SIKESTON, Mo. – George Morris bought a yacht, but he’s not setting sail on the high seas. He’s keeping it on a small pond near his southeast Missouri home in Sikeston.
The Sikeston Standard Democrat reports that Morris saw the movie “Secondhand Lions” and began trying to recreate a portion of the film in which one of the characters floats a yacht in a pond.
Through a series of contacts, Morris was able to find a luxury double-cabin Hatteras in Talladega, Ala. Getting it back to Missouri wasn’t easy because the boat was too big to fit under interstate highway overpasses.
So he had to first remove the top deck and bring it separately. He returned for the bottom and brought back an 18-foot palm tree acquired in Florida for good measure.
Additionally, the weight of the bottom part was too much for the trailers pulling it. Morris said it destroyed four during the trip.