SV Seeker

[epoxypete]

a la Hasler type rigs and as per the Colvin rigs. Both work. All Doug had to do was copy one.

Oh well it's sort of entertaining but I really can't bring myself to watch the smug vids.

FKT

It is crippling stuff to see how far Dugg has been really off with so many aspects of this BSO. As you correctly point out regarding his rigging, there have been two preeminent methods for setting up the sail controls, readily available from any good library or book store. He could have taught himself, well in advance, how to properly set up one or the other and then stick to it. Sadly, he appears to prefer learning things the very hardest way imaginable in this day and age. Trial and error.

The cherry on that bit of idiotic trial and error icing is indeed the near endless smugness he broadcasts to the world. Most observers just shake their heads in utter disbelief at the depth of this persons poverty of spirit and awareness.

 

[Flatulasmaxibus]

It is crippling stuff to see how far Dugg has been really off with so many aspects of this BSO. As you correctly point out regarding his rigging, there have been two preeminent methods for setting up the sail controls, readily available from any good library or book store. He could have taught himself, well in advance, how to properly set up one or the other and then stick to it. Sadly, he appears to prefer learning things the very hardest way imaginable in this day and age. Trial and error.

The cherry on that bit of idiotic trial and error icing is indeed the near endless smugness he broadcasts to the world. Most observers just shake their heads in utter disbelief at the depth of this persons poverty of spirit and awareness.

In this I think that he is dumb like a fox. He does that because it prolongs the process and extends his grift. It makes a lot more sense when you frame the entire thing as a shitty reality show. The goal is not to make it work the first time. The longer it takes the more he makes. I have said it before, but it's the non funny version of the Red Green show.

 

[Autonomous]

Could it be Dugg has some sort of disorder that makes planning impossible?
It happens.

 

[LiquidSun]

Simultaneously painful and hilarious watching Doogie disorder his way though this.
If there is one damn thing Doogie could have learned is WELDING.

[ picture of overflowing tea cup]

He spent 15 years building his 140,000lb Steel" work boat" and would still fail welding 101 at most community colleges. Just imagine if he had tried to build Seeker out of aluminum as originally planned.

 

[Zonker]

Well, to be fair (or whatever), the bearings in ProFurl furlers, at least some of them, are regular bearings that are used on truck axles. (I rebuilt mine, so learned that! A bit of a shocker but an experienced rigger told me that apparently the French owner of ProFurl owns a truck and/or helicopter business, so uses bearings from those industries in the furler...)

They're sealed bearings though in a stainless shell.

Could it be Dugg has some sort of disorder that makes planning impossible?

This could be the case - but also the inability to do any sort of research too? If I was going to do brain surgery on my cat I'd at least read a textbook or watch a few youtube videos first to see if I could pick up a few tips.*

*in my defense when I did help castrate our first boat cat there was no internet and we were in an relatively isolated part of the Baja...For a while we were "the people that did their cat" among the cruising community. But hey, you got to be self-sufficient right?

 

[fukupananvil]

Could it be Dugg has some sort of disorder that makes planning impossible?
It happens..

my guess is we are watching the disintegration of a narcissist. I reckon he sees his predicament. He is not feeding off hordes of visitors and admirers lately. Could be some lead and carbon monoxide effects going on too. He seems to really be struggling more lately with straightforward tasks, and the thinking and reasoning skills appear to be getting worse.

Could it be Dugg has some sort of disorder that makes planning impossible?
It happens.

Possible. It appears we are watching the disintegration of a narcissist. Feels more tragic than amusing lately to watch him. Could be some carbon monoxide and lead exposure too. He has 4 exhausts feeding one manifold.

 

[Zonker]

At 1:10-1:12 he's cranking but the halyard isn't moving to my eye. The tracer on the rope never moves. So just a show for the masses.

 

[Diarmuid]

*in my defense when I did help castrate our first boat cat there was no internet and we were in an relatively isolated part of the Baja...For a while we were "the people that did their cat" among the cruising community. But hey, you got to be self-sufficient right?

We'd like to hear the cat's perspective, for fairness and balance.

 

[Zonker]

The cat was an asshole. We brought him a vet once in Canada because we needed a health certificate to fly him back to Panama.

She said "WTF is this?!"

Us: "uh a kitty cat?"

Vet "No it is NOT" - she pulled back his gum to show the enormous canine teeth he had. And the tufted ears like a lynx. We pointed out his webbed feet too for completeness.

We think he was part mix of domestic cat + an extinct Baja Fishing cat. A small wildcat that caught fish from the shoreline. And was happy to swim. At his peak size he was ~26 lbs. He had a nasty disposition sometimes and would attack us with no warning. So not really domesticated. Like having a half-wolf but in feline form.

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So the reason he got his balls removed was he was a long way from the nearest vet in La Paz and was spraying all over the bedsheets. No cat vet was available in Santa Rosalia. So we did DIY.

 

[woodtick]

I had a friend like that! He's not coming back on the boat tho... still a friend

 

[Startracker]

The cat was an asshole. We brought him a vet once in Canada because we needed a health certificate to fly him back to Panama.

She said "WTF is this?!"

Us: "uh a kitty cat?"

Vet "No it is NOT" - she pulled back his gum to show the enormous canine teeth he had. And the tufted ears like a lynx. We pointed out his webbed feet too for completeness.

We think he was part mix of domestic cat + an extinct Baja Fishing cat. A small wildcat that caught fish from the shoreline. And was happy to swim. At his peak size he was ~26 lbs. He had a nasty disposition sometimes and would attack us with no warning. So not really domesticated. Like having a half-wolf but in feline form.

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So the reason he got his balls removed was he was a long way from the nearest vet in La Paz and was spraying all over the bedsheets. No cat vet was available in Santa Rosalia. So we did DIY.

In fairness to the cat, I'd also hold a grudge if someone chopped my balls off with the kitchen shears, how the hell did you manage to hang onto him? It took welding gloves to give my cat growing up a bath. Hell I'd sleep with one eye open as a human if I was ever invited to crash in a guest cabin, even though I've not yet pissed a bed.

 

[Zonker]

Me on the front legs, my friend the plumber on the back legs, and my friend who grew up on Australia sheep farm was the surgeon. Apparently with farm cats you stuff them head first into a rubber boot. Out 6 month old beast did not fit into a size 11 sea boot.

I think he did memorize my face...also - who knew scalpels would get dull if you had previously used it to dig a cactus thorn out of your heel?

Nothing worse than cutting at an angry cat's scrotum with a dull scalpel.

To keep PETA off our back - We did give him drugs that knocked out a friend's seasick prone cat. We gave him a double dose just to be sure. It had no effect so after 30 minutes we started cutting

He was an asshole before the surgery anyway.

 

[Fah Kiew Tu]

He was an asshole before the surgery anyway.

I would have given that cat the float test, myself...

FKT

 

[Se7en]

I would have given that cat the float test, myself...

FKT

How do you think they worked out
" And was happy to swim."?

 

[Fah Kiew Tu]

How do you think they worked out
" And was happy to swim."?

They obviously needed a faster boat, then. Or a bigger piece of scrap.

FKT

 

[epoxypete]

At 1:10-1:12 he's cranking but the halyard isn't moving to my eye. The tracer on the rope never moves. So just a show for the masses.

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Look close enough on a bigger screen and the tracer line is indeed moving. Slowly, but moving nevertheless. Mind you, who knows exactly which line he has on the winch.

I did notice the large drum of braided line beside the helm chair. That must be the several hundred feet he will need for his 4 part tackle expected for the mainsail halyard, just like he always knew it would need but never did it first time round.

After all, it is always best to try out what clearly will not work just to prove you were correct in knowing it will not work thus confirming that your first idea was the correct idea all along but now you have proof that you were correct, just like you always knew from the beginning since you like to make mistakes early and often to demonstrate how much you like to learn.
Or something like that.

 

[fukupananvil]

Me on the front legs, my friend the plumber on the back legs, and my friend who grew up on Australia sheep farm was the surgeon. Apparently with farm cats you stuff them head first into a rubber boot. Out 6 month old beast did not fit into a size 11 sea boot.

I think he did memorize my face...also - who knew scalpels would get dull if you had previously used it to dig a cactus thorn out of your heel?

Nothing worse than cutting at an angry cat's scrotum with a dull scalpel.

To keep PETA off our back - We did give him drugs that knocked out a friend's seasick prone cat. We gave him a double dose just to be sure. It had no effect so after 30 minutes we started cutting

He was an asshole before the surgery anyway.

Now that's an entertaining story. I'd have given him a ride on the anchor - nothing worse than that smell. Speaking of half-wolf, we had one decades ago in a mc shop I worked in. It was a beautiful, thriving, healthy mostly white animal, fine specimen to look at (from afar), but wanted to attack anybody near it. One scary animal. Only the owner could transfer it between the shop and its pen. I came in one morning and he had emptied his .38 into it - it turned on him. Said he had trouble killing it. We had no thefts while it was alive. Still had its balls when put down.

 

[chester]

They're sealed bearings though in a stainless shell.

This could be the case - but also the inability to do any sort of research too? If I was going to do brain surgery on my cat I'd at least read a textbook or watch a few youtube videos first to see if I could pick up a few tips.*

*in my defense when I did help castrate our first boat cat there was no internet and we were in an relatively isolated part of the Baja...For a while we were "the people that did their cat" among the cruising community. But hey, you got to be self-sufficient right?

and i grew up un a cattle farm

 

[Sail4beer]

Fox piss is the worst smell to me. Had one come around and start marking territory around me while I was gutting a big fish. He came back a few times to check out the food supply after that and followed me like a dog.

 

[Raz'r]

In this I think that he is dumb like a fox. He does that because it prolongs the process and extends his grift. It makes a lot more sense when you frame the entire thing as a shitty reality show. The goal is not to make it work the first time. The longer it takes the more he makes. I have said it before, but it's the non funny version of the Red Green show.

Exactly - the thing sucks as a boat, notice how all the hangers-on fled?

But it excels as a platform for grifting...

I'm surprised he's not a preacher.