Beagle Barge Update | Getting ready for the Great Loop... 

You are getting a lot done. Safe travels!

Wow!, you've been busy, looks awesome!

Great job 👍

Not dying Brenton, not at all. I'm inspired brother.

Looks awesome! Im excited to watch your beagle barge river adventure. The shanty beagle adventure is the best series I’ve ever seen on RU-vid.

So glad to hear you’re going to do another Mississippi River run again. That is how I found you years ago, was because of your first beagle barge Mississippi River trip. Can’t wait to follow along.

awesome.

Just an idea. Notice this on The Shanty Beagle helm seat. 2 pieces of driftwood and 2 hinges would make an easy wall mounted. folding helm seat. There if you want it gone if you don’t. If you leave it as a plank it would be as comfortable as bleachers at a little league game. Estimated sit time about an hour and a half tops. Keep bringing us on your amazing adventures.

Hi Breton! Just a quick comment that i love your videos. I have either been doing similar trips as your recent car caming trip or in the past have done boating trips and motorcyle tours .The introduction of the low budget steath way of travel has made my retirement on a Canadian pension much more fun and above all possible. Looking forward to watching you and Waveys slow float south on the beagle barge this winter! Tyler

It looks great 👍 👌 😀

Looking Good !!!

Thank you Brenton, for putting out the videos. I really enjoy them. Those doors are going to be the bane of your existence. There has to be youtube videos out there showing you ways of making doors and installing them. Keep the Vagabond. It's a cool boat. Good luck with everything.

Looking forward to the trip. You've done a great job getting everything just the way you want it.

Another interesting video. Love what you did to the barge, you really could just live on that. Keep up the great stuff, you are a must watch every time you pop up. Thank you for this content.

ALRIGHT!! Sorry I over slept. I could have seen this sooner!!!! WAVEY!!

Just my opinion brother, those curtains are perfect man. The whole thing is perfect. And really ready for a full send. Give er hell.

Living the dream there safe travels. Can't wait to see your adventures

Awesome. This means you will pass by Hannibal mo someday. I'd love to show you Mark Twain lake when you pass by.

That's good I can't wait to see you two do the great loop I'll be waiting for that

Thanks for sharing, things are looking good! 🙂🇨🇦

I have been following you and enjoying your journey. Please give me your thoughts: one of the smartest things you did was to build the floor place below the top level of the boat. You avoid a lot of top-heavy problems while voting having said that what are your thoughts on building the same thing on top of a pontoon boat, I worry about the top heaviness.

Your Plans sound awesome can't wait to see it !

I'll be watching for you to float by Oquawka Illinois where I live .it's south of Davenport about 50 miles by water , about 30 miles south of Muscatine Iowa

My wife and I had dreams of buying a trawler cat and doing the loop and living on it after. We are know longer together and based off finances that dream died when we split. Your channel and the way you are doing this has brought it back to life. Thank you for that!

I just found your channel, This is just too cool. Have wanted to do the great loop but this is even better. love it

Pickle buckets are great for storage, they have a rubber seal to hold liquids if necessary. But I do like the shape of those buckets.

yes you do thank you keep them going

My sister told mee about your channel and I have really enjoyed watching your videos. My dog and I live not far from your home waters, just down the road in Bessemer. We wish you luck on your loop trip!

Very cozy set-up, bud! Nice work!

Good work on the Barge! Looking forward to the river series this fall!

I always like the bow to be a v shape,rather than a punt shape ,still a nice house boat on wheels for you and your mutt good video,from down under.

Looking good! Enjoyed the update.

Looks awesome! I want one!

Boat is looking great 😊

looking good !!!

I still have a shanty boat on my bucket list probably be after I finish touring the country on my motorcycle few years

Cause saltwater eats up metal bolts without doing that process procedure the majority.! Of times in boat repairs and usage to. Being your saying all of that yeah. I highly recommend for that.

Your videos are great my friend hoping to meet you some day if your ever by ludington visiting Wayne I'm just up the road I grew up with Wayne great guy. I was so close to catching up with you in Florida we go down in Mach every year and stay in Flagler estates uncle Pete's place Wayne know pete also keep living the great life 🙋

Hi Brandon Very nice Thank you for your videos Inspiration,entertaining and yes I’m just a blue collar worker living in a small town that enjoys being out on a boat Maybe we’ll see you up here in Canada

Dang ideal rig!

Great job You are doing..

looks great. good job!

Looks great

Very nice!😊

I've been following you for a week or so, just subscribed. You are doing exactly what I've wanted to do since I was young, so I will live vicariously thru your videos, if you don't mind. Are there videos that give the basis for your channel, how you got started, why now, how do you finance this project, etc?

Yes!!!!!!!

The book an island to oneself! I have that book that was the first book I brought after my house fire. I really loved it. It was a shame that the guy died after his third term on the island.

Been sick today so ended up watching the entire build playlist today. Where is the video showing/explaining why you switched from wood stove to propane?

This is beautiful 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻❤️

Looks cozy Brento, good work!!! I found some 10"x 3/4" double sided velcro strips and use them to hold my oars up on the ceiling of my boat. They are beige, butI was thinking something the same idea would work well to hild up your curtains. The rope works but you will get tired of tieing each one after some time, The velcro just straps instantly over my oar handle and with it sticking to the back side, it fasens instantly (in three spots for ten foot heavy oars)! Hope your leg gets better soon, you are soon ready to go! Enjoy/BestRoy

Those showing on the outside needs to be.,or should've been through bolts with nylon plastic medium thin washers that protects the wood.,an helps protect the bolts from rusting when you dip the bolts in epoxy and fully cured. Along with spilt washers. Also known as locking washers to.,an some lylon nylon thread locking nuts. With some chalking tube fourm of silicone sealant sealer for each bolt holes.,or marine boat sealant.,or flex seal.,or dollar general Store spray can flexible sealer spray with plastic straw to spray into those holes with.

3:00 probably a bit late for this response but id leave the bottom uncaulked to allow any water that gets behind there to drain out easily. Or maybe leave gaps in the caulk if you think it needs to be caulked at the bottom of the trim piece against the hull. Sometimes if you caulk the bottom of exterior trim it will hold water in behind the trim

15:06 I really like what you've done and i hope you won't be offended if i explain how you could take this shelf up a notch. I do a lot of finish carpentry, and I am only trying to help... I really dont see anything wrong, though. I just caught this and thought I'd try and help if i can. The driftwood piece by the milk crates is really cool looking...if you had attached that piece of driftwood onto the front of the shelf and lowered it enough to cover the shelf supports on the sides, it would result in a nice clean look. Also it would hide whatever light you might install under there. You could still notch the driftwood like you did, but the notches wouldnt need to be as deep. Such a simple thing really makes a big difference in the appearance. I love this boat you have....itd be a perfect setup for the sandbar i like. Hope you're having a great trip

I just learned about "The Great Loop" and it seems like the quintessential American adventure. I hope you have a blast. Edit: I commented before I even got a minute in and now I want to add to my comment. 😂 I think it is hilarious that you have all those kitty litter buckets and that immediately made me realize, you don't have a woman currently. Reason being, you can find all kinds of wonderful containers that are actually meant for food by going to Walmart, The Container Store, Amazon. A million places really but hey, for a solo guy, you are doing an awesome job. I don't say this as an insult, it's just funny because a woman would probably never reuse a kitty litter bucket for food storage but hey, necessity is the mother of invention. Maybe you will meet your next lady friend on your adventures. 😉 Anyways, your dogga-doo is too cute for words and I am going to watch the rest of the video. Thanks for sharing.

I cant wait to follow you down the mississippi. And your attitude about how fast is perfect. How do you come up with so much free time and where's home base?

A little idea, wood dowels for your curtains that you have rolled up. Screwed to the bottom edge would make curtains hang straighter and make them easier to roll up. 🤔👌❤?!!!!

Maybe consider putting a sliding glass door instead? ( At the helm)😊

Hi from Randy and Snoopy from Boone

Maybe you could add a magnet to hold the metal candle can in place for safety

A couple of thoughts . Cover the butt ends of wood on the exterior woth epoxy to keep moisture from wicking up. Next for the horizontal trim use a composite material for the same reason that area is going to be exposed to a lot of water. Take the same epoxy and cover your fish cleaning statio make for a .uch easier clean up. Do not put your diesel heater on the outside exposed to the water and weather. Doors stro g outswing metal woth windows

I love 'Budget Travels', and the most expensive part of traveling is the hotels/motels. If you can avoid having to pay for a place to sleep you cut the cost of your trip by 50% to 75%. A boat is a great way to travel and have a place to sleep every night, but there are not many nice museums and other attractions by the waterway, so that's why I prefer to travel using a small SUV (RAV4) and simply sleep in the back with the rear seats folded down. At night you just go to a nearby truck stop or Walmart parking lot and you sleep there for free.

9:18 there is a war on for your mind.....appreciate ya

New subscriber. Where are you located?

Very cool How long do you think the loop will take you? Nevermind you answered it, no schedule, no hurrying even cooler Looking forward to the loop videos

I know its not the point at all, but very curious what the wide open throttle speed of the beagle barge is?

"The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone." JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE

I spy Uncle Norm's Dolphin Fin!

How big of a motor do you have on the "yacht" ....just curious....thanks...

How tall from the floor,,,how much headspace. Have you ever run into a situation where you may want four solar panels

In another post I asked about your boat…. Now I see better…but who makes it?

What lights are those? I have been looking for some like that

Good job!! So, now you can Sell me the NIMBLE VAGABOND? Dave 😅

How do you use the cleats on the bow

Where did you score the hual

What are the dimensions of your boat ? btw doors that open to the inside are impossible to keep water tight !

Nice job, stop procrastinating, get on line n make doors, How about doubles.. Pocket screws n glue!!!

What horse power is your outboard and 2 or 4 stroke. Thank you

Is the barge built on an aluminum fishing boat?

Ummmm.....where do you go to the bathroom????

I wouldn't call it freeboard its more like a safety wall , freeboard wouldn't allow water to enter but whatever . One of my dreams is to go down the Mississippi to the Ohio and down the Tennessee to the Gulf and into the ICW area then back . I like the barge alot ! I think putting a dog house over the outboard would be a great idea and keeping those Samson posts is nice , placing the diesel heater under the gallie countertop and venting the exhaust out would be good .so you were born in 76 or 72 ? I'm from the class of 76 so that tells you how old i am LOL ! If i had the money i'd want a boat like yours ! If your around north east Wisconsin ( Tomahawk ) theres our huge swap meet for boat parts and outboards going on the 1st week of August ! Come over and introduce yourself , its for A>O>M>C>I> ! Anything and everything for boats !

Following your adventure. Great job!

Where can I buy a used barge. I am looking to build a boat like what you have. I’m 65 and on social security which is not much. I am a Christian and looking for a simple life sharing Gods word. Thanks. I live in Texas.

Nice update video, the pontoon railing and panels totally changed the look of the barge. Looks good and may keep you drier in a blow. Interior is really coming together. Looking forward to your big Beagle Barge adventure.

Well, if you put little snit where those bolts are on your boards anyways hi the boats at the same time measure how far up you have to go and make a little channel inside the board to cover the boards watching from Southern Alberta Canada

Great interiors, love the use of driftwood and the different tones. I was going to comment on balance because I see the watermark on side of the hull and it looks like close to half down at the back but you did mention that you are keeping and eye to that. There was a high end sports yacht brand that installed 2 bilge pumps at the back of the hull side by side, one 1200 and one 3500 gpm, the switch that activated the small one goes on the bottom of the hull, the other switch about 7 inch higher, if you are getting floded the second kicks in and if you are sleeping the noise of both pumps running is going to alert. Your front cleats are covered from outside access, are you taking the TW or the scooter on that trip?.

Hi

my address is on the Spring River in Miami Oklahoma.

PS on another note, I just checked to see if the newspaper still had my columns online. The website is bare bones these days and there are no columns or articles written by anyone left on the site. You had asked a bit ago so I thought I'd better check.

I’m curious how you find good boat deals. Have you ever made a video about that? I’m one of the people that watches all of your videos. Unfortunately RU-vid doesn’t show me all of your videos and I have to periodically check your channels for videos I have missed.

We're looking for a loop boat ourselves and wondered if a houseboat/toon style houseboat was doable. Is this the actual rig you're planning on using? Looks like it would be comfortable for the long haul, just wondering about bigger water like the great lakes

It is coming along nicely.

JUST A SUGGESTION... WHY WOULDNT YOU CLEAN THE FISH ON THE BOW AND MAKE A TRAY THAT GRIPS THE TOP RAIL AND CAN FLOP DOWN AGAINST THE RAIL WHEN NOT IN USE? THEN HOOK UP A PUMP AND HOSE AND YOU WOULDNT HAVE A MESS INSIDE OF NASTY FISH SCALES..LOL

lol u DO NOT want to sleep next to a fish cleaning station.... indoors ... hahaha

hell yes. Any idea of when you plan to start your float. And I hope for at least two videos a week as long as your traveling.

U didn't ask Capt wavy gravy for permission to come aboard

Tires not covered by fenders can throw sand and damage boat

I'm sure you said somewhere, but is it 30 feet or better?

Wow came across your channel because I also have a Tdub, anyway on fourth video now and I got to say I love all your videos. I also love riding, boating, fishing and have a strange infatuation with campers😁. Never slept in one but would love to, the things you build and do is just fantastic.

Hey dont know how much experience you have on Flat bottoms but they can be a handful with a single engine, also you may wanna consider making sure the front is watertight cause if you get rough water and its coming over your living quarters will be like a swimming pool. I also am in the design of my Looping boat I was gonna uas a Pontoon but have decide to turn my 21 ft cuddy into a Tiny Yacht Im so looking forward to taking trip like you do thanks it motivates me

How many ft is that