It was really nice to have a pair of mechanical engineers around. Matt wanted to move something heavy so we took the morning to test fit the deck crane. And Drew has actually designed winches and cranes so he was the perfect person help us decide how to mount it. Sorry about electrocuting you Drew! 🙂
Key Lime Ice Cream Bars
[x_section style=”margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px; padding: px 0px px 0px; “][x_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” bg_color=”” style=”margin: 0px auto 0px auto; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_column bg_color=”” type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_text]In the worst heat of the summer, Rod Troyer from Ohio stopped by for a long weekend. He helped with sand blasting and maintenance but we will … Read More
Scuppers / Engine Hatch / Mast Partners
The rain cleared up and got started on beautiful cool Saturday morning. Mike Love from Annapolis and I were joined by Richard and Dan from Oklahoma City, then Jack from Tulsa and finally Kevin from Michigan. The work consisted only a few items but complicated items that required a lot of cutting and grinding to get into shape. … Read More
Hatches & Freeing Ports – Part 3
[x_section style=”margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px; padding: 45px 0px 45px 0px; “][x_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” bg_color=”” style=”margin: 0px auto 0px auto; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_column bg_color=”” type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_text]Much gratitude for Arron “Mr. Welder” Buscavage who flew in from Lower Alabama (Florida). Randy Martin from Denton Texas, who stopped with his work cloths this time. … Read More
Crane & Main Mast Supports
[x_section style=”margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px; padding: 45px 0px 45px 0px; “][x_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” bg_color=”” style=”margin: 0px auto 0px auto; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_column bg_color=”” type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_text]A beautiful fall day. Cool in the morning. Hot enough for a nap in the afternoon, and cool in the evening. Jack joined Matt and I … Read More
Deck Crane
[x_section style=”margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px; padding: 45px 0px 45px 0px; “][x_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” bg_color=”” style=”margin: 0px auto 0px auto; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_column bg_color=”” type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_text]A very good day. Matt Hartel wanted some experience moving something heavy so the morning we switched plans to test fitting the 1 ton deck crane. The … Read More
Freeing Ports / Scuppers / Drains
[x_section style=”margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px; padding: 45px 0px 45px 0px; “][x_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” bg_color=”” style=”margin: 0px auto 0px auto; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_column bg_color=”” type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_text] It’s so nice just to be able to sweep grinding and plasma grit over the side. 🙂 I’m going to really like freeing ports, or … Read More
Port Holes! Not Portals.
[x_section style=”margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px; padding: 45px 0px 45px 0px; “][x_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” bg_color=”” style=”margin: 0px auto 0px auto; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_column bg_color=”” type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_text]Randy from Denton Texas joined us for the day. Jack, Betsy and I got the Port Holes, not Portals, laid out. Huge showed up and did some clean … Read More
Rain and Weld
Aaron Buscavage flew in from Baker Florida and is doing an outstanding job knocking out the final welding on the cabin tops. At this rate we will be welding the deck to the side of the hull by Sunday. But we have to figure out where the port holes and freeing ports go first and cut the latter out. … Read More
Helm Notes
[cs_section id=”” class=” ” style=”margin: 0px; padding: 45px 0px; ” visibility=”” parallax=”false”][cs_row id=”” class=” ” style=”margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px; ” visibility=”” inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” bg_color=”” marginlesscolumns=””][cs_column id=”” class=”” style=”padding: 0px; ” bg_color=”” fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″][cs_text id=”” class=”” style=”” text_align=”none”]Previous Work on a Helm: http://svseeker.com/helm.htm The information below came from Edson Marine regarding a helm system for Seeker. However … Read More
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