Making Better Junk and Sailing to Ft Myers

Improving my Junk Rig
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[ Music ]
"Trickin Pickin" performed by Doug Waterman

[@Cissonius]

never gets old seeing your boat bein a success just reminds me that if you really want to do something its possible.

[@Chris-ut6eq]

Takes a confident man to fully reveal his junk on YT.

[@bruceperry6315]

Rather then use a straight slot bit on hose clamps, I like a 5/16” socket, it doesn’t slip off.😉

[@Sethjxl]

He did just after.

[@stickycricket2]

Doug, I highly recommend a set of the hex nut drivers for your drill and get a bit holder, they are rubber and can be attached via exising screws or glued to your drill. You'll be able to hold a number of often used bits right on your drill and the nut drivers will make tightening those hose clamps less annoying with the flat head slipping off.

[@Vikingwerk]

Looks like several other pilings had the same idea where to anchor! 😂

[@epajarjestelmainsinoori9037]

Even a more slick bermuda sailboat will have difficulty going in to the wind with too much sailt in the bow. Rudder sideways kills the speed and finding a neutral rudder angle is an excellent indicator of how the sail are balanced. Since you have the mizzen you can also tighten that to take pressure of the rudder.

[@rudywoodcraft9553]

Loved this--I was just sailing in those waters, after visiting you off Pensacola!

[@98grand5point9]

Hope you'll get down that way this coming winter.

[@crphilipp]

Dry Tortugas are great place to spend a week bird watching, snorkeling and diving. Make sure to snorkel with the school of tarpon which hang out at the coal dock.

[@SVSeeker]

Going to pass it up this time but I’m sure we will be back by.

[@troytreeguy]

Why is it called Dry?

[@SVSeeker]

@@troytreeguy No fresh water. One of the first things they built was a cistern and rain catchment.

[@mkloz]

How is all that webbing and soap going in the UV light. I know it has a 5 year lifespan

[@johnmallette3143]

She's cool.,.,.Tkzz for sharing.,.,.,peace

[@getur99]

Nothing better than turning the iron sail off. The silence is golden

[@michaelically7893]

If you like a little quieter port mosey on up to Vero Beach instead of Ft Pierce. Also be careful when onshore in Ft Pierce, not everywhere is safe there.

[@troytreeguy]

I love it Doug all of it, maybe an oil cooler for the transfer case, you could cool it with sea water 🤷‍♂️

[@ScottandTera]

howdy Doug and crew

[@thinman4648]

Can’t wait for you to visit port canaveral!

[@SVSeeker]

That is a possibility.

[@LoanwordEggcorn]

1:45 Tension on the webbing will cause the edge of hose clamps to cut the webbing. A better design would be a line looped/hitched around the batten. As others have mentioned, lashings are probably better. 13:20 Most boats are a lot more balanced with two sails. Steering with the sails and minimizing rudder is usually the most efficient.

[@SVSeeker]

I’ve had been clamping the line on with a single hose clamp with very little damage to the line. I doubt there will be any significant problem.

[@epicrangrangable]

Is that called an industrial sowing machine? Could you give me any more details because I'm interested in a machine that could do the type of jobs you showed this episode. Thanks for sharing

[@bob-kn2xs]

It's a sailrite LSZ portable walking foot sewing machine. I love mine.

[@Captain_Aubrey]

My Brother-in-law lives in Ft. Myers and I told him to keep a look out for you. I found the drone footage of your sails up in case you guys sail out there.

[@nraynaud]

My great grandfather had an interesting test before allowing the "kids" (ie. my grandfather's generation) to take the sailboat further than the view from the house: they had to be able to get out of the bay and back in with the rudder staying on shore. If you can do that, you can balance your sails, you can get out of a lot of sticky situations. I may have missed a bit of the voiceover, why going around the Keys when a storm is coming?

[@SVSeeker]

That is a great test. ...and the storm is a far away.

[@gflasman]

Yess a new video ! :)

[@jackhastings9800]

I see more creepy and more boom failures for Seaker😢

[@SVSeeker]

That is because you are a pessimist.

[@glendavis9663]

👍👍

[@L3Dhelpguide]

The 3 spots, guessing they were transient moorings?

[@user-uv6uf8li9y]

Hey Doug, when was the last time you did a time lapse video of start to where you’re at now?

[@SVSeeker]

Oh. That would be cool but it's a lot of work.

[@007goretex]

you need to start including more drone shots of the boat as whole as part of the b-roll for some of these videos

[@SVSeeker]

Yeah, I need to charge the batteries.

[@mikeburdolski5055]

Ahoy from Cape Coral

[@markweiss6222]

Use glad wrap on the goo😊

[@michaelically7893]

I didn't see you change the prop pitch to 0 when you went to main. Did you do that to reduce drag on the prop?

[@SVSeeker]

Most of the time. I don’t pitch it to zero but I do pull it back.

[@anja7760]

Hey I’ve seen that solar power trailer in Ireland just recently! Great to See peoples creations at the end of your vids!

[@je-fq7ve]

Thanks for showing modernish sailing.

[@roygould9454]

I'm worried about two things I see @1:45 First, the loop you made might fray on the hose clamp strap holding it down over time. Secondly, the sharp little end of the clamp behind the nut could cut into the sail when furling or unfurling. That is all, thank you. I was aslo wondering if you've considered bamboo booms.

[@SVSeeker]

I’ll let you do the worrying and they don’t yet grow bamboo you can weld.

[@alnov2722]

@@SVSeekercome on man, i seen a dude weld his flip flops to a bamboo scaffold 50 stories up in snow storm. 😂❤

[@bobsyouruncle1574]

​@@SVSeeker No, but you can certainly lash it. That's what the Chinese did.

[@SVSeeker]

@@bobsyouruncle1574 And then the Chinese invented hose clamps and the world was a better place. :-)

[@timothyblazer1749]

​@@SVSeekerhose clamps work. :-) what people do not get is that to do this without clamping pressure, you would need to poke a hole in, or weld something onto the batten. Both of those ideas weaken the rig. If you use line to do this, now you have to think about wear and tear a lot more, let alone how much time it takes to put in a clamping knot. If it were me, I might plastic coat the back side of those clamps just for completeness. If I wanted to be fancy, I'd use small stuff and wrap them nice, and lacquer over them. Neither of those things will improve function much, if at all, so you're 100% good, sir.

[@collinwerth9886]

Would you ever see yourself crossing the Atlantic, or going down to Panama and South America

[@SVSeeker]

Sure

[@SnoDawg]

Will the hose clamps not cut through the webbing over time? I guess time will tell.

[@SVSeeker]

Not anytime soon. I was just clamping the rope to the batten with a single clamp.

[@noiseosoutros]

Very good my friend

[@paulbolus9399]

Well yes, that's what an anchorlight is for :P

[@kirangowda8227]

your using your engine vary similar to how a plane's engine functions its like you feathering for cruising when your sailing it would be really cool to see the fuel savings you get from doing this

[@cc-gu1ff]

does your insurance say its ok to stay during hurricane season

[@SVSeeker]

My what? : )

[@LittleWapiti]

@@SVSeekerInsurance? We don’t need no stinking insurance!

[@trentgay3437]

​@SVSeeker I think he asked is your welder still working???

[@kevinhattenbach4011]

Frigatebird

[@carlhaynie8710]

Man, I was just in dry Tortugas last week. I kind of expected you’d come around the horn eventually.

[@SVSeeker]

Sorry. Change of plans.

[@tnllifeunedited9165]

🤠👍

[@FrankLadd]

Next time try vasaline vs neosporin. I read about it somewhere and I think they work the same.

[@TioDave]

Have you tried 3d printing a bearing or gearbox? Gear down for what? had a nice gearbox I printed and it worked pretty well. I've played with a few bearings I've printed, but no practical use yet.

[@ohenrysservicesjeep233]

Awesome video

[@SVSeeker]

Thanks!

[@tysonwalsh8193]

I got to say your the only blow boat I like I work on a lobster in NH and they like get in our way it not like we can move we are pull up a 1000ft traps

[@SVSeeker]

Yeah, it's the deck crane. : )

[@bohemianmachine]

Doug, I would love to run out in my boat and meet you. I'm in Cape Coral, are you still in the area?

[@SVSeeker]

Sorry, no. We are departing Key West today, headed to Ft Pierce.

[@bohemianmachine]

@@SVSeeker well, crap, missed you again. I'll have to pay closer attention.

[@pppcoofswfl1759]

Hey Doug I just rolled through FT Myers Tampa punta Gorda and such, parked in naples would've been cool to come check seeker out, started watching the channel in 2017 or 2018, safe travels and keep up with the good work and excellent content!!!

[@andyr3886]

1.3 kts? Buddy, you’re adrift 😂

[@SVSeeker]

And enjoying life.

[@js2743]

Doug you need "polysporin" for your burn. I've had a couple burns I had to go see the wound center and they said never use Neosporin on a burn.

[@maxrun29]

Polysoprin is neosporin with out neomycin4 witch only rely matters if your allergic to it. As far as do not use on ,Moderate to severe injuries Animal bites Puncture wounds Deep wounds Is about it you shouldn't use in On second degree burn, or third. Basically don't get it in your body just on it . From webmd neosporin: "used to prevent and treat minor skin infections caused by small cuts, scrapes, or burns" From goodrx: "Neosporin is used to help prevent skin infections in minor cuts, scrapes, and burns"

[@robertn2813]

Actually no . The only difference between Neosporin and Polysporin is that Neosporin is a " triple antobiotic formula " ( bacitracin , neomycin , and polymyxin B ) and Polysporin is a " double antibiotic formula " ( bacitracin , and polymyxin B ) . The only reason to choose Polysporin vs Neosporin is when you have an allergy to neomycin .

[@kennethellis2213]

Thanks for the boat tour, you are a cool guy and a true inspiration to everyone! Safe travels. Thanks, Ken the seatow captain

[@jaba512]

Send few of those diy sail riggings to HowNotTo . Ryan break tests lots of climbing stuff. Hose clamps and sown mini loops are intereating pieces.

[@TheSirensLog]

Welcome to Key West! We passed you yesterday. 🎉

[@lawrenceallen8096]

Is that a scoped pellet gun up there on the wall? For birds, I'd guess.

[@SVSeeker]

For jetskies

[@mwhelan53]

@@SVSeeker

[@user-sr5tk8hb2u]

Aye scar it is , another scar another story to tell, at grog time a shore eeeerrrrr

[@LODIECHODIE]

Impact Flathead on a hose clamp....? & You video'd it....

[@SVSeeker]

LOL I do thousands of things that work fine, but in the back of my head I hear the KZbin comments tell me it's not the "proper way". : )

[@johnnypeeks3264]

If you’re going to be coming in the Ft. Pierce inlet you’ll want to watch out for that big ass rock in the middle of of the channel just saying

[@SVSeeker]

Found no rock. But the food and people are great.

[@Bill-cg6oh]

Keep up the video's Doug look forward to many more. I cant wait till you get away from Florida and go to Maine or Australia

[@good.morning.everyone]

From Tulsa to the Turquoise water! Keep going!

[@michaelically7893]

I just saw you are already in the keys. Captured in "The Siren's Log" video kzbin.info/www/bejne/bmrHmqujfcqkZ7c @ 6:08

[@robertkendall1037]

Loved Ft Meyers when I lived in Cape Coral. IAN destroyed so much up there. Only now starting to rebuild

[@SVSeeker]

It did indeed. But it sure makes for a booming construction industry.

[@CanadianGrenadian]

I think we'll rename this show to 'The Life of Riley'

[@SVSeeker]

Wow. I had to look that one up. : )

[@curacao11]

😎

[@DuelPorpoise]

are you looking to see a falcon 9 launch from the KSC from off the west side of merit island or the Indian river?

[@acampbell198]

“It gets all over your clothes”…really?🙄? As if you don’t have oil, grease, dirt, sweat and everything else all over them. And you could actually try dressing your wound. You really need to put repairing the human body in the same terms as repairing all of your other machines, without the right tools, it’s going to be a half ass job…and the body is just a machine. I knew she was right, but glad you did your little science experiment to prove how hard headed we men are😉

[@SVSeeker]

Dude. Relax. Enjoy life and find some humor. : )

[@acampbell198]

@@SVSeeker So I guess my sarcastic dry style of humor wasn't coming through in how I wrote that...fail on my part, it was supposed to be funny in a ribbing sort of way. Love what you are doing especially considering you are from my home state. Growing up every time my dad and I drove up to sail on our boat on Grand Lake, he would point out as we drove over the Kerr-McClellan Navigation Channel that you can go anywhere in the world you want if you follow that channel south. I just never knew anyone who had, now I kinda do...and it's cool to follow your adventures. I'll try to improve my funny on future comments...we'll see how that goes. Fair winds and following seas sailor!

[@SVSeeker]

@@acampbell198 No sorry. Now seen in that light it's funny as hell. The world needs more sarcasm. Keep it up and I'll try to see the humor first myself. : )

[@WiseInvestor123]

third

[@dirtygypsyent]

First