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Project
Submarine Seeker
Failed / abandoned after surface trials
Doug’s first submarine project: an ambitious experimental submarine that progressed through design and surface trials before being abandoned, leaving lessons that influenced later projects.
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Submarine Seeker
Published 2025-09-09
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Videos
Videos follow the project timeline. When Part 1 of a series is reached, the complete series stays together before the timeline resumes.
Components & concepts
- submarine Submarine
Principles demonstrated
Evidence sources
Sources are ordered by their role and reliability, not by volume.
Journey
- Led to: Argonaut Jr.
Sources and discussion
Primary evidence appears first. Community discussion follows. Outside forums are commentary and may include speculation or inaccuracies.
Primary evidence
Videos
Videos, transcripts, website material, and Doug-authored project posts.
Submarine Seeker
Before there was SV Seeker. There was Submarine Seeker.
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Primary evidence
Transcripts
Videos, transcripts, website material, and Doug-authored project posts.
Diving the Argonaut Jr. Submarine
tanks inside the submarine that made the
Submarine Thrusters & Dive Planes
submarine there's one on the other side
Submarine Thrusters & Dive Planes
submarine to the other side where it
Submarine Thrusters & Dive Planes
the boat the submarine boat say Goodbye
Seeker- Submarine's First Surface Trial
submarine backing down the Ramp we'll
Seeker- Submarine's First Surface Trial
this is a doug jackson with submarine
SUBMARINE FOR SALE
submarine to the surface plenty
SUBMARINE FOR SALE
half submarine and half jet boat cause
SUBMARINE FOR SALE
the air pressure inside the submarine is
SUBMARINE FOR SALE
in this area of the submarine there's
SUBMARINE FOR SALE
going to get the submarine down put the
SUBMARINE FOR SALE
submerged submarine doesn't weigh that
SUBMARINE FOR SALE
bottom of a submarine off the bottom of
SUBMARINE FOR SALE
a submarine out of the mud and it gives
SUBMARINE FOR SALE
the submarine in the forward trim tank
SUBMARINE FOR SALE
a submarine over there and that's the
SUBMARINE FOR SALE
Jackson submarine boat dot com thanks
Another Wooden Submarine
dot com we got another wooden submarine
Another Wooden Submarine
submarine this one built out in San
Another Wooden Submarine
nicely crafted submarine it has been in
YouTube- OETA story on a Tulsa Oklahoma couple building a vintage submarine aired on 062210
have been building a wooden submarine in
YouTube- OETA story on a Tulsa Oklahoma couple building a vintage submarine aired on 062210
have a viable submarine that had a hatch
YouTube- OETA story on a Tulsa Oklahoma couple building a vintage submarine aired on 062210
submarine and go underneath it. And
YouTube- OETA story on a Tulsa Oklahoma couple building a vintage submarine aired on 062210
submarine, to show him that you can do
YouTube- OETA story on a Tulsa Oklahoma couple building a vintage submarine aired on 062210
coming down to the submarine and those
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Community discussion
Facebook discussion
Questions and discussion from the Seeker community. Useful context, but not automatically verified engineering evidence.
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...ive light. I have taken much inspiration from that. I used AGM batteries in a flooded submarine and hooked them up underwater with alligator clips to a trolling motor. They make a beautiful blue spark when you do that, and then work great. Thank you for leadin...
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Next time use submarine paint and load it with cayenne pepper.
Facebook comment
a.i. search for submarine towed array weed deflection. On a submarine, a towed array weed deflector (often referred to as a weed guard or cable cutter) is a mechanical device mounted near the deployment tube or fairlead at the submarine's stern. Its primary pu...
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...knives welded together at the tip with a retaining ring at the front would mimic the submarine towed array anti-weed device. like this --->--- But you might have to fight Carol for the good galley knives :-)
Commentary
Sailing Anarchy
Public commentary and opinion. It may include speculation, errors, or incomplete information and should not be treated as verified technical evidence.
Sailing Anarchy post #10424 page 522
53' IIRC; less in submarine mode. What is the POC’s air draft? Can it goes through the Okeechobi Canal? Max 49’ air draft.
Sailing Anarchy post #11533 page 577
...SA threads on the OceanGate submersible. I focused on the first one here. 1\. Titanic Submarine Missing 2\. The Titanic Sub 3\. Titanic of a Failure There may be others. I wasn't aware of that thread, thanks for the heads up.
Sailing Anarchy post #11819 page 591
...ing over a decade building a 74 ton steel BSO. After steel arrival, he built the wood submarine, then the aluminum submarine, and melted lead. The ROV was in there somewhere. Meanwhile, the price of steel came way down, so he overpaid for his steel. What sort...
Sailing Anarchy post #12735 page 637
...keep in touch with his children, couldn't build a functioning replica of a historic "submarine", failed to build a working aluminium submarine, built an aluminium dinghy which failed on all counts, screwed up a crude "origami" design, screwed up a basic junk...
Sailing Anarchy post #12974 page 649
...his monologue to tell Carol "10 degrees port." It reminded me of the Beatles' Yellow Submarine when there was a bunch of nautical-ly nonsense being uttered before the final verse. But, then again, even that made more sense than anything Dugh the Thug has ever...
Sailing Anarchy post #12977 page 649
I got a chuckle out of that! Indeed ,the Yellow Submarine, with its quasi nautical jargon certainly sounded more credible than anything ever uttered by Dugg the Thug(I like that too!) since it can easily rhyme with Thud, the noise that occurs when Dugg has an...
Sailing Anarchy post #12979 page 649
...plicable locations around his "boat." I got a chuckle out of that! Indeed ,the Yellow Submarine, with its quasi nautical jargon certainly sounded more credible than anything ever uttered by Dugg the Thug(I like that too!) since it can easily rhyme with Thud, t...
Sailing Anarchy post #13182 page 660
...week or two weeks into the future, Dugg will be probably snagged hard on one of those submarine cables in the cable farm. He is so far ahead of all of us in his mastery of basic sailor skills. That windy image you posted is 2 weeks in the future, not next week...
Sailing Anarchy post #13183 page 660
...ek or two weeks into the future, Dugg will be probably **snagged hard on one of those submarine cables in the cable farm**. He is so far ahead of all of us in his mastery of basic sailor skills.
Sailing Anarchy post #13528 page 677
It is a feature that enhances transition from surface to submarine mode in steep, large swells. An innovator who first built submarines before this research vessel supporting the mi$$ion of the $ea Chess Foundation, Captain Dugh has yet to demonstrate this par...
Sailing Anarchy post #13593 page 680
Just joined the the forum today. Many years ago I was reading about early submarines and came across a couple who built a sorta-replica of Simon Lake's Argonaut Jr. They then started on building a steel sailboat and had plans for another submarine. I was just...
Sailing Anarchy post #14508 page 726
...educational and informative. In much the same way as Dugh, Stockton Rush operated his submarine outside USA waters and people onboard were "crew" not "passengers." I encourage you to ask Dugh why it is a "Recreational" vessel rather than a "Passenger" vessel,...
Sailing Anarchy post #14511 page 726
...educational and informative. In much the same way as Dugh, Stockton Rush operated his submarine outside USA waters and people onboard were "crew" not "passengers." I encourage you to ask Dugh why it is a "Recreational" vessel rather than a "Passenger" vessel,...
Sailing Anarchy post #14635 page 732
...nd their systems. Reminds me of this, in a small way: He did borrow the look from the submarine he visited. However: He built the ~master bedroom~ ~kitchen cafeteria~ pilot house walls right up tight to the port and starboard edges of the hull. The pilot house...
Sailing Anarchy post #14969 page 749
...ealing with Dugh by exposing the truth behind the narcissistic display. ~Macie Wooden submarine Aluminum submarine Aluminum (love me) tender brother Christopher brother Andrew son Carl and wife grandson Aiden ex-wife Kay USCG Anchor winch worm gear Anchor winc...
Sailing Anarchy post #1830 page 92
...ce about why their idea is bad, they will get more and more strident about building a submarine out of used cheese and start insulting the regulars. Well sure you all are nuclear submarine designers, but you are afraid to leave the comfort of your old ideas an...
Sailing Anarchy post #1831 page 92
...ce about why their idea is bad, they will get more and more strident about building a submarine out of used cheese and start insulting the regulars. Well sure you all are nuclear submarine designers, but you are afraid to leave the comfort of your old ideas an...
Sailing Anarchy post #521 page 27
"We have build and launched two submarines. We started “Seeker” the aluminum submarine first. We launched it, but never dove it and sold it so we could get on with building our sailboat. The other, “Argonaut Jr” we completed in 8 months and dove for two weeks....
Sailing Anarchy post #522 page 27
...so it could be used as some sort of recreational surface vessel. It never was a real submarine in the first place but an "ambient pressure" kind of thing. Basically a pod filled with water at the same pressure as outside. You can sit in it with diving gear so...
Sailing Anarchy post #538 page 27
I'd like to see him go back to his roots and convert SV Seeker into SS UnderSeeker: a submarine of epic proportions! He likely was headed in that direction anyway.
Sailing Anarchy post #6895 page 345
...in and work in the dry. THEN he re-installs the new cutless bearing. Since he built a submarine he has lots of experience with underwater thingies. I see a whole video series lasting for another year of cuttin', weldin', and a grindin' to keep the masses enter...
Sailing Anarchy post #6896 page 345
...in and work in the dry. THEN he re-installs the new cutless bearing. Since he built a submarine he has lots of experience with underwater thingies.
Sailing Anarchy post #6923 page 347
$eeker is actually a submarine. It has not made its first dive yet. He will weld up an underwater dive bell to the hull just to prove you wrong.
Sailing Anarchy post #6926 page 347
It hasn't made its first a lot of things yet... $eeker is actually a submarine. It has not made its first dive yet.
Sailing Anarchy post #7192 page 360
This is the interior of his prior submarine vessel. He likes tight enclosures full of pipes and valves; he built a bigger one after this named SV Seeker. Not enough check valves to be Dug's fabricobbling.
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