Another fine day for boat building. We say good bye to Rob and Jack who headed back to Canada in the morning. We bid them a warm farewell and that will last them through the winter. Johan stays on for a couple more weeks. We are have made great progress. The plates over the lead in the keels … Read More
Another Great Day
It’s amazing what we can accomplish when we’re in it together.
Folks from Sweden, Ontario, and California Building a Boat in Oklahoma. Love it!
Alan and two helpers working on one of Seeker’s mermaids in Shasta California.
Mast and Chinese Junk Sails and other stuff
I endured 30 seconds of the presidential debate last night. I saw nothing presidential, honorable or respectable. Only two rabid dogs. If you stay too long on the side of the baiting pit you too become covered in their mud and excrement. So I Seek something true and find it in the words of the poet.
Junk Sails and Beautiful Frames and Adventurers
Hannes flew to the USA from Switzerland, purchased and old Volvo to get around, and spent 57 days traveling the length of the Mississippi on a raft. David rode in on a bike from Northern California on a loop through the USA, and has build his own boats including a trimaran. Jim and Nancy spend weeks each year traveling about the … Read More
Old Evinrude Water Pump and Patching a Jon Boat
OMG! Their working on an outboard again! Someone stop them.
ROV Tether Testing
I just love the diversity of people that come to help build Seeker. From tall ship captains, to truck drives, to nuclear reactor design engineers. Everybody has a skill and knowledge that becomes part of the boat. Danial and Rob, a pair of engineers from San Antonio, Texas stopped by and we put them to work testing the ROV’s tether … Read More
Mast, Capstan, and Frames
The snow birds intent on being “First” in the warm ponds are working their way south along with the cooler weather. The main mast is off to be galvanized. And it’s fun to be back inside the hull. We’re double welding the plates on top of the lead and adding frames to reinforce the keels. The lightening holes look … Read More
I’ve always loved lightening holes.
Remember the flying sub in “Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea”? I have always loved lightening holes in aircraft, and now they will be a visible part of Seeker. It took the better part of two days but we got one of ten frames cut for the cargo hold. It was not one of our better weekends. … Read More