justsomeguy!
Super Anarchist
No seatbelts!
SV Seeker
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bmiller
Super Anarchist
As summer approaches I wonder if he has AC. Assuming the boat never gets out of some bay in FL it's going to get extremely stinky onboard.
opcn
Member
Just open up the bus windows. Florida hasn't got mosquitoes, right?
Leeroy Jenkins
Super Anarchist
Has he posted an opening for an unpaid intern yet?
In one part of the English speaking world. Both meanings are spelt "Vice" outside N America.
fukupananvil
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Right. The "watertight" doors are sealed by edges bearing against troughs of Smoothon Corp Vytaflex 30. I saw one pic of a trough where the painted sealant looked chewed up. It appears the latching mechanism on each door does not cam the door closed to press hard against the goop in the trough. Hence, while the doors look like nautical decorated sealing bulkead compartment doors, it is unlikely they are watertight, especially if the flooding occurs tending to open a given door rather than close it. You've got one hinged in and one hinged out in the cargo hold, the largest volume. Companionway lids and cargo hold lids are not watertight. Various other paths such as exhaust system in machine room communicate with the great outdoors. Probably no calculation on each compartment's displacement v. vessel displacement ~72 tons. No idea what the max bilge pump volume rate is. As built, it'll go under fairly quickly. Heeling, large swells might initiate the process. Doubt if the diet will fix it. Flotation blisters, outriggers, unlikely to be added. Quite a fix he is in.
Autonomous
Turgid Member
I'm sure somewhere, sometime in Dugg's life he was told to go fuck himself.
Let me just say, well done, Dugg, well done!
Let me just say, well done, Dugg, well done!
If I'm not mistaken you are unaware that Seeker had an electric dive compressor that Doug, for some reason, couldn't run with any of his AC power sources including the dinosaur 10K genset. Therefore Doug bought a cheap Chineseum diesel on Fleabay, pulled the AC motor and converted the electric dive compressor to diesel....
WhoaTed
Antichrist
Those things are great, I have and use far too many of them much too often.
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WhoaTed
Antichrist
If this is so, I humbly apologize for being an ignorant US American. I learn something every day.
justsomeguy!
Super Anarchist
Department of Redundancy Department?
opcn
Member
Another redditor shared this gem from the past, figured I'd pass it along.
For bonus points open the comments and scroll down to see him tell someone (Webb Pinner) who he knows works on an ocean research vessel that they are wrong.
Black Sox
Super Anarchist
I read your comment and was about to warn you what might happen, but then I read the following pages and saw that it actually did.
I was too late to tell you, so I can’t say I told you so.
It's all good, any entertainment is better than the interminable sealioning.
he b gb
Anarchist
Yeah, I wish they would stop replying to him!
Sail4beer
Starboard!
Probably got flicked again
cb32863
New member
I saw him undo the latch and thought the same thing that the guy mentioned. But as per usual, Dougie says just be careful.... sure, when the boat is rolling about you should be able to just hold that door open cause you know..... you caught your hand once in a car door so now you know better. What a buffoon. Off with the fingers....
Yeah. Saw that an immediately got the shivers. Holy shit.
opcn
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fukupananvil
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Problem is to be found looking in a mirror.
