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Rasputin22

Rasputin22

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low bum said:
My next double dozen of oysters at Apalachicola won't taste quite as good, knowing what they've been filtering. It's all in your head, but still.
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Maybe Doug will offer his Seeker to the Nature Conservancy for research!

www.nature.org

TNC and Partners Construct Oyster Reefs in Pensacola's East and Blackwater Bays

Construction begins on the Pensacola East Bay Oyster Habitat Restoration Project, the largest scale estuarine habitat restoration undertaken by TNC in Florida.
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epoxypete

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Isn't this just beautiful? Facebook is so much fun....not.





Doug Jackson
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Thanks for sharing your work R Leon Noble. And sorry for all the Nancies that replied. I need to do a purge. Far too many people fail to understand that what looks frightening to them looks like a fine solution to others of us. I almost put an alternating tread stair in the companionways on Seeker. The only problem I had was I favor my right leg when climbing with a load. And having seen the number of children that are terrified by a simple ladder, I can imagine the tears that an alternating tread would have created. So I don't think the issue is with the design or implementation but with the number of pussies in the audience. Perhaps some of them will be dense enough to criticize this post again instead of keeping their negative comments to themselves where they belong. If not then I can start with the pussy purge right away. Because this is not the nursery. To me, this group is the filter for Seeker crew. And if they think boxes make a dangerous ladder, I sure as hell never want them on Seeker. --Doug

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dfw_sailor

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It's clear to me dug is one of those people who has no fear of being sued simply because he doesn't have any assets to be sued for.

He may find his civil liberties seriously curtailed one day if culpable negligence occurs. Saying surviving relatives or dependents are pussies won't wash away his duty of care either.
 
billsreef

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opcn said:
The number one qualification for seeker crew is that they never speak up when something looks wrong.
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Actually I think the number one qualification is not being able to recognize when something looks wrong. Otherwise one would not stick around long enough to be crew 😉
 
Zonker

Zonker

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Blaubär said:
So neither Zonker, I or anyone else who has made a qualified guess about the stability has made a prediction.
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I think I did predict he wouldn't be able to carry full sail in any sort of wind.

Santasailor: performance summary ~4 knots boat speed in 10-15 knots on a beam reach. Heels a fair bit but he hasn't hoisted his mainsail fully. You would expect a 74' sailboat to be much faster and carry full sail in those conditions. He doesn't have the stability to do so. So he will be permanently crippled in performance.
 
opcn

opcn

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opcn said:
Yes, different kinds of poor performance. I can't find where I made it to be sure on the exact numbers but I think I predicted not based on wind speed but based on boat speed that she wouldn't be able to sail at 5 knots comfortably and that she wouldn't hit 7 knots without burying a rail.
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I feel like this is validation for my claim re 5 knots but that 7knots with a buried rail was too optimistic.
 
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LewSipfher

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low bum said:
My next double dozen of oysters at Apalachicola won't taste quite as good, knowing what they've been filtering. It's all in your head, but still.
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Your next oysters @Apalach won’t be from there, since a few years back they shut down local oystering. Between the water issues with upstream and the hurricane, the biologists shut it down.

www.tastingtable.com

Why Florida Has Stopped Harvesting Apalachicola Oysters - Tasting Table

Florida, the home of Apalachicola oysters, has stopped harvesting these shellfish for various reasons. Here's why and what the implications may mean.
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opcn

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They take the driveshaft out to add a very rusty transfer case. Talk about how they like keeping things from the scrap yard (the more appropriate transmissions also get sent to the scrap yard) and in the end decide to scrap it because the bearings are corroded.

Something I don't understand, they were going to take power from the normal power in shaft but then they were going to drive the prop from what normally connects to the brake drum, but why would be brake drum have a low gear? I admittedly don't know the internals of these transfer cases and maybe there is a very good reason but I would think that would give what seems like a parking brake less of a mechanical advantage.
 
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fukupananvil

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opcn said:


They take the driveshaft out to add a very rusty transfer case. Talk about how they like keeping things from the scrap yard (the more appropriate transmissions also get sent to the scrap yard) and in the end decide to scrap it because the bearings are corroded.

Something I don't understand, they were going to take power from the normal power in shaft but then they were going to drive the prop from what normally connects to the brake drum, but why would be brake drum have a low gear? I admittedly don't know the internals of these transfer cases and maybe there is a very good reason but I would think that would give what seems like a parking brake less of a mechanical advantage.
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Typical old cast iron transfer case has 4 choices of engagement:
2 High
Neutral
4 High
4 Low
Straight through drives the rear wheels. The gameplan would have been to shift it into 4 Low to obtain a slower output speed straight through where the brake drum is. No idea if they've looked at the gear reduction ratio to determine if it'll get them the rpm range they desire. In 4 low, the other yoke for the front axle drive would have also been engaged and turning at a reduced speed. They were originally going to remove that portion of the transfer case and weld a plate over it. Bad bearings and other issues render this transfer case a land lubber. Stay tuned for another attempt. Dugh stated he is now paying attention to reducing weight in Seeker. After breaking a bolt removing the prop driveshaft, they decided to go bigger with the replacement bolts so we got to see more welding and grinding by his helper, building up the flange to allow larger threaded holes! Very consistent redesign and fab video for SVS - more of the same.

Video shows and he comments on some oil on the bottom below the driveshaft. HIs bilge pump is Y connected to the gray water pumpout per his video on building the gray water tank. He has a mascerator on the gray water tank.
 
Zonker

Zonker

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I tried to find out about the NP200 transfer case.

Found this:

"Most everybody who has posted is right though. The 200 was built for engines that had no more than 130 hp in trucks that had 7,500 max weight ratings with an expected top speed of around 45."

"The NP200 is installed as a passenger's side drop in the M715 / M725 military Jeeps, exclusively with the T98 four-speed transmission. The NP200 was found in other military vehicles, such as the M37 beginning in 1946."

Sounds ideal for Seeker (did Doug check max torque specs? He did not because Doug)
 
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