We had a great time at our Love Me Tender Weldfest, the weekend of February 23, 2018. We were joined by YouTube’s Chucke2009, Stephen Cox, Peter Zila, and 42Fab as we fabricated the hull of our aluminum tender. “42” (aka Richard Day) left us one of his great Weld-It-Yourself Rocket Stove kits and we wanted to pass this cool … Read More
Diesel Jet Boat Build – Part 4 – Tender Weldfest
We had a wonderful weekend. Chucke2009, Stephen Cox, 42Fab-Richard Day, and Peter ZILA and Heather along with a bunch more SV Seeker crew joined forces on a very rainy weekend and put together a 16 foot tender. We even opened the gate on Saturday afternoon and were joined by over … Read More
Diesel Jet Boat Build – Part 3 – Lofting and Cutting
Next weekend is Love Me Tender Weldfest! Come by SV Seeker, Saturday, Feb 24th from noon to 6 pm. Hang out with Stephen Cox, Chucke2009, Peter Zila and Richard Day – 42Fab. Try out some aluminum welding, it’s not hard to do, and check out the boat if it’s not … Read More
SV Seeker Live – Feb 17, 2018 – Tender Build is Coming
Come us for the LOVE ME TENDER WELDFEST on Saturday, Feb 24, noon to 6 pm and meet Stephen Cox, Chucke2009, Peter Zilla, Richard Day, and SV Seeker crew. We will be building a 16 ft diesel powered jet boat from aluminum. 2128 E Ute St, Tulsa, OK 74110
Finishing the Masthead and making a home for the VMAC
The Mastheads are done and ready to be hot dip galvanized. Many thanks to Blake Lewis from Columbia Missouri, Bart and Greg. And Dave and Dave got some work done on the exhaust and did a first fit of the VMAC.
Sail Masthead and VMAC Multifunction Welder
Made progress on the Mastheads, and I am very excited about this VMAC. You’re going to be seeing a lot of this machine. Yes it cost as much as a pickup, but pickup without one is just a box on wheels. Thanks to Dave, Dave, Bart, Greg, and Betsy. VMAC: … Read More
SV Seeker Live in HD – Jan 27,2018 – Tender, Mastheads, NiFe Batteries
Howdy folks. This is the HD camera recording of the live broadcast on YouTube. We’ll do Live stuff on YouTube again, so if you hate the quality and don’t care about asking questions then just wait for the upload from the HD camera. Thanks –Doug
Diesel Jet Boat Build – Part 2 – Design Changes
Many thanks to Doug Westover, our acoustic troubadour and jet boat consultant from the land of the Robinson screw. And many thanks to our viewers. Without you we’d just be a waste of digital space. Thank you! –Doug
Cargo Hold and NiFe Battery Work
Many thanks to Betsy, Bart, Eli, Russ, Vern, Greg and Arron! …because that boat will not build itself.
Interview with SV Seeker Crew
Building BruPeg SV Rusty Junk Sampson Boat Co Acorn to Arabella Music: “Before the Mast” by Doug Westover