Adventures in building a 9ft micro-tugboat "Huckleberry" for my kids, Finn & Sawyer.
Thursday, 4 February 2021
Caladesi Island Expedition
Took the Huckleberry Too over to Caladesi to meet up with some of the kid's friends. Ridiculousness ensued...
A few weeks ago, we got a break in the weather so we did some Tuggin' around the canal. Sawyer got a chance to steer for the first time, while Finn was just chilling in the front.
Catching up from the last few months...
Christmas was fun. The annual boat parade got canceled, but The Grinch was sighted around the island. Grandma also got us an awesome Huckleberry Too ornament for the tree.
Saturday, 5 December 2020
Monday, 14 September 2020
Made the neighborhood rounds. Blasted all Finn's friends with the cannon! Arghh!!!
Numbers came in today. We're a real boat now. Took a family cruise! Sawyer wasn't having the pictures, but had fun.
Saturday, 12 September 2020
Launched today. Apparently there is a tropical storm in the gulf, but we had a small weather window... or so we thought. JD came over with his jet ski trailer and was a huge help in getting the boat launched and the lift bunks set up.

Friday, 11 September 2020
Thursday, 10 September 2020
Paint done! Need to run plumbing and electric, and install rub rail. Launch this weekend if possible!!!
Saturday, 5 September 2020
Busy day. Got A LOT done. Too tired to post too many pics, but heres a few. Still need to run electric and plumbing, but most of the rigging is otherwise done. Waking up at 5am. Offshore tomorrow.
Friday, 4 September 2020
Thursday, 3 September 2020
Disaster strikes. Attempt at non-skid was a mess. I think I used too much pumice, and it just clumped when rolling it on. Scraped everything off today, and plan to repaint tomorrow. Hope this doesn't delay the launch.




























