Recently I floated the Green with _Barbless_. About a mile and a half from the takeout we hear the noise of a sled. We're thinking "what the hell!"... We come around a corner, and we see a handmade wooden driftboat. Barbless tells me that he's seen this boat before on the river and he seems somewhat discusted... hehe....

When we arrive at the takeout, the wood drift boat is also there. I recognize the guy too... do any of you guys remember the guy Mike Hansen who is an Umlimted Hydroplane driver/builder? To make a long story short, he turned his buddie's 16' Willie upside down and took measurements. He then stretched the measurements out to build a 18' boat. The thing is absolutely beautiful... he said the varnish work on it took forever. The thing about this boat that was fascinating though, was the inboard motor he installed. He took a small jet motor out of a Jet Ski, and by building a small ride plate on the bottom of the boat, he got this thing to work. He said he can get the thing to go about 30 mph. He's also got an electric trolling motor on it, bilge pump, and a ton of other stuff... (the thing has to be REALLY HEAVY)....Its loud, but pretty dang cool if you ask me! I never thought I would see something like that on the river... I guess just leave it up to those Hydro guys to come up with something like that.