:53It looks good.
11:54I don't know anything about boats, but I know it's not beat up.
11:56Yeah.
11:57It's good.
11:58It doesn't smell bad.
11:59There's no, like, junk and garbage and, like, rotten stuff in there.
12:01So that's good.
12:02Um, yeah, he said to just come check it out and make him an offer, so...
12:04Okay.
12:05Let's buy us a boat.
12:06Today's the day we're gonna launch this sailboat on its voyage to its new home on the prairie.
12:23I'm mostly excited that, in the middle of a landlocked state, we can build this boat retreat for Joe and Mandy.
12:34Right.
12:35I think the hatches have been battened down, the wind is in our favor, but the road ahead is bumpy.
12:42And I hope the wheels on this trailer will make it for one more journey.
12:48So the challenge is with this trailer, it's not designed to take this down the interstate or over the road.
12:56It's designed to move the boat from the water to its parking spot for the winter.
13:01So it's a pretty rough-and-tumble homemade trailer.
13:09It doesn't have lights, doesn't have anything like that, doesn't have a license plate.
13:14It just has a hitch and four wheels.
13:17I'm hoping they don't fall off on the way to Joe and Mandy's.
13:24While I keep my eyes astern, Sprout, Tanner, and Dustin are carving out a hole that's about to be removed.
13:30Our ship's new harbor.
13:33We've got to go about ten feet deep.
13:36We've got to build a ramp so we can back the sailboat into this pit.
13:42And that's the tricky part, because it's got to be nice and gradual.
13:53Slowly but surely, we made it to Joe and Mandy's property.
14:01We're on the final leg with our sailboat, its last journey.
14:09Where we ultimately decided to dock this boat is about a half a mile across a hayfield.
14:15And it's no road, it's just really sort of a rutted path that they use with the tractors to get in and out.
14:20It's not meant to travel like this.
14:24The worst thing that could happen, I guess, is this thing could fall off of its moorings.
14:29And we have a real problem.
14:31We're just going real slow.
14:32I can't lose it with a half a mile to go.
14:34This is literally three miles an hour.
14:41Dude, check it out. Here she comes.
14:44That is so cool.
14:46I like how you can't see his pickup yet, and it just looks like the boat's sailing by itself through the grass.
14:51So this is the dream, to put a boat in the middle of the prairie.
14:55Yup.
14:56With waves of grass.
14:57Yes.
14:59So the plan is to put a boat in a hole.
15:02What's the worst thing that could happen?
15:07That is impressive.
15:12It's big.
15:14Could you find a bigger boat?
15:17Dude, this trailer was not meant to drive that.
15:2232 foot.
15:23It's huge.
15:24The plan is we'll just get it lined up pretty close and disconnected, and then we'll just use the stinger on the skid steer to lower the boat into the hole.
15:30Okay.
15:31All right, questions, comments, concerns? Let's hope it works.
15:34Time to drop anchor.
15:36Jeez.
15:37All right.
15:39Sprout's skid steer skills get better every day, mainly because I challenge her whenever I can.
15:46And moving this big boat into place is a perfect opportunity to build her confidence.
15:51Bring her own in, kiddo.
15:55Go back.
15:56Back up just a hair.
15:59Okay.
16:03All right, how you feeling?
16:05I'm a little nervous.
16:09I've never buried a boat either.
16:11I don't think anything's going to happen, but if this thing shifts or if there's any sort of failure, you have to be stable.
16:19Because if you do this or your reaction is to, like, move your hands, it makes it worse, right?
16:25So if this boat wants to go, there's nothing you're going to do to save it.
16:30You're in the safest thing you can be in right now in that metal cage.
16:34Okay.
16:35I believe in you, kid.
16:36You got this.
16:37Okay.
16:38All right.
16:39So I'm going to be watching Tanner.
16:40You're going to be watching me.
16:41We're just going to crawl her down.
16:44And that speed is perfect.
16:45Just crawl.
16:46It's like almost as slow as you can do it.
16:51Yep.
16:52Just a little bit this way.
16:54This boat weighs close to 13,000 pounds, which is a little bit more than the skid steer weighs.
16:58So we have to bring this down real easy.
17:01All right.
17:02Keep coming straight.
17:06Right now, we're at a really good pitch.
17:08And when we get down to the bottom of the hole they dug, then this thing will level out and we'll set the tongue right on the ground.
17:14Alex, why don't you turn towards Cappy a little bit?
17:18Yep.
17:19A little more.
17:20Okay.
17:21Okay.
17:22Come straight in.
17:23Only got this far to go.
17:24Okay.
17:25We only have a couple feet left.
17:26And we're trying to get it as close to centered in the hole as we can.
17:30Okay.
17:31Well.
17:35So Sprout backed it in perfectly.
17:37Nice job, kiddo.
17:40The boat's at a good height.
17:43But now the problem is it's not level.
17:45The boat itself is tipped up here.
17:49And we want it to be here.
17:51So we need to dig a little more dirt out from under this end of the trailer.
17:56Straight back.
17:57To make this happen, Sprout needs to back out with the skid steer.
18:02And I'll get in there with an excavator.
18:06I just have to worry about my guys in the hole.
18:09I don't want to bump the trailer and I don't want to hit the mast.
18:13I think we're good over here.
18:14I would just jump back the body width and then just try to get your teeth under here.
18:18Okay.
18:19So our trick when we're setting this thing is we need to set it level.
18:23But there's nowhere to put a level on this boat.
18:27It's shaped like a banana.
18:29So Sprout's spotting behind us and she's the one telling us whether the front needs to go down or the back needs to go up.
18:34How's it look, kiddo?
18:36Two thumbs up.
18:40You got your boat.
18:41I know.
18:43Well, I think we have to rename it.
18:44I don't know.
18:45What do you think is a good name for a boat?
18:47Well, I feel like since it should be meaningful, we should name it after Joe and Mandy's friend Dale.
18:55I like it.
18:56Okay.
18:57Dale.
18:59Love it, kiddo.
19:04I like it.
19:09Mandy and Joe's ocean theme escape is taking shape.
19:13We've successfully sunk our land yacht into the prairie.
19:16Now we can frame up the dock around it.
19:18First order of business.
19:20Mark out where the deck posts will stand, which will anchor into these concrete blocks that sit on top of the ground.
19:26Okay, can you just park that in front of the ramp?
19:34The reason they're shaped like that pyramid is the physics of spreading out the footprint.
19:41But before we place these foundation blocks, we need to figure out exactly where they should go.
19:49We wanted to have at least five feet of walkway so you could come up the stairs, walk down a nice deck, and then on the back of the boat is where the hangout's going to be, where you can sit and have chairs and all the things.
20:00But we want the decking to be right up against the boat.
20:03We don't want any gaps.
20:05So trying to draw this right-angle L-shape against a boat that is curved is a little bit of a challenge.
20:12So what we're going to do is take string lines in two directions, in two axes.
20:16We'll use that to mark the peak of the hull's curve.
20:20From there, we can set the corners for our deck frame.
20:23Once the frame is up, we can cut the pieces of decking that'll hug the boat's shape.
20:26Have you thought about hitting it hard?
20:33Sure.
20:35Come on up. Come on up. Come on up.
20:41I've never missed yet.
20:49All right, kid. That's going to be our footprint. Straight and square.
20:53Feeling good about it.
20:54The sailboat came with just about everything.
21:11Except an anchor.
21:13Now, I could search around antique shops or scrapyards, wood.
21:17But the best place to start, truck, is Cappy's growing boneyard.
21:24Section of truck. Or treasure trove, as he calls it, at Shortgrass.
21:30He's always tossing odds and ends into a pile until an inspiration strikes.
21:34One pile of gravel.
21:35While I'm looking, I'm going to start to organize things with an inventory of Cappy's collection.
21:42Don't know what this is. See drawing here. Not to scale.
21:50Back scratcher? Steel.
21:51I think it should work.
22:05And now comes the challenge. Figuring out how this anchor will fit into the build and how I can make it look truly unique.
22:11Ahoy from the grassy seas of South Dakota.
22:23We're building a dock that'll surround our land yacht.
22:27So we're on the home stretch of our last pieces of deck framing. We're going to be onto deck boards today. Our goal today was just to get the framing done and we're way ahead of schedule. These guys have rocked it.
22:43This deck? It's going to be solid.
22:46I don't think you could capsize this boat, Cap.
22:50Years ago, the crew coined the term capsized for any build that gets bigger and more elaborate as we go along.
22:57Oh, that is so big!
22:59This is a capsized greenhouse.
23:00As if we didn't just like double the size of it.
23:04Maybe we should think about doing a sprout-sized thing instead of a capsized thing.
23:08Normally, it's a good thing. But when you're working with a boat, not so much.
23:14We've never actually used that term in relation to a boat.
23:18That's fine. I like it.
23:23While Cappy, David and Dustin get sweaty, I get creative.
23:28I'm going to paint something special, something interesting that we can add on our build.
23:33I'm envisioning this like as a part of the landscaping almost, where they'll walk up and it'll be anchoring the boat to the ground.
23:40I'm thinking I'll do like a rip curl, where it is the start of the wave where it starts to break and have that white foam look.
23:49So I'll start with this dark blue first and just work that on the bottom area.
23:57Maybe get that outline of the rip curl.
23:58I totally understand why Joe and Mandy love the ocean and love the water.
24:05I've been in the water since I was small. I started surfing when I was around five.
24:10And so I'm hoping that we can help make sure that they feel the ocean out here in the middle of South Dakota.
24:16OK, once I get this base structure down, I can work on the accents and then add the ocean spray.
24:27And then this will be ready for Joe and Mandy to drop anchor.
24:35While Sprout weighs the anchor, the boat slip is moving full steam ahead.
24:40David, our master carpenter, curved the decking perfectly around the boat's hull.
24:47And now it's literally all hands on deck, making sure every board lines up ship's shape as we fasten them down tight.
24:55Hi. Hey.
24:56So we have like 90% of the deck boards on. We have about a dozen left to go.
25:00And then last thing we have for this deck is the stairs right on the front end by the boat.
25:04And then next piece is to hang the mast up.
25:08Can I go now?
25:09Yeah.
25:15Joe and Mandy's boat-themed getaway is sailing right along.
25:20And today we're going to focus on the star of the show, the boat herself.
25:24First order of business is changing the name to something extra special for them.
25:29And Aunt Wren's on deck to give me a hand.
25:3159 and a half. What's half of 59 and a half?
25:37Uh, 29 and three quarters.
25:39Good.
25:42I sketched the new name onto transfer paper so we can trace the letters right onto the stern.
25:48Giving us a perfect guide when it's time to paint.
25:51So, tell me about why we're putting a new name.
25:55So, Dale was a close family friend who inspired them to move to South Dakota.
26:01So we thought it would be nice if we named it Dale.
26:04That's awesome.
26:06I think Joe and Mandy are going to love this.
26:09Yeah, everybody needs their private getaway space.
26:12I literally cannot see another house or man-made thing from here besides a fence.
26:20Yup. It's just prairie.
26:22That's awesome.
26:24Wren finishes up painting the name while I set a course back to town for an appointment to pick out deck furniture.
26:30Which means I'm skipping a stressful part of the build.
26:38Sure, parking a boat in the middle of a pasture checks the box for our one-of-a-kind builds.
26:43But it's not really a boat until the mast goes up.
26:46And since my boat knowledge is about as empty as the ocean out here, figuring that part out has my brain tied in knots.
26:53I was working on it in my head last night, how we're going to set this 36-foot mast up on the top of this boat.
27:01I got a bunch of wannabe pirates that have never even been on a boat.
27:04I want to unwrap the steering wheel.
27:06What is it that called? The tiller or whatever?
27:08We got a telehandler, not a crane, so I only have 40 feet of reach, but I know the mast is 36 feet and no instructions.
27:14So, stay tuned.
27:16To pull this off, in addition to Wren, I've recruited three of my most trusted land lovers.
27:23There's a lot of brains on this right now.
27:25I think we have a plan to do it, but we're going to go get the telehandler and rig it up with a pick strap.
27:30And then we're going to pick this mast up and slide it back down in the hole.
27:34Cap, there is no hole.
27:36There's just a bracket. You're just going to put it on that bracket.
27:38There's just a bracket and it sits right on top of it.
27:39There.
27:40Okay, so we're not exactly off to a flying start.
27:46And because nothing's ever simple, I also managed to forget a key piece of equipment.
27:52We're going to pick up the mast. We got the machine to do it, but we don't have any of my lift straps.
27:56So, this rope, I'm going to cut it in half and I'm going to make a strap.
28:03I'm 11% sure this is going to work.
28:06That thing plugs into right here.
28:09Yeah.
28:10Then, of course, there's the question of how do we actually secure the mast once it's up.
28:14It just, I mean, so you've got these little cable dealers.
28:18I don't care. Anything that bolts this thing together, what do we got down there?
28:21Nothing, man.
28:22Normally, I'd lean on years of building experience.
28:25And where's the boom that the sail goes out on?
28:27Oh, it's on the ground over there.
28:29But this time, it's all about how-to videos on the internet.
28:33Good call, Wren.
28:34So, the slot on the mast faces the stern and then the furler attaches to the front.
28:40And then there's a couple of side arms that hold the sails front and back.
28:45Yeah.
28:46Easy peasy.
28:47Furler.
28:48Boom.
28:49Turnbuckles.
28:50Flux capacitor.
28:51And let's stand a mast.
28:55I always say this job is like flying a plane as you build it.
28:59And it's never been truer than today.
29:01Except this time, it's a boat.
29:04And, well, you know what I mean.
29:06All right, you guys ready?
29:08I think so.
29:11All right, here we go.
29:12The hardest part is we have to pick this up about the middle of the mast because we don't have enough reach to pick this up from the very top of the mast.
29:26So, we're going to pick it up and the guys have to swing it under and then we mount it in this plate on the top of this boat.
29:35Are we still center line with the boat or are we going to go out?
29:38Go out.
29:40I don't want anyone directly underneath that thing.
29:45Okay, that's maxed out on extension.
29:49That's it?
29:50Brent, don't fight them so hard because I think you're pulling the top.
29:54Okay, I'm coming up.
29:56All right, we're going to try to twist it and get it in there.
29:59Okay, what's at the bottom?
30:01Okay, turn it.
30:05Okay.
30:06Push it in.
30:08There.
30:09You guys got a muscle or do you want me to try to move it?
30:11Rock it that way.
30:12Okay.
30:20Yeah, that's doing it.
30:24Yeah, there's it.
30:25There's it.
30:28Let's get the gunwars right there.
30:30It's tipping.
30:31Taffy, come help.
30:32Don't let it fall.
30:34What do we got to do?
30:35Let's push it up and get it back in the bracket.
30:37Stand up.
30:39Ready?
30:40Good pull.
30:41Okay, let's try to push it back on three.
30:42One, two, three.
30:46Get it in there.
30:47Get it, Scotty.
30:48Nope.
30:50Whoa.
30:51There it is.
30:52Yeah, it's in the bracket.
30:53It's in.
30:54Christmas.
30:55So we've got it in its cradle in the bottom.
30:57Our ropes are holding, but there's an absolute rat's nest of cables and wires.
31:03Okay, look.
31:04This one here.
31:05Yeah, this is all tied up.
31:06So that one there.
31:07Okay, this one goes.
31:08We call it a yard arm or whatever.
31:09Where's the pins for these?
31:10This is not ideal.
31:11So there's four cables that hold this in place.
31:15But figuring out which four is the issue.
31:19Luckily, Dustin finally cracks the code.
31:21Okay, this one goes over here.
31:23This one goes here.
31:24And these two guys get hooked on somewhere else.
31:28We're attaching these two pieces, these buckles, these cables, so we can stand this all the way up.
31:34Trying to keep it forward-aft correct, and then the yaw east and west.
31:40I got mine in.
31:41Mine's in.
31:42Mine's in, too.
31:43I'm not cut out to be a pirate.
31:44I like the land.
31:45Dude, we got a mast up, man.
31:46Holy buckets.
31:47It's in.
31:48Just got to figure out where the other 27 cables go.
31:49While Cappy and the build crew try to become a sailing crew, I get the fun job.
31:52Hunting down cool furniture to turn the deck into the ultimate hangout spot.
31:53I like the land.
31:54I like the land.
31:55Dude, we got a mast up, man.
31:56Holy buckets.
31:57It's in.
31:58Just got to figure out where the other 27 cables go.
32:01Just got the fantastic equipment on the deck and on the other 27 cam is.
32:02It's in the exact same way.
32:03It's in the middle of the deck.
32:04agreありがとうございました.
32:05I like the best man to ride the land.
32:06I like to do that.
32:07Temple.
32:08But he always knew he had his hat.
32:09And now he's got a attitude.
32:10He used to be on the ship.
32:11He's in the ship.
32:12And he's going to be on the ship.
32:13He's going to stay down the ship.
32:14He's going to be on the ship.
32:15While Cappy and the build crew try to become a sailing crew, I get the fun job.
32:19Hunting down cool furniture to turn the deck into the ultimate hangout spot.
32:24I'm currently shopping for some furniture to put on the deck at Joe and Mandy's.
32:29This is huge.
32:36I really like our theme of the ocean and whatnot, and I want to keep that same vibe, but just
32:42a little bit more elevated and not quite lake house-esque.
32:46I'm hoping that maybe something like this will be a little nicer, and this will fit
32:52better for the project.
32:55I like this one a lot.
32:56It is a little white, yeah.
33:02Especially with how much seating this set offers, I can totally see Joe and Mandy with
33:08some friends hanging out here after a long day.
33:11I feel like this definitely fits them.
33:14Okay, I think I'll go ask if they can box this up.
33:20It's been a long day out on the prairie.
33:26We're still scratching our heads over which cables do what.
33:29I imagine this rope started nice and pristine, and whoever's on this boat one night just
33:34fiddling and started tying knots and things because there was nothing else to do in the
33:37middle of the ocean.
33:41Last task of the day.
33:43I'm taking a ride to the very top of the mast to hang up the solar powered string lights
33:49when the sprout picked out.
33:52Got it!
33:54Zip-tie it to the rail thingy.
33:56Okay, you can take me down.
34:01The destination is in sight, and soon enough Joe and Mandy will set sail in their epic prairie
34:11getaway.
34:16It's another beautiful day on the high seas.
34:22And Sprout wanted me out here bright and early to tackle a special project with buckets
34:27and scrub brushes.
34:28Hello.
34:29Yo-ho.
34:30Oh, it looks great.
34:33Uh, you're welcome, but I love you enough to put those lights up.
34:36It looks so good.
34:38Pretty cool.
34:39What do you got going on?
34:40I am tackling the inside of the boat today.
34:43Ah, I see.
34:44I'm going to clear out all the junk in there and figure out what it needs to look nice for
34:47Joe and Mandy.
34:48Okay.
34:55Oh, there's stuff in here.
34:57I'll hand you the stuff we don't need.
34:59Oh!
35:00Jiminy Christmas, dude.
35:03How many...
35:05What is this, a hemorrhoid cushion?
35:09What is...
35:10I don't need those.
35:11You don't need those?
35:12You should take them.
35:13I don't need them.
35:14What if you need more?
35:15I don't need any more.
35:17I have a full roll.
35:18Okay.
35:19Now let's see what we have to work with down here.
35:22We have some couch cushions.
35:24Oh, a complete guide to sails and sail handling.
35:29Does that book say anything about how to set a mask back up?
35:32You read it and tell me what it says.
35:35If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.
35:42Our boat is leaking.
35:44There's no one at our helm.
35:46There's only a book on board and sheer will.
35:49We are struggling.
35:50Send help.
35:51Help.
35:52We're from South Dakota.
35:53Help.
35:54We don't know what we're doing.
35:55We're from a landlocked state.
35:56We don't know how this works.
35:58Listen, if this capsizes, I'm just...
36:00I'm going with Davy Jones' locker, dude.
36:02Love you.
36:03It's good to know you.
36:04Hey, Cap.
36:05The starboard side needs scrubbing.
36:07I'm pretty sure port side needs a little bit of touch-up paint on the edging.
36:11Well, you lost me at port, but I'll do that first part.
36:14I don't know what that is.
36:18Oh, deckhand.
36:19Yes, Captain.
36:21How's it going?
36:22Great.
36:23Great.
36:24Make sure to scrub more.
36:26That's aye-aye to you, deckhand.
36:31Inside is looking much better.
36:33All I think I really need is blankets or something to make sure that it's all set for Joe and Mandy.
36:39Looking good, deckhand.
36:44Walk the plank, Captain.
36:48Oh, my God.
37:00Today's the big day.
37:02The good ship, Dale, is ready to launch.
37:05The sailboat sanctuary is ready to carry Joe and Mandy and all their loved ones into years of adventure on the prairie seas.
37:12I still don't know what half this stuff does.
37:15This looks really good, kid.
37:17I like your lights.
37:18They were a pain in the butt, but they're cool.
37:20Yeah, that wasn't as easy of an ask as I thought that was.
37:24No, worth it, dude.
37:25Every day.
37:26Nice.
37:27Awesome.
37:28Alright, I'm going to head down and get Joe and Mandy.
37:29Okay.
37:30And I'll bring them back up.
37:31Okay.
37:32Dude, nice.
37:33Joe and Mandy are waiting back at their house on the far side of the property.
37:38They've never laid eyes on this build.
37:40So while Sprout finishes up some of the final touches, I'm going to pick them up.
37:44I'm taking every precaution not to spill the beans.
37:47Blindfolds, guys.
37:48Okay.
37:49Doing blindfolds.
37:50So we just have a little bit of a drive into the field here.
37:53You can see it from a little ways off.
37:55So I wanted it to be a surprise until we got up there.
37:58I often wonder, like, when we do things like this is what the neighbors think.
38:01Yeah, the closest neighbor's not that close out here.
38:03This is true.
38:04You do not have a lot of neighbors out here.
38:06Blindfolds on.
38:07No peeking.
38:08Okay, no peeking.
38:09Alright.
38:10I'm good.
38:11Okay.
38:12So I'm just having you stand right here.
38:13Okay.
38:14I won't leave your husband.
38:15I'm stuck in the car.
38:16Great.
38:17Alright, sir.
38:18Perfect right there.
38:21Alright.
38:22How are we feeling standing in the middle of your property with blindfolds on?
38:25Yes.
38:26So excited.
38:27Butterflies.
38:28Awesome.
38:29Yeah, lots of butterflies.
38:30Alright, on the count of three you can take your blindfolds off.
38:32Okay.
38:33Okay?
38:34One, two, three.
38:35One, two, three.
38:36Oh my gosh.
38:37Oh my gosh.
38:38Are you kidding me?
38:41No!
38:43How'd you do that?
38:44No way!
38:45That's amazing.
38:46Wow.
38:47How'd you guys do that?
38:49Alex dug a giant hole in the ground.
38:50Yup.
38:51That's how.
38:52That's sitting on a boat trailer.
38:53Wow.
38:54We dropped anchor in the middle of your property.
38:55Speaking of anchors, our anchor is right over there.
38:56Wow.
38:57We're the only ones with the painted anchor.
38:58Crazy.
38:59You guys want to go take a look at the anchor?
39:00I so want to take a look.
39:01Yes.
39:02Randy, go for it.
39:03Okay.
39:04This is insane.
39:05You gotta be joking.
39:06This is nuts.
39:07I love it.
39:08Oh, look at that.
39:09Wow.
39:10Look at that.
39:11Oh my gosh.
39:13What do you think of that?
39:14Oh my gosh.
39:15Wow.
39:16I thought it was.
39:17Are you joking?
39:18Oh my gosh.
39:19Oh my gosh.
39:20Oh my gosh.
39:21Are you joking?
39:22You're joking?
39:23What's that?
39:25Oh my gosh.
39:26Wow.
39:28Oh my gosh.
39:29Oh my gosh.
39:30Wow.
39:31Are you joking?
39:32Wow.
39:33Wow.
39:34Wow.
39:35Wow.
39:36Oh, that's so cool.
39:39The name of the boat is Dale.
39:41Amazing man.
39:44Perfect surprise.
39:45Great name for a boat.
39:47I mean, for them to do that was above and beyond.
39:50Yeah.
39:51Love it.
39:53You guys had talked a lot about the adventure.
39:56You guys had had the houseboat, but thinking about the safety piece of it, right?
40:00Open water, open ocean.
40:01There's a lot to go with that.
40:02We are from a landlocked state.
40:04We understand how, like, the ocean isn't exactly feeling very safe when you don't know what's underneath.
40:10Like, I love the concept of the water, right?
40:12You're just out in this beautiful open area and so peaceful, which is here as well.
40:20And then we wanted to make it look like it was parked at a marina.
40:23Absolutely.
40:24And then give you a big enough deck that you could hang out with friends and have drinks, do some cooking if you wanted to.
40:29Everything in the boat is completely intact.
40:30The cabin is completely functioning on the inside.
40:34Well, Cappy, can we board?
40:36Absolutely.
40:38Absolutely, Captain.
40:39Go for it.
40:44This is so cool.
40:48And your favorite stuff.
40:51Yay!
40:51Games.
40:52This is exactly what we do.
40:55Yes.
40:56Hang out on the water, play games.
40:58Mm-hmm.
40:59Chill.
40:59Oh, how fun.
41:01Wow.
41:03What's in there?
41:05I don't know.
41:06That's the bedroom.
41:07Wow.
41:08And these benches can burn to beds.
41:10This is amazing.
41:11You can comfortably sleep up to six.
41:13So fun.
41:14But with a big deck, you can have more people than that.
41:16Yeah.
41:17Can I peek?
41:17Yeah.
41:18Icebox.
41:19Oh, wow.
41:20That's great.
41:21That is awesome.
41:21We wanted it really to feel like it was just a boat out here in a slip, and then the ocean
41:26just went away.
41:28You succeeded.
41:29So glad you guys love it.
41:30Yes.
41:31Thank you very much.
41:32It is the best of both worlds.
41:34We have the adventure of being out on the open space, and we have the same feel that we
41:41did on the water that we loved so much.
41:44We can vacation every night.
41:47Yes, we can.
41:49Well, should we let these lovely people enjoy their space?
41:51Yes, I think so.
41:51Oh, thank you.
41:52Thank you very much.
41:54All right.
41:55All your work?
41:56Yes.
41:57Great job.
41:57I appreciate it.
41:58Great job.
41:59You bet.
42:00Excited.
42:01Thank you, guys.
42:02Okay, thank you.
42:03Our plans.
42:04Cocktails on the boat.
42:05Some really good friends.
42:06Yes, absolutely.
42:07We'll be bringing the friends out.
42:09Definitely want to turn those lights on tonight.
42:11Peace and quiet.
42:13Beautiful stars.
42:13It's just going to be wonderful.
42:17Perfect.
42:18It's awesome.
42:20Bark art.
42:22I know.
42:23Views.
42:24So awesome.
42:26And then goodbye, we're going to bed.
42:29Perfect.
42:33Who gets pirate names?
42:36Dustin's is grouchy.
42:38Get that rope on the stern.
42:41Peg leg.
42:43They call me Porkchop.
42:46Wow.
42:47Land ho.
42:49Grr.
42:50All a head full.
42:53Been out in the field a long time.
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