SV Seeker

[low bum]

"When I say ball bearings what I mean is golf balls."

That belongs on the S/V Seeker official t-shirt.

 

[Fah Kiew Tu]

I'm still amazed that he thinks he's doing himself a favor by avoiding the multi part block and tackle, as though this were some great cosmic con game that he alone is on to, and will not be taken in. Not for him, the fool's game of the 4 part purchase.

Well, I prefer to avoid them too, because I don't like dealing with the long rope tails. No other reason.

BUT - I don't at all mind using winches to get the mechanical advantage I need. In fact, I have lots of winches and am about to replace 2 with self-tailing ones. And have plans to add a powered winch for my mainsail halyard.

NFI what Doug is doing and really I don't care. He'll learn - probably. It's just how prolonged and expensive his education will be that's unknown.

FKT

 

[Elegua]

Archimedes was a spoofer -- just nobody talks about it! For example, all his so-called 'Laws' of displacement and buoyancy are actually just theories, not facts.

/Doug

If he only didn't resist, he'd have been ok.

 

[Diarmuid]

{Soldier runs in} "Sarge says don't kill the old dude."

"Which old dude?"

{Points at corpse} "That old dude."

"Umm. Urps. He ... wasn't very compliant?"

 

[Elegua]

{Soldier runs in} "Sarge says don't kill the old dude."

"Which old dude?"

{Points at corpse} "That old dude."

"Umm. Urps. He ... wasn't very compliant?"

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Two months of administrative leave watching donkeys, sensitivity training when dealing with non-Romans and then back on the job for the next sack.

 

[Diarmuid]

Paid administrative leave.

 

[Latadjust]

... as though this were some great cosmic con game that he alone is on to, and will not be taken in. Not for him, the fool's game of the 4 part purchase. The back of his hand to the lever, the screw, the inclined plane - all implements of some tyrannical overlord, one to which he has gotten wise.

A wordsmith of great prospects is among us, my lads

 

[WetSnail]

Huh, multiple sheets reduce load on the sail? WTF?

I get multiple sheets reduce load on each sheet but how do multi sheets reduce load across the entire sail? Max load is at the sheet turning block.

Primarily because you don't need to tension the leech to control twist. If you have a Bermudan sail without vang but with the sheet attached to a traveller, most of the sheet tension serves to tension the leech to limit twist. If you control twist instead by a strong enough vang, load on the sheet is reduced, but not load on the sail itself. If you control twist by sheeting each batten, you don't need to tension the leech, reducing the load on the sail. The junk sail also doesn't use luff tension to control shape, again reducing load on the sail. I made a 5 sqm small junk sail for a sailing canoe out of 80g/sqm kite fabric, and it worked fine. I doubt the same fabric would have stood up to even a 10 kn wind if I had made a Bermudan or even gaff sail.

 

[h20man]

If he only didn't resist, he'd have been ok.

That is an electrifying comment...
It displaced the Archimedes principle that had been discussed earlier...

 

[Voiled]

Doug now is in the Robert S. Kerr Reservoir for sail trials, which are postponed as during the couple of miles downriver from Three Forks Marina his transmission broke two times. (Edit, and his starter motor once).

He also broke the new 50hp Yamaha on his tender which he tried to use to tow him to his destination. In case you missed it, the Yamaha is the engine he forgot to put oil in on its first run.

A 15hp Tohatsu got him to where he's anchored now.

Pictured is the loosely stacked pile of lead near the bow for "trim", a great way to start sail trials on a boat with questionable stability.

Also pictured is the line he jury rigged to lift his anchor as even the upgraded hydraulic motor is not able to lift it.

 

[George Graves]

Welcome to 25 mins of the worst video about boats you'll ever see. A total waste of time. A boaffon tires to move a boat.

 

[Voiled]

from the YouTube comments:

"Brilliant progress - fantastic to see."

It's remarks like these that make me lose hope for humanity.

 

[Elegua]

from the YouTube comments:

"Brilliant progress - fantastic to see."

It's remarks like these that make me lose hope for humanity.

Well, before we go jumping off a cliff in despair, doesn't it depend on the level of irony? Perhaps it is a comment on how brilliant a spectacle Doug has created for us to watch? Fantastic to see indeed.

 

[Illegal Smile]

Which SV Seeker component will be the first to remove a human extremity?

1. Windlass
2. Drivetrain
3. Bunk decorations

 

[Voiled]

doesn't it depend on the level of irony?

There was some context, i put the irony level on 0.

Which SV Seeker component will be the first to remove a human extremity?

With how things are going my bet is on aquatic life doing that job, if they don't find the bodies in time.

 

[chester]

this guy has an endlessly optimistic and sunny disposition, so there's that!

as to @Illegal Smile's poll, I'm going with drivetrain. They are always fixing it and thereare always multiple people putting their hands in there.

 

[Al Paca]

Eating corn dogs on a river. Can it possibly get any better than that?

 

[toddster]

boaffon

Not sure what that is, but I'm afraid that I might be one of them...

 

[Zonker]

I'm betting rigging will kill/maim somebody first.

The windlass not actually working is a classic example of Doug being an idiot. No calculation of how much load on the windlass motor and thus how big a motor does he need to do the work. Just uses "a hydraulic motor"

 

[Autonomous]

He commented a float plane project was on his mind but went with the boat.
Can you imagine?