TPW TV -- BOAT BUILDER: Architect by day and boat 
builder by night. Meet Skip Johnson today on 
Passport to Texas.

This is Passport to Texas

Houston architect Skip Johnson builds boats for fun.

10 -- However elegant and beautiful a boat looks, it looks that 
much better in the water gliding out in front of you; that's their 
function in life.

And the boats he builds achieve their destinies. During a 
TPW PBS TV segment this week, he shows off his skills. 

09 -- I came up with the idea of a kind of a semi jet drive. All of 
the sail fru-fra is stuff I've added just to play around with here 
recently.

While Skip builds boats for fun, he puts some through their 
paces in competitions like the annual Texas Junior Safari. 

03 -- The boat did real well. It just needs a better motor. 

In the end, Skip Johnson says building boats and entering 
competitions isn't about winning prizes ... it's about beauty. 

06 -- Just my personal opinion, but anyone that looks at one of 
these boats and doesn't see beauty in it doesn't have a soul.

[ 16 -- Start Lyle Lovett song]

The Boat Builder segment airs the week of July 13 on the 
TPW PBS TV series. Check your local listings. 

The WSFR supports our series ... For Texas Parks and 
Wildlife ... I'm Cecilia Nasti. 








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