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A huge amount of work has gotten done and it’s because of a great crew. I’m on vacation, so Johan and I have been cutting steel and welding every day and this last weekend we had Randy and Arron in from Bismarck North Dakota who along with Bart, cut fuel tank hatch opening, hatches and drilled and tapped over 224 … Read More

People often thank me for being an inspiration, but I am only the organizer.  I am not the inspiration behind Seeker.  The people who get on a plane and fly across the ocean, or on motorcycles and ride down from North Dakota, or move to Tulsa to be my neighbor, or drive in from Butler Missouri to just see the boat and … Read More

I like my day job, but I love being on vacation and being about to work full time on the boat.   You often hear that old adage “A boat is a hole in the water that you through money into.”   And for many that certainly is the case.  Their boat’s sit in storage yards or tied to a … Read More

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

It’s amazing what we can accomplish when we’re in it together.

Alan and two helpers working on one of Seeker’s mermaids in Shasta California.

  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.

  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

OMG!  Their working on an outboard again!   Someone stop them.