Sail Practice on Pensacola Bay with American Magic

What a great practice day. Good friends, the Blue Angles, America's cup boat; American Magic, steady wind, warm sun, and we only broke a couple of things.
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[@marklgarcia]

This video feels like a real milestone.

[@adambetterley3808]

Every time I see seeker I'm reminded of the fact it's the boat the internet built as you say Doug. It's amazing how far she's come. Can't wait to see her fully dialed in and fully crewed!

[@PowellRoadDIY]

That’s a beautiful sight, seeing all that steel that was once laid out in Doug’s front yard slide through the water under sail. What an achievement for a man with Dreams. Awesome work you and many others have done so far.

[@bobfmirvine6652]

I could not have said it better myself!

[@Pracedru]

Yeah. Well put.

[@iain1969]

It's great to see SV Seeker under sail. FANTASTIC!!!!

[@kevinthomas8025]

Watching from early on and to see the boat sailing made me giggle with joy. Can't wait to see all (or most) of the bugs worked out and see what she'll do flat out. Great job guys

[@rjk69]

I have a feeling that was pretty much flat out.

[@jasonbrowne7525]

That is so beautiful and amazingly majestic to see her sail ❤

[@peterpatten5043]

A magnificent profile when she sails beam on, you must be so proud of the work and crew you have produced so far brother ;)

[@gordtemple764]

Yep. I've been watching since flat steel in the yard. Congratulations. 🍻🇨🇦👨‍🏭

[@briangarrow448]

Amazing to see the difference in technology and techniques between these vessels.

[@snowcreek7156]

Astounding, from beginning to present. Drat, I missed seeing you in Pensacola, moved back East after last hurricane. Pensacola’s entire strand of beaches are the finest in FL, Our favs are Santa Rosa, secluded, (except for Blue Angels overhead), brilliant white sugar sand and the fishing can’t be beat! You OK men are real pirates, scabbing that stunning treasure boat together. Sail on!

[@KeefyKat]

Funny seeing all those stacks of crates and stuff! Should give us a walk-trough tour of it's current "before organized" state!

[@taylorhodgins9523]

So cool. Congratulations

[@briansallee7176]

Keep it up beautiful ship. Yes sir

[@dennislafond394]

What beautiful shot of Seeker under sail. From the first video to this, what an amazing journey.

[@timotheyszczepanski6644]

Seeker's majestic look reminds me of SS Eastland, can't wait to see what the future holds, I'm sure her career will be just as flamboyant as her Port Huron-built counterpart

[@mrgrivers1]

I hadn't checked in in a while so this was my first time seeing her sail. Oh, what a sight to see. She is lovely.

[@gavin5363]

That’s some hard made American magic what you have there I’m glad to see it sailing from one Sailer to another good luck on your voyage. 😎

[@djscrews]

That is beautiful, Doug! Congratulations. It's awesome to finally see her under sail... mostly.

[@reb4898]

Wow…look at you go. Beautiful

[@Glostermeteorf3]

Seeing Seeker heeled over sailing is amazing

[@SRM_NZ]

I was watching Emirates Team New Zealand in Auckland harbour last week flying on the water....those boats are fast

[@Nibbles53]

This is nothing but joy seeing y'all on the water. I remember when got the hull squeezed together. Amazing.

[@Nibbles53]

I was thinking I was a teenager back then and I was lol

[@Stevesbe]

Gone like the wind

[@dozer1642]

So happy to see this. 👍✌️

[@dozer1642]

3:26 is what I’ve been waiting to see all these years. 🤗

[@thomasgarrison3949]

Looking great, nice to see you sailing, the years of work from all have paid off. Best wishes to you & SV Seeker.

[@oliver9089]

She's a sailboat! Congratulations, Doug. What a beauty!

[@handleymachine4421]

WOW! Doug! BEAUTIFUL!!! I ain’t gonna lie. I teared up a little. So happy for you man. She looks absolutely amazing under sail.

[@monkeywithawrench27]

I've been following this build for probably 15 years now. I've been trying to get out to see her since you guys made it to Pensacola and have been busy with work or family stuff every weekend since. I live in Pensacola, it kills me that I haven't come out to see you guys yet. I'm working on it, though. Finally bought kayak racks so I can actually launch my kayaks from somewhere other than my house. I hope to see you guys real soon!

[@SVSeeker]

Your welcome aboard any Saturday we are on anchor.

[@sidefx996]

Just amazing! Always something very special when someone has big dreams of things like this and makes it happen. Just amazing.

[@haydenwatson7987]

It is good to see Seeker under sail power. I was surprised that you were getting 20º of heel with that light wind and only a bit of the mainsail with the top twisted to the point of it producing little power. In the shot where you commented about only the lowest sheet having any tension, that was because the upper panels were luffing with no pull. Do you have enough buoyancy to add more lead to the keels? Seems like she might be under ballasted.

[@josephcarver967]

If it can't stand up to full sail in what appears to be 12 knots of wind, that's no good. Less weight aloft would help as would more ballast.

[@haydenwatson7987]

@@josephcarver967 I cannot remember if they did stability testing on Seeker when they launched her. If not, it could and probably should be done at some point. The process is fairly simple with the addition of weight in the form of barrels filled with water along the rail and a measurement of the increase in the angle of heel for a given weight.

[@haydenwatson7987]

@BobsYourUncle I do not disagree with anything you say. Partly my comments were because I have heard things said on the video and in the comments about how much she heels. It is very likely that the biggest "change" will be in the mindset of those who sail on her as to what is her normal. My previous boat was a Clipper 26 which has an unusual hull shape. It has a 14º deadrise and vertical sides that are connected with a 6"ø radius chine. The gave her tremendous form stability at 15º heel and it took a lot to get her beyond that angle. Of course, once you got to that point, she would heel over to 45º and round up head to wind. Because of that, my family got very used to 15º of heel because the boat was almost always at that angle. My current boat is a Catalina 30 with a much more traditional tulip shaped hull. There is no hard deadrise and what there is, is closer to 20º but the hull has lots of roundness. This make her gradually increase angle of heel as the wind builds up but she gets quite a bit stiffer as she approaches the 20º mark. Trying to sail her in a moderate breeze while limiting the heel to 15º is just a recipe for frustration. As a result, we, as a family, have learned that 20º is our new happy place.

[@CHendon-wp8vm]

Been admiring the boat in Pensacola Bay at Sand Island this month. Beautiful work, very unique ship…. My kids really enjoy seeing it when we are out there

[@richardnelson317]

She keeps getting better and better. Seeing her sliding through the water is awesome.

[@simonsargent9514]

Good grief, she sales wonderfully !!! So much better than I thought she would, well done, so pleased for you xxx

[@seancollins9745]

they're just out there lapping Seeker, but give Seeker a clean line a sight and a windless day, she's got it !

[@chadgdry3938]

when I saw those portals under watch, I caught my breath. I remember you prepping them for installation.

[@aquious953]

Wow! All those hours of watching just payed off. Watching her her sail is a thing of beauty.

[@andyharbin411]

She’s Gorgeous!! The shot of her under sail is beautiful!! Sincere Congratulations

[@stephenshort839]

You're SAILING!!! That's great to see. Dreams come true.

[@jeffmech600]

Seeing seeker heeling was beautiful

[@Neko-uh7cp]

I’ve been watching since you were wielding the sides of the boat together flat on the ground. Good to finally see her doing what she was built for

[@nkuntroll247]

Been watching since laying the keel and stacks of steel plate in his yard. Through all the figuring and learning how to make things work. What an accomplishment.

[@bruceperry6315]

It looks great sailing! Nice job!

[@pauliethefixer8617]

Wow man! After all this time and all that work, here it is. Magnificent! If I were Doug, I wouldn't know whether to laugh or cry, maybe a lil o'both.

[@Triumphist]

Always love these videos. Keep it going man, huge inspiration!

[@SVSeeker]

Appreciate it!

[@chasrmartel4777]

F'ing A dude, I never would have believed it when I watched the first videos of you bending sheet steel in the ghetto back 2010, 2011? Nice job!

[@Galaxiiee02]

That would be crazy to see you guys out in pcola!

[@GaryTheGringo]

I've been watching since the beginning and that just gave me goosebumps. Doug you are an inspiration to us all.

[@alanduncan5998]

Looks like a blast! Beautiful 😎

[@franie1210]

No joke I’ve been following the progression of this project for 5 years this is well and truly a milestone 🎉🎉❤

[@christophernoto]

She’s looking mighty fine! 🔥❤️🔥

[@greatdaneacdc]

I’ve been looking for this video Amazing ❤👍

[@bartonrobinson4266]

Delightful and Beautiful....Many more fair winds ahead SVS!!

[@capnjak69]

That is a pretty awesome moment ... I bet you are excited to have the fruits of your labor function

[@arh61]

Great looking boat , graceful

[@madal55]

Flew hydofoils in Tampa Bay back in the 80's on windsurfers. They were lethal!!! Sailed a junk rig yacht in Carrick roads, Falmouth, UK and found it comfortable and safe being able to rig from cockpit - even in F8 storm! It's great to witness the 21st Century mix with the 18th century out there on Pensacola Bay. Thanks.

[@Blueridgedog]

It is great to see SV Seeker finally under sail fully. It is also time to stow your gear as if it was on a sail boat!

[@Antipodean33]

She looks a tad tender, she gets some heel on in light wind, I wonder how she'd handle a decent gust out of the blue and large waves? I still don't understand why you'd go for such a complicated and heavy rig set up, just a nice simple ketch rig, even just a cat ketch rig would be so much more efficient and easy to use, especially if you are ever single handed. The pro's over the junk rig are numerous, I can't see any pro's of the junk rig

[@SVSeeker]

I have no need to persuade you. Go and build what you love.

[@Antipodean33]

@@SVSeeker I realize that, I'm just wondering what the thought process was, the reasoning behind going with an awkward and to be honest inefficient rig

[@SVSeeker]

@@Antipodean33 Go and build what you love.

[@Antipodean33]

@@SVSeeker Fair enough

[@robertgreybeard1432]

Looking good on the water!

[@spacehead74]

I really appreciated the first part of the video regarding the boat that sunk. I've lost friends who's remains were found by sailors. It's an unfortunate responsibility, but sailors are often key in closing criminal cases and bringing closure to families.

[@curm1778]

Seeker is beautiful. She's damn good looking while motoring but she really comes into it when she's got her full spread of sail out. Wow..

[@driesketels805]

so happy to see it sail!

[@billhanna8838]

From an old sailor = She looked absolutely amazing

[@mikesheahan6906]

Woo Hoo!!! That was cool to see Seeker dancing with the wind.

[@Therealozzycook]

Im just gonna come clean and say it. You should totally travel arround with this vessel.

[@SVSeeker]

Getting ready to do just that.

[@trailsandsails2722]

Seeker looks terrific on that port tack! Congrats Doug!! Years of hard work paying big dividends!

[@simsjef]

I had to do a screen capture shot when filming from the side showing the sails catching wind - just so spectacular .

[@billclintonisrapist870]

Really wish I could've seen you sail by

[@davidcogan9163]

Looks Amazing under Sail well done all David Australia

[@1425race]

Finally great to see you guys sailing with all your rag up. I'm sure if you moved some of the low=down weight up to windward you would clock the magic 6 knots.

[@SVSeeker]

Actually the main is about 70% up.

[@russellcameron9035]

What a sight to see!

[@GregsGarage]

I love it Doug and crew!!!

[@936anyst]

Outstanding Doug!

[@olivhay4929]

Si nice.... After so many work

[@gcholds1]

Now that is nice to see it going under its own power at a fair head of steam. Good work

[@TandaMadison]

I was exited to to see you making good time under sail but that Free Willy jumping over the boat sounds amazing!... can't wait for the video.

[@MrEric_API]

Amazingly exciting!!!! Sail powered Seeker!

[@ciberbri59]

Wing and wing sounding pretty salty captain! What a great sight. There’s a drone that floats!

[@phillyg760]

Great job!

[@hamiam2243]

I had my doubts when I started watching.way to go 💯👍👍

[@FrankLadd]

She is looking good!

[@jfbaze2001]

I love seeing you sailing. I believe you are ship-shape, but not Bristol fashion. Keep up the good work.

[@heinstrydom864]

Nice, good!! Good!! You deserve it. Be proud huge once in a live achievement. Keep safe

[@JaySea1069]

Its beautiful thing!

[@Daniel_cheems]

Now she's doing what she was meant to do! Way to go Cap'n Doug & Crew!

[@z06doc86]

Seeker looks awesome under sail!

[@funinthesun777]

Your doing it ....

[@liudas5377]

You get into big water and large swells, have the vests on and get ready for design flaws...

[@joejodikaden]

It's so freaking cool to see it sailing!! Nice job!

[@22ony]

welcome to sailing vessel seeker.🎉

[@Jacob-W-5570]

I watched you make the first origami cuts when the yard still had grass :P, happy to see you sail now!

[@argonman1]

A glorious sight with those sail full!!! Congrats Doug!!

[@courtman007]

Outstanding

[@markmarinescu2207]

What do you think her top speed will be under sail ? I imagine given her size, hull speed should be pretty good, but you were healed over pretty hard at 3-4 kts? Not enough righting moment?

[@markmarinescu2207]

Maybe throw on some foils and keep up with American Magic?

[@paulpence8895]

They scienced the shit out of that, WOW!!! And your effort too, keep pushing through the trials...

[@alargebeaver]

Awesome! Good on ya!

[@boatsmthfl]

looking good

[@claytonstead4789]

Fantastic, well done man!!

[@renem6441]

Amazing simply amazing!! Thanks Doug for sharing

[@lissainkd2580]

It's thumbs up from everyone everywhere

[@mickralph4623]

Finally she sails! Well done Doug and team. Seeker slips along very nicely indeed. Did you get an understanding of the tacking angle? It looked awesome to me. What an amazing achievement!

[@prereed]

You is sailing!