About
I have always been enthralled with the way things work. I loved working with my hands; tinkering with spare parts and trying to make something new out of it. When I was little I would disassemble things and attempt to put them back together. I got my first boat project when I was 14, but my story started way before then. Back when I was 8 years old, I started fixing remote control boats and helicopters. I was fascinated with remote control toys and gadgets but they seemed to always break. Fixing those things required lots of mechanical and electrical knowledge. I don't think I have ever had a time that I wasn't fixing or thinking about my projects. The ability to fix things was like a 6th sense to me. I was able to take things apart and then reassemble them back together without looking at a manual. Fast forward a couple of years, when I had just purchased my first boat off Craigslist. I was very excited to finally get a boat because I had been begging my dad for a long time. Unfortunately, the perfect image of a boat was destroyed and replaced with lots of problems. I had no idea that getting a boat would come with so much trouble. I basically had to fix the entire boat because of how damaged it was. The seats were sagging and rotten, the transom was weak, and the two-stroke engine had one too many issues. Once, I got stranded in the middle of the lake because the engine died and someone had to rescue us. Repairing my first boat was tough and came with many challenges, but I can say that I thoroughly enjoyed every bit of it. What is life without a little bit of risk? Through this experience I was able to have a clearer understanding on how two-strokes and boats work.