12 yr Old Builds a Row Boat!! 

@MakeWithMiles , I _JUST_ watched you design & build an original nightstand on your Winter break from college . . . and now I’m watching you at 12yo building a lovely boat! Fantastic 😁

I recently found this channel and its so crazy to see how much Miles has done and grown. He should be very proud of himself and I'm excited to see what else he can do.

I love it when I come across a video and they say things like "I'm not a pro" or "go easy on me" and I know without a doubt that when I look at the comments they are all positive, supportive and encouraging. Well done, well done!

Now this is what young men should be doing... Older boys working with the younger ones teaching with the parents support of course... All I can say is excellent work & props to all that were involved...!

I'm 61 and may I saw you young man just blew me out of the water. Mighty fine job.

What a good lad! Your parents must be very proud of you. Proper little grafter. Well done Miles. Great job. From England.

For everyone asking me for plans, they are linked in the description...

Dude I'm very impressed. I can't believe how good it turned out. Well done. I am a carpenter with 20 years experience and I'm scared of attempting my first boat project. I can't believe what a nice job you have done. Many congratulations

Excellent job young man! I'm 73 and while I have built plenty of things in my life, but never a boat, or anything that big. You are off to a good start on your life.

Might just be me, but I often wonder what type of person watches a great video like this and gives it a thumbs down....? These guys did a phenomenal job with their level of experience!!! To the thumbs down people, I’m sorry your life is miserable and you might want to look for professional help with your issues.

Miles, this video is incredible. Thank you for putting this out here for all us DIY type guys to enjoy!

Kid You are an inspiration! I learned something a long time ago about doing stuff. It’s supposed to be fun and when it isn’t fun stop. Keep up the GREAT WORK!

i have no doubt at all that you could easily become a master boat builder in years to come . The greatest thing is to do what you enjoy for a living. Keep up the good work kid !!

Other than I would call that a skiff, great job. I think of a rowboat as a round bilge boat like a wide canoe. Shaped like a canoe, we call it a peapod style and if it has a square transom, then just a rowboat. Skiffs are use mostly here in Maine for tending a larger boat, shuttling crew back and forth from the mooring of the larger boat. They are generally not that great for rowing long distances, however, they do go good with an outboard, because they plane easily. A rowboat shaped more like a canoe or sailboat, rows effortless and easily glides through the water. It is designed for long distance rowing. My dad, back in the days before outboards, had a 15 foot beauty, that he would row for miles for commercial fishing and ferrying people back and forth between the mainland and islands, etc. Rowboats, will work fine with a small outboard, but not a larger outboard because they are not designed to plane like a flat bottom skiff.

This is absolutely brilliant. You’re already a man. The fact that you have made the boat and done the video too, shows what a wonderful young guy you are. It’s a huge credit to you. Go safe, and keep up the good work.

Awesome video. Warms my heart to see kids out there doing stuff, building stuff, learning life long skills. Great job young man.

This is so cool to go back and watch you grow with your channel. All the best to you Miles.

Im 51 years old and id LOVE to build a boat!!!! Good work my man!

Great job Miles and Bobby. Your parents must be proud of you guys!

Wow, wonderful job at any age. I built my pram dingy at age 17, used it for many years before joining the US Navy.

Great video, even greater build and great skills learned for a lifetime. Thanks for sharing!

This video makes me happy. Being this capable at 12 is a great start in life.

Fantastic job. Don't ever really watch whole videos of this type of stuff but you did a great job with the build and the video. Keep it up!

WOW.....that is brilliant. Beats staring at an ipad all holiday. Some very skilled kids there 👍👍

Well done! She’s beautiful. May you have many great years sailing her. Bravo!

Not exactly how I'd have done it , but it's a good job. There are a lot of grown men on RU-vid that could learn a lot for you guys. Good luck in you future builds.

Great little boat! Looks like it turned out good. I like it, good job!

Outstanding, somebody; give that boy a job....

Good job young man ! More young guys should follow your example.

Nice job young man. You are one boat build ahead of me.

Best RowBoat Vid of 2017! 5 THUMZZUP from Idaho !

Downright inspiring... and excellent video and a very likeable product... well done young man.

What a fantastic project and achievement, congratulations. I'd love to make this with my daughter when she a little older. I only cringed watching your fingers so close to that table saw blade. Use a push stick, you'd have had lots of spare wood around. A beautiful boat is useless without fingers. Other than that, I smiled throughout this. Well done again.

Another great one! So impressed with all the different projects you've chosen.

I kind of wish there was a comparison shot of the same rifle and same round hitting say a truck engine block or something. Or a comparison round for round video of a small car eating the same ammunition. Just to really illustrate how much destruction went down range. As impressive as it is to see a lock get beaten up like that - seeing a mid size pickup be disassembled by the same rounds would have been super fun.

Best one I’ve seen yet

What and excellent video and tutorial. You are a champ!!! Well done.

Great project, I used to work on some boats in Knaresborough, UK. Best job I ever had!

Great job for an adult and your only 12!! should be well proud.

This is really awesome and impressive! Keep going mate.

Great job Miles! Sure looks like heirloom quality to me. Happy boating.

GREAT JOB Guys ..looks like you had fun building the boat ..

Kiddo, you have by far bested me in ANY project that I did when I was 12! You & your friend did a great job.

This is awesome and amazing. Congratulations!

This is mad impressive on its own regardless of age

Well done Miles. Ripper little boat!

Congratulations kids , that's awesome !

Very nice job--congratulations! Building boats is one of the most gratifying activities out there and you should be proud of this one. Your video is over three years old and I hope you've built a few more boats since. Ignore the dislikes; they've probably never built anything.

You might be 12 bit yet you r my hero. Congrats body

Wunderbar!!!! Das ist Wunderbar! Gut gemacht!!!!

GOOD JOB YOU HAVE A VERY GOOD DAD

great ideas and great plans and a very professional job putting it together

This is the American dream that I’m talking about!

Best boat build video, ever. 👍👍

Beautiful boat like the clean lines I would bass fish in it and be proud of it.

Of course we love this video 🌹

Good job boy, you are the man.

Great job 👏 I built small dorys when I was your age with my dad they row really nicely and still simple to build. Keep on building and doing videos. You'll do good without a doubt

Awesome job! Sure beats staring at a cell phone all day. Keep up the good work and I look forward to see what you do in the future.

A great build.Happy sailing.

beautiful proyec

"I'm only 12". Yeah... going on 37! Well done, young man! Very inspiring indeed!

U r totally awesome little dude ! / everyone needs help - it’s how we learn

Wow! So impressed... way to go!!😀

Incredibly great efforts.

Miles is twelve, but has built more working boats than 99.99% of all adult males in the United States.... including the ones that consider themselves both “handy” and “Salt Lifers.” Good job Miles!

Beautiful boat you did a better job than most people good luck to you in the future.

It is very likely Miles' dad is is an engineer/scientist and/or a teacher. Kudos to his dad and, of course, kudos to Miles. And, of course, kudos to Miles' mom for, well, being a mom and the enormous responsibility and endless amount of work that entails. Want great engineers? Have them build projects like this for, say, half of the time when they are in school. Sitting in classrooms learning theoretically is important, but so is hands-on (or "computer-on") training. Also, this practical training should start when children are young, say 5 years old. After all, engineers are born to build. They are easily identified at preschools. They are the ones mesmerized by the building blocks. I always admired those kids, though I never had the slightest interest in building anything with my hands. But I have given my ideas to engineers and watched them turn my abstract ideas into concrete reality. Engineers amaze me.

awesome job , Miles !!!

Hello my name is Ethan and I have my own rowboat with a mercury3.3 2 stroke engine on mine nice boat

This old man applauds you, Miles.

Grand job there young fella

Well done, a very nice build , I hope you build many more . Awesome.

Fantastic watching you complete this fun project. Hope you get years of great use from it - & that the skills you have gained stand you in good stead for future 'adventures'. :-)

Well done

WOW IMPRESSIVE AT ANY AGE BUT 12 ! YOU ROCK KID.

Excellent. Good to know there are still young people learning these kinds of things.

Good job little dude. I especially liked the 'roller cam'.

Mantap, seperti kecil saya dulu selalu ikut bantu Ayah kalau perbaiki sampan.👍

great job, miles!

Awesome job! That my friend is a true heirloom quality boat!

Looks like you did a great job.

I tip my hat to you for making this boat. I always wanted to try to make my own but never did and you as a kid did it. Great stuff just subbed hopping to see more from you.

Great work buddy beautiful boat now you got to name her

That's 'awesome' keep up the goodwork!!!

Nicely done! I was hoping to "see how she goes" at the end!

Looks heirloom quality to me!

this is great!

Im verry happy that there are kids like me i also want to make a boat for quite some time and i will start when i have some more money i am also 12 btw

Good job big boy .. Keep it up

Really awesome. Good job

A grear job for 2 young lads with help but pleease get dad to put a cover on the saw bench and a riving knife,look forward to your next project

My grandfather said a boat aint finished till you paint a name on her or him or it. :)

Awesome job can't believe your only 12 your parents are raising you right

PFD's in the Boat , Well Done Guys

Love it! Great project! Great Kids!

You're an inspiration..

Very well done ! Enjoy it !

My Dad and I built a Lake Scowl we should have named it tinytanic just 1 voyage and we'll guess what 💔 but it was fun!,,,,,,you go Miles👍

super job, well done!