"Bob, it's finished." (Texas Country Reporter) 

TCR is the best thing on youtube! What a great inspiring story. The DR. could not have picked a finer boat to build. Notice how the schooner transformed as soon as it was in the water. Magic!

Absolutely amazing story . God bless him . I hope he's still sailing 🙏🏻🇺🇸👍🏻💪🏻

God bless Texas and all of its good people!

That man is my best friend's grandpa!

Congratulation Dr. Vardiman. I had the pleasure to cruise on a replica of a 41' 1929 Alden schooner for a month from New Orleans to the Dry Tortuga's and back. What a memorable trip. Hope you continue your dream. "Fair Winds and Following Seas."

Back in the early 70's I met a couple of characters, one a teacher and the other a Doctor, that were trying to build a 52' concrete sailboat. I watched as the progressed slowly on each and every weekend. Abruptly their schedule changed and they became far more dedicated to completing the boat. They started working every day. Mike, the teacher, took a sabbatical and Doc closed down his practice. It was almost like a race to get finished and one day Mike accidentally let it slip that it was indeed a race, a race against life. You see, Doc had been diagnosed with an untreatable cancer and had been given two years at the most to live. Many of us pitched in and helped in any way we could but it was not to be. When the boat was only weeks away from being finished Doc passed away in his sleep. Mike stopped working on the boat and we thought that was it when one day, about a year later, he reappeared and started working once again. Once again, we all tried to help when we could to see the boat to completion. You see, Mike had come up with a plan. He would never make the voyage with his best friend Doc but there was something he could do. Mike had spent the last year trying to convince Doc's widow to let him take Doc's 14 year old son on a cruise around the world and she had finally agreed. Mike being a teacher had guaranteed that that the boy the would stay up with his schoolwork while they were gone and to bring him back safe and sound. When the truck came to take the boat to the coast to be launched, Doc's son was with Mike and they followed it to the slip and did the final work, provisioned up, and sailed away. They were gone a little over a year when they returned and Mike sold the boat. So in a way, Doc did get to sail the seven seas and see them through the eyes of his son. Many of us envied Doc's son. Can you imagine the education he got in that year of sailing? Mike started on a new boat with the money from the first and every weekend he and Doc's son would come and work on it. You see, they needed to finish it for when the boy got out of University............

Gorgeous. Live 100 years and enjoy it! Thanks, Thailand Paul

Beautiful Boat, Beautiful human being. I've done a lot of sailing with different people. I'd go with this guy any time, anywhere.

I salute this gentleman for the long years, dedication and effort that he has put into making his dream come true. Sadly his willingness and long term, total committment to accomplishing his task are attributes and qualities that have fallen by the wayside in this once great nation of ours. Today, America and Americans are all about the fast buck and the quick, easy solutions. It it can't be accomplished in days or in the current fiscal quarter then forget about it. This is so sad!

Beautiful story.

What a beauty you have created...

he built a beautiful boat awsome man

I can't even imagine how much of his heart he's poured into this.

Congratulations Doctor, Job well done and a beautiful design with great lines. Fair winds and calm seas to you, from Schooner MISTRESS

In my earlier Days I had been a boat builder and always dreamed of building one for myself, but neither the funds nor the room ever came to be so that dream remains unfulfilled. I have been blessed though to have accomplished my sailing dreams and for that I am blessed. Dr. Vardman I sallute you on a job well done. The boat was built in a "Bristol like Fashon" and is well found a Schooner you can be proud of

Love this story and love this man! What an inspiration for anyone who has a dream!!

What an amazing man and a inspiration to all

What a story! He followed his dream......and accomplished!!

What a masterpiece of a man and.. a boat.

Beautiful boat and what an amazing man to never giving up ❤️🙏❤️

That was a fantastic dream come true

What a great story! Bravo for him! Follow the foam Saltheart!

What an incredible person.

way to go go Doc. You are an inspiration.

This is such a great story that I share it with my students along with a lesson about finding one's passion in life, and the challenges that one may face to accomplish a dream.

ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS EPISODE (Like all of them!!) 😍

Wow! Another great piece Bob!

Doing that all by himself? Damn genius.

Beautiful. In many ways.

Fantastic journey!

Incredible.

That just proves all good things come out of Beaumont.

That's my grandpa

What an accomplishment!

Congratulations on the realization of a nice dream. That both is sincerely gorgeous. ... sorry about the foot.

What a great story.

A wonderful story of dedication. Dr. John, I hope you make that global trip. If you need a deck hand, I'm available.

Great story! Inspirational!

Job well done, beautiful boat.

Great work, congrats to both of you. She is absolutely stunning... Yes, the media tend to embellish a few stories.

john, Congrates on your dreams.

One of the greatest tales of a Man and his dream, that I have known. Awesome.🇺🇸

What a beautiful boat. Great job all around.

Rock on dock you're not crazy and you ain't lazy you got one of a kind that is a beautiful boat my friend and capturing this on a documentary was really cool 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

Good job, nice boat, sorry to hear about your foot. Godspeed

Bravo John

Absolutely stunning! I used to call this boat "Noah's Ark" and would ask if I could buy a ticket. Hahahaha

LOVED this story! But are you telling me the Doctor didn't acquire a parrot and eye patch to complete the ensemble as the unfortunate mishap with his foot?

Brilliant

Fair winds and following seas.

Wow!👍

In fact these videos should be on Belgian television on a daily basis to let us know Texas and Texans.

She's a beauty!

Awesome

I certainly know how he feels, I built and fly my own airplane

God bless texas tho im born in NM my hart lives in texas !!!

wow just wow

nice!!!

He lied, yep, you read it right. He lied, Not for one second was he single handed. 20 years ago I cut raw materials for him, I was 15. I worked after school and on weekends, every weekend 12-14 hrs a day on weekend days for almost a year. I cut bungs, and installed them, I packed cotton in the seams. I worked by myself on week days until he got home around 6. I maintained his property while he worked on this boat. I never thought I would see it hit the water, but it did.

Holy crab! He lost his foot on the day of his triumph? How horrible.

The Bradna Rose was sold by Dr Vardeman in January of 2019 for a measly $41,000

That was great TCR all I need now is a couple pieces of Chicken Earl's Fried Chicken and watch it again and things would be perfect.Hang on,maybe more than Two pieces and things would be perfect .

Why did you not show the inside of the boat? barely see the boat but from the outside

He must have had a lot of spare time as this seems like an impossibility for any man to cut the trees and make a boat all by himself.

Now he just needs a pony to take for a ride...'Cause if I had a boat ....

It would've sucked if he forgot to put the engine in.

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He should have known something was afoot on launch day.