{"id":3952,"date":"2025-12-09T15:03:45","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T15:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/?p=3952"},"modified":"2025-12-09T15:03:45","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T15:03:45","slug":"new-detail-about-mark-harmons-real-life-has-fans-looking-at-every-gibbs-boat-scene-in-a-whole-new-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/?p=3952","title":{"rendered":"New Detail About Mark Harmon\u2019s Real Life Has Fans Looking At Every Gibbs Boat Scene In A Whole New Way"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During his 19 seasons on\u00a0<em>NCIS<\/em>, Mark Harmon infused pieces of his real life into his character, Leroy Jethro Gibbs. Off duty from solving high-stakes cases, Gibbs spent his free time building sailboats in his basement \u2013 each named with personal meaning, like\u00a0<em>Kelly<\/em>, in honor of his late daughter.<\/p>\n<p>Just as Gibbs preferred hand tools over power tools, Harmon shares that same devotion. On the show, Gibbs was notoriously protective of his tools, once blowing up in season 18 when he discovered they\u2019d been moved \u2013 not realizing a serial k1ller was behind it. Off-screen, Harmon is just as particular.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3953\" src=\"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/FB_IMG_1765292566906-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/FB_IMG_1765292566906-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/FB_IMG_1765292566906-768x518.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/FB_IMG_1765292566906.jpg 908w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In a 2014 interview with Craig Ferguson, Harmon\u2019s wife, actress Pam Dawber, poked fun at his obsession. She recalled how he owns \u201cprobably 17 hammers\u201d and insists they be put back exactly as found. \u201cAll I ask is that you just put things back the way you found them,\u201d Harmon tells her.<\/p>\n<p>Before acting, Harmon worked as a carpenter, taking woodworking jobs to pay the bills before landing his breakout role on\u00a0<em>St. Elsewhere<\/em>. While neither Harmon nor Gibbs pursued carpentry professionally, both treated it as more than a hobby \u2013 a grounding passion. Gibbs\u2019 last boat,\u00a0<em>Rule 91<\/em>, symbolized his fresh start in retirement.<\/p>\n<p>Now, with\u00a0<em>NCIS: Origins<\/em>\u00a0exploring Gibbs\u2019 early years, Harmon\u2019s love for woodworking remains tied to his most iconic role. In many ways, both actor and character turned their garages into man-caves of craftsmanship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During his 19 seasons on\u00a0NCIS, Mark Harmon infused pieces of his real life into his character, Leroy Jethro Gibbs. Off duty from solving high-stakes cases, Gibbs spent&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3953,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3952"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3952\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3954,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3952\/revisions\/3954"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}