[x_section style=”margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px; padding: 45px 0px 45px 0px; “][x_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” bg_color=”” style=”margin: 0px auto 0px auto; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_column bg_color=”” type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_text]Randy from Denton Texas joined us for the day. Jack, Betsy and I got the Port Holes, not Portals, laid out. Huge showed up and did some clean … Read More
Rain and Weld
Aaron Buscavage flew in from Baker Florida and is doing an outstanding job knocking out the final welding on the cabin tops. At this rate we will be welding the deck to the side of the hull by Sunday. But we have to figure out where the port holes and freeing ports go first and cut the latter out. … Read More
Helm Notes
[cs_section id=”” class=” ” style=”margin: 0px; padding: 45px 0px; ” visibility=”” parallax=”false”][cs_row id=”” class=” ” style=”margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px; ” visibility=”” inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” bg_color=”” marginlesscolumns=””][cs_column id=”” class=”” style=”padding: 0px; ” bg_color=”” fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″][cs_text id=”” class=”” style=”” text_align=”none”]Previous Work on a Helm: http://svseeker.com/helm.htm The information below came from Edson Marine regarding a helm system for Seeker. However … Read More
Cabin Tops – Part 6
Two guest were in this weekend. YouTuber Greg Porter of Greg’s Garage came down from Kansas and Neil rode in on his BWM from Denham Springs Louisiana. Add Jack to the list and we had to run another extension cord from a separate breaker. If you thin rock and roll is loud. Try three grinders on a steel hull. My … Read More
Plans for Doors / Helm / Elevator / Aux Equipment
The Boat the Internet build is alive and well and continues to grew. Over the past couple of weeks we have hosted an nuclear engineer, an architect, and a machinist. Each with a variety of other skills, interest and hobbies, and each with invaluable experiences and insight to share. Talk around the dinner table invariably ranges across the a diversity … Read More
Go on! Break a fingernail!
Go on! Get out there and beak a fingernail. I’ve been listening to “The Selfish Gene” by Richard Dawkins followed by “Undeniable” by Bill Nye, a thoughtful gift from Edward Joseph Wheeler. And I got the there from “Excuses Begone” by the late Wayne Dyer and “Virus of the Mind: The New Science of the Meme” by Richard Brodie. And … Read More
Hatches – Part 2 – Companionways
I think this whole thing is coming together very well and a big part of that credit goes to ME! Yup ME! I am smart enough to know that I know very little and there are a lot of talented people out there that I invite in, and bounce ideas off of, and listen to their ideas and work beside … Read More
Hatches – Part 1
I am SO looking forward to working inside a dry hull this winter. We got a lot done last winter with the snow melt dripping onto us. …this winter will be SO MUCH better.
Cabin Tops – Part V
[wpdevart_youtube]xD72ibjGfdQ[/wpdevart_youtube]An amazing crew has put us ahead of schedule and more help keeps coming. Thank you for your support!
The List
The List – Sept 2015 People often ask, “What do you need?” and “What’s next?”. Here’s a partial list of what needs to be done. Outstanding Questions 1) A definitive answer as to weather of not the Allison AT545 transmission will lock into the first gear or slip. Serial # 3210627425 Part #29507181 Model: AT545 93BOT 2) Paint selection that … Read More