Many thanks to Cody Allan Rydell who spent a last weekend cutting gears and a day at the lathe. The bore is over 7 1/2 inches and had to be cut back almost a 1/4″. A huge job for our Grizzly lathe. Lots of chatter and heat with our 1″ boring bar and to top it off, this capstan did the strangest thing. … Read More
Gangway and Sail Winch
We could not be happier with the gangway and catwalk. The summer heat is here so we will be moving inside the shop to complete work on the ROV. We’ll need an outboard to replace our dead Suzuki 150 on the boat before we can test the ROV at the lake. Please drop us a line if … Read More
Portlights and Gangway
One of our visitors asked me the other day if my friends thought I was crazy for building this boat. I told her “No. Those people are not friends.” Friends are the people who support your dreams. Avoid the others. You don’t want worry, fear, doubt and pessimism around. Amazing people, will be drawn to amazing projects, and Seeker has some … Read More
The Gangway is ready!
Many thanks to everyone that worked on this one. And there where a lot of hands involved in this one. Dan, Andrew, Craig, Bart, Ron, Tony, Jack, and a few more I am likely forgetting. And this also is our last weekend working outside. The ROV is front and center and will hopefully be in the water by September. … Read More
Portlight Help
We want to add portlights or portholes to the cabin tops. I had a design for a wedge-shaped unit that is open at the top when the wedge is one way and then closed when the wedge is turned around. It’s drawn showing it installed in a 3 foot, 1 meter, tall cabin tops, but we lowered our cabin … Read More
Sail Winch – Mark 1
Junk sails are heavy, and we want a sail winch that is versatile. This idea is centered around a hydraulic hub motor, allowing the sail to be raised or lowered with a remote switch in the pilothouse or a secondary switch near the winch. I do not think the motor will hold the sail in position, so a solenoid will … Read More
Main Mast and Gangway and Assorted Repairs
What a great week. We get a lot of people the will weld and grind on the boat. It’s understandable that we want to leave a mark there. But occasionally we get folk like Bill Wygant and Will Linna that will fix broken stuff, like the Cummins Killer Dowel Pin, your girl friends Jeep, the lawn mower, and a … Read More
Dragons and the Main Mast – Part II
Their are many times while learning to build stuff that you look at it and just think there is no way in hell that it’s going to look like the image you had in your mind when you started. This was definitely one of those times. But trust in your abilities and work as a team and you will … Read More