CHARLEVOIX, MI -- For two brothers, the idea to restore old sail boats was a way to get out on the water and make a little extra cash for college.

But little did they know, it'd blossom to what it has become today.

We have the story of Second Wind Sailing.

"We’d find a boat in someone's back yard, we'd get it sailing again, and spend a couple thousand bucks on it, and use it all summer long and have a blast," laughed Elliott Falls, who started the Charlevoix company.

21 year-old Elliott Falls and his 25 year-old brother Garrety say there's something about sailing that can't be beat and their handyman abilities to put a nice re-finishing touch on boats that need some serious help has helped launched a business, and a job, that's hard to beat.

"We knew we'd have to do 10 boats a year to stay alive and make our money, we knew it'd be tough, but it has proven to only grow from there," said Elliott.

The brothers took a hobby that allowed them to get on the water and made it into a career that now is paying off.  They opened Second Wind Sailing.  They take old boats and make them look brand-spanking new.

“We're going to get it ready to sail again, we're going to restore the bottom, we're going to do the top side paint and the deck, and we’re going to gut the interior," explained Elliott.

See, the thing with fiberglass boats is they don't rot, they won't decompose, they'll just sit there and be piled on top of each other in ship graveyards.

“The coastline area of our country has a serious problem now with these fiberglass boats piling up," said Elliott.

But they see the problem as an opportunity.  They buy the left-to-die boat for a couple hundred dollars, or get it for free in some cases, do some work on it, and put it back up for sale.  So far, 17 have found the water again.  Private sail boat owners, like physician and business-owner himself Tim Jarvi, are taking notice.

“I know what effort it takes and when you see a couple of young guys putting that effort in stuff, you want to support them," said Jarvi.

He's having the brothers work on his boat prepping it to be sold.

“You got to look past what they look like sitting there to see what they can be, and these guys make it happen," said Jarvi.

“The more people we can get out sailing, the more boats we can rescue from the coastal areas of our country and get back on the water again," said Elliott.

You might wonder where Garrett was in this story.  Right now, he's working on a boat in Chicago.  Elliott took off after the interview, headed to Florida for the purchase of their next project. 

To help out with the strong demand, the brothers have hired three employees.

They plan to restore 20 boats this summer.

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