Day 9: Blowing Up a Boat in the Middle of a Cornfield!

Thanks to everyone who has donated! Funding is going well! We re a little behind, but I know we can catch back up. Today's film story is about a video where we blew up a boat. There is a lot more of a story to this than is presented in the video. First watch the video and enjoy the ridiculousness of putting a boat in the middle of a cornfield and blowing it up.

Ok so our neighbor says he will give us his boat for free as long as we blow it up. I instantly agree as I like blowing stuff up. So we start figuring out how we are going to pull this thing off. I start asking around to see if anyone will let us blow the boat up on their property. My friend Jackson agrees so we get the boat on the trailer and haul it out to his place. We get it out there and at first he thinks we can blow it up in his front lawn, but after talking to his dad we find out we have to do it in the cornfield which is about as muddy as it ever gets. Jackson hooks the trailer up to his truck and we drive out to the middle of the field. His truck gets stuck a couple of times, but we get the boat off the trailer and positioned in the middle of the field. We get 5 lbs of Tannerite (legal dynamite) and 4 gallons of gas. Tannerite is ignited by shooting it with a rifle so we have to punch a hole in the side of the boat to shove the tannerite in. We get positioned not even close to far enough away on the road and Jackson gets the gun. After making sure all of the cameras are rolling he starts shooting. After a couple shots he hits his mark and the tannerite goes off, but just creates a just explosion. The gas does not ignite...

We walk over to the boat and look at it. The gas is leaking all over the boat. I am very frustrated as I spent a lot of money on the tannerite and the gas. We decide to call it a night as its getting dark and very cold. The next day I buy 5 lbs of tannerite and 8 gallons of gas. ALWAYS ADD MORE GAS! We get the tannerite positioned and the gallons of gas packed around the tannerite. We get to our positions and Jackson starts shooting. After a couple of shots he hits the mark and BOOM!! We have an explosion and one heck of a fire. Jackson dumped diesel all over the boat so the fire was huge with really black smoke. It burned for a couple of hours and we ended up leaving after a while. You would think the story is done here, but no no no....

See this is just the beginning of a nightmare. I thought the boat would completely burn up, but there was a lot that didn't burn. Most of the fiberglass burned, but the whole metal frame and motor obviously didn't burn. Jackson calls me the next day saying he pulled the boat out of the field and got it on a trailer. My friend, Alex, says we can drop the boat off at his place. So that night I go out to Jackson's and me and him drive the boat to Alex's and drop it off. The boat is just sitting at the back of Alex's property. A couple of days later I get a call from Alex. He says we need to move the boat. I tell him I will get it figured out even though I have no idea what to do. I immediately call Jackson and tell him we need to get the boat out of there. He is gone and the trailer he let us use is now being used for farming so he is not an option. I call my buddy Brian and he is able to drive his truck, but doesn't have a trailer. So I call a couple of people looking for a trailer, but no one has one. I finally get a hold of someone who has one and so we go out and pick it up. It looks a little small, but we take it anyways. We get out to Alex's and his dad and uncle are out there. They both look at the trailer and start shaking their heads. I knew we messed up big time.

Alex's uncle lets us use his trailer and so we get the boat on his trailer and get it tied down. We bring the boat to the dump and drop it off. After a couple of hectic days everything is taken care of. The boat is finally gone and I the nightmare of getting rid of it is over.

Lesson I learned: Make sure you know what you are getting yourself into with any project. Sometimes more time than you expected is needed.