Davit Upgrade, and Sharks

[@johngato737]

Doug it has been so long since I was watching you build this boat. So good to check in and find you playing with sharks and grinding on your boat

[@WesWillard.]

24 minute mark. That entire message is what I needed to hear at the right time. Thanks man.

[@pbpx]

I was at the navy base and made sure to take some time to go by the bay and see Seeker. Pretty sure I saw you up on the mast that morning! Looks great out there.

[@forgottenbattles10]

Love that your constantly talking about this subject!

[@markbailey6051]

Good show! Thank you Doug!

[@stevenr8606]

👍🏼 NO need to be worried about small sharks 😅 They only take 'SMALL' BITES 😊

[@hannesmoser2732]

indeed one of the most inspiring storys i have seen ever, sv seeker the king of following through with projects

[@ThePman113]

Great to see the evolution of design on the tender winch.

[@Bill23799]

Dolphin: Hey you up there! Do we throw up half eaten fish where you live?

[@brianrepp6283]

Tell Tails are not worthless. They might not be a major source of information, and certainly not detrimental to a sail trip, but they are not worthless. They are very helpful in tweaking and fine tuning your sail configuration during a sail to gain small amounts of speed to become more efficient. Likely more useful during racing than during a pleasure cruise. On a long trip like your boat was built for, that small seemingly insignificant increase in speed could shave off massive amounts of time from a long trip, or a lifetime of sailing.

[@SVSeeker]

LOL Absolutely Worthless I Tell Ya! You don't sail a Junk do ya.

[@matthewengel6442]

So glad we stumbled across your channel. We've seen you sailing in big lagoon and wondered about your boat. Thanks for sharing!

[@SVSeeker]

Thanks for sharing the water with us. We're enjoying the visit.

[@8419james]

The boat looks great under sail!

[@pipedreamz66]

An ongoing channel, that has reached its hiatus! I myself was looking forward to seeing the boat being used as you said it would be used for, but it seems like that has been put on the back burner! Hopefully, one day, with all the donations, you will have videos of working with scientific groups.

[@SVSeeker]

I've been hearing that sort of negative input since I started over 15 years ago. Of ye of little faith and even less patience.

[@108gk]

Having your own goals means you can move your goal posts.

[@Mistwolf1]

Welcome to the Pensacola area! I just found your channel and dropped a sub. I'm really enjoying your videos and I gotta tell you that you are absolutely living my dream.

[@torjones1701]

Them's Black Tip sharks, pretty easy identification, good pictures of them! Usually very curious sharks, but generally not aggressive. While they are generally non-aggressive, they are responsible for about 16% of the shark attack in and around florida every year. Their flesh is considered high quality for food, but are considered Vulnerable by the IUCN. Black Tip sharks are so named because most of their fins are tipped in black. They were not getting cute with the naming schemes that day...

[@WheezinGeezerTV]

I'm glad you reworked the rigging for your dinghy. That's one of the things I mentioned when you got it and hooked it up was sling angle to redistribute the weight, and stability. So, I don't know if it helped in that department, but I sure like this a lot better. Before retiring I ran an overhead crane for about 27 years so sling angle is drilled into my brain. Anyway, sure love watching you create stuff. Reminds me of grandpa, a farmer his whole life. Something broke, we made another one. Yeah, those Blacktip sharks can be pesky buggers. I love your philosophical words of wisdom, life lessons. Don't sweat the petty stuff, just pet the sweaty stuff.

[@rgbrown90]

this is the episode of SV seeker where Doug starts turning into Quint

[@genEricSVG]

We're gonna need *to build* a bigger boat !

[@artip777]

I "love" the way you working. Everything is made and re-made at least twice! That's because bad planing and measuring 👍

[@sparkydave2783]

Interesting comment. Just to broaden the discussion, have a look into the ‘Fail Fast’ design and innovation technique. It permits testing without heavy investment. Doug simply uses a similar approach. Of course this doesn’t work for things like nuclear reactors, but for many, many other ‘products’ it is a fast, fun and cheap approach.

[@sparkydave2783]

…….the other point is, this is “the boat the internet built”……….few would have subscribed to watch Doug modelling every tiny detail in CAD for a decade before getting out the grinder for the first time 😂😂

[@SVSeeker]

Yes, a lot of bad plans and measuring, but I find great joy in it all. So maybe you should give it a try too. You will find failures are your friends much more than the negative people that will show up and try to drag you down.

[@artip777]

@@SVSeeker Sure! You're not mistaken if you has done a nothing 😇 everyone makes mistakes, me too. I think it's better use others' experience. And Doug I don't like those stripes towing this boat. The stripes will tear from the edges, and you take off those rollers was bad idea. Winch of metal cable is good for this purpose. Cable winding is better and reliable (I guess).

[@lr7974]

You could try a convex crowned roller to see if that helps keep the straps centered. If you can't find any of the size you need can 3dprint them in TPU very strong rubber stuff

[@flightace1]

i whas thinking the same,,but he got a tormach onboard so he can make them in delrin way faster,

[@jarmomalinen1823]

I think they used convex rollers in old tape recorders to center the tape. There might be something in this idea.

[@bramsaucier6297]

True words...It's never just a quick change. Just remember if it was quick and easy everyone would do it. Another fun video. Maybe we will see you in November when we come back to Pensacola

[@lensman7519]

ty, inspirational as ever, helps me thru

[@chrisgreen177]

I've been on this journey with you since the start and I'm really happy to see it all come to fruition. This is great Doug.

[@mikedimaio1237]

Crowned/convex pulleys are used to keep a flat belt tracking, not sure if it would work with a tow strap, you might need to make it rubber to grip the strap. Cool seeing the Blue Angels.

[@joedemers5480]

I’ll bet a UHMW, delrin, or Teflon roller would work great in that application. It would be a cool lathe project too.

[@ArkRanjer73003]

even aluminum or a peice of pipe, could be real simple

[@HungryElasticRaccoon]

Fuzz by Mary Roach

[@OLIVERWASMYNAMEFIRST]

I'm so happy for you to see where your adventure has led you, I hope every corner you turn brings you somewhere just as amazing as where you're at.

[@frogsshadow4189]

Black tip reef sharks, can be super friendly, especially if you get to know them. My sister works at an aquarium and cleans their tank and they will even play fetch. Too small to actually do anything and they are kinda skittish so not really a threat to you. Will mostly leave you alone but very curious

[@theoldbigmoose]

Good life lessons at the end!

[@robertmalis4493]

They are Blacktip sharks in there, fairly aggressive as you saw

[@FreeSpeechWarrior]

Those sharks were waiting for you to fall off the davit Doug. 😂

[@John-Nada]

Great photo by Connie Lou. I love the intense heat lightning you see at night around Pensacola.

[@sartorst3376]

I thought I was on to something with single braid but on a 4 to 1 main sheet it was instantly hard and got harder and harder to pull the line in and in no time in any wind you needed the winch so it became a jib sheet on a single tack I would get 3 or 4 hockels at the block which made you have to go forward to get them out now its holding up a swing in the back yard and it works perfectly !

[@rifqitaqiuddin]

dude is doing Repair work on his Selfmade SHIP, while Blue angels are flying Patterns Above. He really is Enjoying life to the fullest. sir i am jealous.

[@chadwynia5021]

On the tender it might help to get larger diameter pins to reduce the point load on those straps.

[@svroundabout]

Ive enjoyed watching the build for the last several years. Im sure youll figure out a system that works for you for thise davits. I seem to have forgotten why you didnt use dyneema and some blocks but you had a good reason before. 🤔. Happy ⛵

[@johnnyb8629]

Your right Doug, I have learned in my old age that no one really fucken knows, even if they say they have experience, situations change, the situation may not be the same as what they experienced. I have learned this with my daughters, millennials. They both went to college and the future is very much iffy for them both, and I feel compelled to tell them to do this or that, but I have learned to shut up. They are on their own path now, and I must leave them to their fates. I can give them technical advice, show them how to do something, but the big questions, the big decisions, that must be theirs and theirs alone. My x wife is always criticizing them and its only driven them away from her, I chose to stop telling them what to do around age 18 to 19. I was not always successful and Im gen X so I can be rude, and crass but now they are in their 20s and I don't tell them what to do and if I say anything at all I tell them they can do it, they are smart and they will figure it out, or if anything, when they are freaking out, I tell them it will be ok and we will figure it out together. Its hard, letting your kids learn things the hard way, or even letting take the chance to learn the hard way, it goes against every instinct I have as a parent, but it must be that way.

[@mccluredb]

Shark week on SV Seeker.

[@andypandy955]

I have been on very similar journeys building boats car and taking on jobs that people say why ? I have failed I have asked myself many questions (can you really do this?) rested and started again. It is the discovery and the journey I enjoy. My new journey is going back to sailing and after two years of planning many many phone calls designing parts, I picked up my beautifully built Catboat built by students at a boat building school in France. I designed a Tabernacle which was built for me it failed on it's first time out with the students sailing they were very so upset. Only because the builder did not read the plan properly. I told them it was nothing and it could be fixed which is what I will do. Doug you are right in everything you say why worry about the small things just move on and sort them out. I am so excited to start my new journey sailing with like minded people but before that can happen, lots to do. Now my job is to get her ready for the sea.

[@hiddenacresfarm5035]

I used a snap shackle for my kids zip line. We got a weekend out of it before it failed. That was just kids pulling it to release the seat from the tree as a safety for loading.

[@mumblbeebee6546]

Dances With Sharks! They are right cute! There’s a BBC podcast called “The Infinite Monkey Cage” and they recently had three shark researchers. Fascinating stuff, and once again they all confirmed: Sharks are rarely interested in biting humans! Whales on the other hand… some of them are nasty :) Anyway… your quip about tyres cracked me up - and I thought boats want tyres to stop banging into docks? :-P

[@leslieandrews6324]

I classify failure as resurch & move forward

[@grendel1960a]

if you have got sharks, a good pirate boat need a plank for the trolls to walk.

[@skiptallman2672]

I Love the guitar solo .

[@Merv-Bob]

Maybe not the points catching the rope but the edges of the braking serrations. Are the leading edges abrupt/sharp? Maybe give them a smoothen. But I don't know I'm here.

[@josephfalletta9853]

I'm sure you've thought about it but is there any reason you don't use spreader bars to hold the tender up?

[@robfnet]

probably du to having a heavy weight swinging about when landing would not be fun.

[@jfv65]

It wouldn't surprise me if those Blue Angel pilots use SV Seeker as a marker point😅

[@ffaubert1]

The difference between adventure and adversity is attitude.

[@stephencoppinger5008]

Thanks

[@manfredschmalbach9023]

That halyard eating property of Seeker's current way to hoist the big sail was predictable to say the least - which ain't no biggy of course. To change that permanently, You might have to invent a remotely controlled wire drum pulling an all- wire halyard for the big sail over the top and then right at the foot of the main mast into the drum to get rid of all those crazy deviations and curves and angles that poor thing has to take until it gets to the fancily modified fancy Harken bigboat winch in the pilot house (which I loved from Your first try to hydraulize it by the way). You'll figure something out I reckon. Anyway, thanks for sharing!

[@BattleChemist]

You got that GoPro down in there and I instantly said "BLACK TIPS!"... thanks Shark Week. LOL I also recall they can be rather aggressive, so I'd stick to cleaning the bottom of the boat when they're busy somewhere else, hehe.

[@ArkRanjer73003]

something that hinges over the pipe on the back of the boat, either on the outside or inside could catch the tendor and not obstruct climbing over the rail.

[@Mitsuolevel]

Legit want a boat just so i can come down to pensocola again and see all the airshow i want sooo jealous

[@renem6441]

Was the white tape osha approved?? No more shocks on that line!! 😂 Seeker looks magnificent under sails!! Thanks for sharing

[@georgecoffman377]

Is it possible to put a spring on the shaft of the pelican hooks before the oval rings to keep it from opening up when no weight on it ?

[@temason916]

Doug - have you used flap disks for cleaning the metal and cleaning up the welds? I like them so much more than grinding disks

[@SVSeeker]

Yes, and I find them to be ok on aluminum but way too slow for steel.

[@DelcoTrash]

wow u r sooooooooooo wise mister

[@donjensenep]

Those look like black-tip reef sharks. I am no expert but I did stay in a holiday in Express once...

[@donjensenep]

Also the shackles one trick you can do is put a strict or wire through that hole and tie it off to the house shoe part. Or if you use steel wire just tack it in place.

[@kckey4535]

Been a long time but trying to catch up. I would say the tell tails in your case wont do you much. The only thing I can think of is if you are in light wind, no fuel and hardly moving. That can help you fine tune your sail to eek-out a little more momentum. But you can then just punch a few. I'd have to agree with you probably useless, not sure if you would get more out of them over the time it would take you to put them in... Looks like two species of sharks, one is clearly a black tip, some of them look to be grey reef sharks. They can have darker fin tips also. The black tips look like they have been dipped in black paint. You will find Grey, Black tip, Bull, and Tiger sharks in that area...

[@sandginkable]

Just a curious question when you are working over the water do you have the gangway lowered incase you fall.

[@SVSeeker]

No, but there is a release line and reach from the water.

[@michaelmcclure8673]

They look like black tip 🦈 sharks. 😊.

[@brosselot1]

I've got a question, welding on the boat does that cause any problems with your batteries. Or is there enough grounding because your in the water?

[@SVSeeker]

When welding the current to going back to the ground lead so we just put it near to where we are welding.

[@robertboehle4473]

Doug you may want to put some nylon liners on the inside those brackets to minimize wear and tear on the straps.

[@SVSeeker]

Yeah, I got some somewhere.

[@Bill23799]

You see the size of that shark? We're NOT going to need a bigger boat.

[@mikemeazell5653]

Two fiber washers on the pins to keep the webbing off the steel brackets?

[@GarryI449]

Very cool video Doug…

[@JefferyPorter-f2l]

Believe those are black tip reef sharks.

[@TomTalley]

Tell tails ARE NOT designed to tell you which way the wind is coming from. For those who look, they WILL tell you how effectively the sail is trimmed. If it is too loose, the inner and outer tell tale will be about level with each other...as you trim in they will separate with showing you the amount of difference in air velocity on the inside compared to the outside. The more load you put on the sheet, the more power you are adding to the sail, until you go too far....then, you will see one of them show backward air flow...(not sure which one...outer I think)...that is beyond optimum trim...too close hauled. The wind gizzie will tell you general wind relative direction. The tell tale is for trimming...if you don't care...don't put them up ..if you want to KNOW, put them up and learn from them...

[@SVSeeker]

Maybe you should watch the video again? : )

[@TomTalley]

@@SVSeeker I didn't make it all the way through...just to the point where you were not going to put tel tales in and thought I better say something. I'll gladly continue with it ... Especially that I've had this spoiler alert....thanks

[@SVSeeker]

@@TomTalley They are worthless on junk sails. : )

[@TomTalley]

​@@SVSeekergot it. Thanks...good sailing...I can see that. Not a wing shaped jib...

[@ericdoe2318]

5:11 I like this but do it again under load like a real gusty day at full speed… I think good content that would be

[@ericdoe2318]

Then I bet nothing would happen because of the side load from the golf ball loop deals

[@gmchristie123]

I love aviation but having the Blue Angels flying overhead that often would become annoying after awhile!

[@SVSeeker]

Not yet.

[@grywilliams8976]

Hi Doug, when are we going to see your ROV again, it's been a while since you worked on it?👌👍

[@SVSeeker]

No idea. Lots of things higher on the list.

[@CormacMacCormac]

black tip and at least 1 lemon shark. pretty common in FL.

[@jomgelborn]

What about adding a tube with some bearings into on those shafts.

[@oyou812]

Starting an engine repair no pictures yet but it is started

[@Tex81024]

How much does the boat rock when being hit by those wakes? I'd think that those giant keels will help

[@Jack-tx2ve]

The best thing about you is you always have a black nail. I hope you take that the right way. Also one thing i have noticed over the years from working on boats, fish seem to be attracted to the arc from a welder.

[@terryfonz4603]

Spinner shark. They jump up it the water spinning cool species

[@buddersthepuunk]

I was at Pensacola Beach week or so ago was out deep messing with the sand to get the little fish to come up too my feet next thing I know I had a little baby shark swimming around me only like a foot long

[@mechfan01]

You should go up and take video of the Blue Angels from the top of the main mast.

[@SVSeeker]

Might just do that. I swear one of them waved back at me the other day. : )

[@KnightsWithoutATable]

Time to start making that chainmail Doug. It's shark proof.

[@SVSeeker]

I love chainmail. But mostly as bikinis on women.

[@wingtipsworld5909]

could you take that one bracket that has the vertical tube and replace that vertical tube with a turnbuckle and weld the u bracket to a hinge so you could adjust/fine tune that angle so the straps stay somewhat centered better?

[@SVSeeker]

I could if it's needed. "It's a simple change that will only take a little while." : )

[@ToX1c_Pink]

what if you where to cross the dingy winch lines so they arnt parallal would that increase stability? original thought was cross brace the lines with elastic

[@jondavidmcnabb]

Life is an iterative process. You can only improve what has been tried....

[@joesteadman1014]

Doug the man!

[@CheveeDodd]

I dove with reef sharks all the time when i was stationed in Hawai'i. The black tips are a bit more... curious... than the other varieties, but I never knew anyone to get bit.

[@dtnicholls1]

I don't know what sharks you guys do or don't have, but they look pretty similar to black tip reef sharks we get here in Australia. If that's what they are they're not at all dangerous. Go swimming with those no problem. Also, something interesting I learnt the other day (from a podcast called the infinite monkey cage - very good, you should check it out) is that sharks have been on this earth longer than trees.

[@Gais87]

Have you thought about crowned rollers?

[@SVSeeker]

Maybe if it's needed. "It's simple to build and will only take a little while. " : )

[@zachwaddill7801]

Black tips. Tie a piece of those to a rope and you get the Bull.

[@tomhyde7823]

Those sharks look like black tip reef sharks, if so they are considered harmless.

[@dennisdickinson8337]

Got to. UV protect those harbor freight straps They deteriorate fast

[@boberry66]

Sharks are harmless. Well most of the time. Lol

[@richardajohnson4633]

ok already once will do the trick

[@eriknulty6392]

BABY BLACK TIP SHARKS

[@robfnet]

How do you get a delivery from Amazon? Drone?

[@SVSeeker]

Marina, but drone would be cool.

[@MrEric_API]

Excellent example of modifying something that could be better on the boat!! Love the progress of the journey. MrEric

[@Ty_N_KC]

Are those black tip reef sharks?

[@play4dayzproductions347]

Their not spraying chemicals into the air... No, their just going a show! Those clouds are totally natural cloud.. Yes!

[@alexlail7481]

You probably already have your own plan. If not you may want to write the install/exposure date on one end of any nylon webbing. Long term often it doesn't deal well with constant uv exposure.... by writing the date you can have a rough idea of when to retire them. Initially you won't know much but later on you will be have a pretty good idea

[@mickeymang6]

Removing the rollers is a bad idea. You will wear the straps out and well as the bolts spinning and wearing into those welded brackets.

[@wofflan2]

When you weld on a car you are supposed to disconnect the battery to protect the electronics how are that on a boat?

[@SVSeeker]

I don't and I have not had any problems. I think the important difference is that cars, at lest the older ones use the body as part of the circuit, and we run dedicated negative conductors on metal boats.

[@diederikvandedijk]

You should hang the rollers on hinges so they always adjust to the strap.

[@SVSeeker]

It would be easy and only take a little while. : )

[@diederikvandedijk]

@@SVSeeker Haha. Exactly.