SV Seeker

[Al Paca]

I’d like some Mrs Buttersworth art work.

 

[dfw_sailor]

You can own some steel dropoffs from building SEEKER and they will even preserve the 'patina' that Doug has worked so hard to produce!

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I dunno. I could imagine having one on my boat to remind me every time I f up, I can open something and say, well at Ieast i didn't f up that bad.

 

[Autonomous]

Okay, it's not 4/01 on the East Coast anymore, I can drop the BS.

 

[Blaubär]

Well I think you should see it rather as a "performance art".
Though it seem to be hell bend on an apocalyptical MacBethian ending...

 

[fukupananvil]

"Hey Alexa, what's the humidity? 83%. That's good because the paint recommends 85%." Yeah you fuckwit: I'm sure if it's 83% outside you're good to go within your boat.

Must've missed the memo.
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Missed the target on vessel cross sectional profile.

 

[low bum]

Doug winched the hull sides until it got difficult, then stopped, and called it good enough.

And the evening and the morning were the first day.

 

[BoatApe]

Missed the target on vessel cross sectional profile.

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All that extra weight above the waterline, what could possibly go wrong?

 

[fukupananvil]

Doug winched the hull sides until it got difficult, then stopped, and called it good enough.

And the evening and the morning were the first day.

The advantages of origami boat construction.

 

[WhoaTed]

He had obviously been on the green whistle as he was smiling- not pretty.

Ha it’s been a long time since I’ve heard green whistle, I’d completely forgotten that one. Thanks for the reminder!

 

[Latadjust]

It ended up with a sort of dory cross section. Maybe it will lay over to a stable inclination...



...nah


Oops, I used the past tense related to Seeker, my bad

 

[Rasputin22]

Here is the wench that was used to winch in the sides of the origami hull.

 

[low bum]

Can't unsee that - thanks. Owe you one. Makes me think of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels: "Oklahoma, Oklahoma, Oklahoma!!"

The sheer size of that - that whatever it is - that freakish gap in the forepeak, as compared to the (probably historically accurate) gap on the drawing tells you a lot.

 

[epoxypete]

So seeker Sites down but this was hilarious. he’s likely facing reality now maybe that he failed with that many years of work behind him.

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Yup, the svsinker amazon page is a hoot. Not a single item shown is available anymore and no known date of when it will be again available is known. So much for financing the Sea Chest Foundation gimmick!

 

[Raincoast]

Here is the wench that was used to winch in the sides of the origami hull.

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Holy shit, the funhouse chines and wandering welds on either side, totally mismatched beyond any hope of aligning. I’ve seen a lot of half-assed brentboats but never anything as bad as this.

 

[kent_island_sailor]

Holy shit, the funhouse chines and wandering welds on either side, totally mismatched beyond any hope of aligning. I’ve seen a lot of half-assed brentboats but never anything as bad as this.

Brent is a master boatbuilder AND master seaman compared to this lot

 

[Jim in Halifax]

Brent is a master boatbuilder AND master seaman compared to this lot

FIFY. Let's not get carried away!

 

[socalrider]

Say what you want about Brent, he actually built boats that float, sail, motor, and have taken people places that aren't just downstream of where they were built.

 

[Blaubär]

I'm grateful to Doug for this splendid moment in my life, when my old body commanded me to get up at 05:30 to take a piss and I looked through the latest entries and saw that fucked up cross section followed by the even worse welding.
The moment I realized I don't have to shit into bucket, I broke out into hysterical laughter.
My wife thought I have finally lost it laughing my ass off on the loo.
Thanks Doug.

 

[George Graves]

This is Doug's attempt to "make more room for researchers".

 

[low bum]

OK smart aleck - you clearly forgot the forepeak where he maintains the Eyelid Maintenance Foundation. And anybody that wants to can do research up against the mast. You could, hell I don't know...tally results. That's it - that's the Results Tallying Area. Any results need tallying, that's where you go.

See? Boom. Research vessel.