Whaly Boat – Better than a RIB

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We built an tough aluminum tender for Seeker, but it was just too heavy so we went shopping for a RIB, and Betsy came across the Whaly Boat. And it’s the perfect tender. Extremely tough, unsinkable, and no pontoons to keep patched and inflated. Give Kern or Kyle a call and talk to them about the last dingy replacement you … Read More

Raising Sails – Part 1

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The greatest thing about Seeker? It’s not the size, the strength, her engines, or even the sails. It is the community of crew are supporters that have been drawn to her. People who are confident, adventurous, quick to laugh even at themselves, accepting of others, and who often say goodbye with a hug instead of a handshake. What a wonderful … Read More

Starting Down the River

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After a week of problems with fuel, starter, trim, all sorts of pumps and leaks; we took Mark Twains advice: cast off the bow lines and sailed away from safe harbor. In the back of my mind we might only make it a few miles before something broke and we were stranded. But like most fears we imagine, that did … Read More

Fire, Flood, Listing, Engine Failures and other Dockside Calamities

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Ok, disclaimer: it was more like a lot of smoke, but defiantly flooding, and engine problems. And the list was an easy fix. Getting her arse up enough for the tender? …we’ll have to see about that. But we got the essentials working and pointed her downstream. That’s the next video.

Sailing Rig Failure at Sea

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It’s not just a keel and hull and a deck and sails. That’s what a ship needs. But what a ship is… what the Black Pearl really is… is freedom. Want to go Sailing / Diving or have your boat moved? Cpt. Charles Sade https://delivermyyacht.net/ contact@delivermyyacht.net

Storm Sailing – Part 2

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Rough seas make stronger sailors. Tough times build greater people. –Robin Sharma Want to go Sailing / Diving or have your boat moved? Cpt. Charles Sade https://delivermyyacht.net/ contact@delivermyyacht.net

Storm Sailing – Part 1

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Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. –Mark Twain