Whaly Boat - Better than a RIB

[@avonneave2131]

You could breach the hull of your new dinghy, but you'd have to be travelling at around 200 kilometres an hour, in which case I don't propose we'd have enough time to worry about sinking,lol, you've created a great vessel Doug, when I think back to the time when it was a non descript piece of flat steel on the ground, amazing. Really am most appreciative and grateful for your platform in the celebration of creative energies Doug, really awesome stuff. Happy Easter and all the best regards from here on the West Coast side of Australia 🌏 Cape Naturaliste 🤟🙏🖖🎩

[@rowgler1]

I love the tone of your videos, informative, upbeat, constructive and encouraging. Two great boats, incredible trees at 4:20, sorry for what happened to Darwin but it's a great adventure to follow.

[@SlipFitGarage]

That's a damn nice tender, Doug. Looks extremely tough and lightweight. Perfect!

[@grancitodos7318]

Yes looks good, much better that an inflatable, that are not durable and get destroyed by the sun in no time.

[@n4837z]

That engineering on a small boat is great. A US company built them for a while. Logic/Triumph. They were too expensive for the market at the time, a few years ago. The smallest model, a 12 " Tender is as tough a tender/dingy as you can get. I buy every used one I can get and refirb. and resell. Repairs easily with plastic welding tecniques.

[@darkstar18498]

Congrats on your new acquisition

[@JeffKnoxAZ]

Great looking, utilitarian little boat. Really anxious to see you out in the Gulf and beyond. I want to see that ROV in action, finding sunken boats and buried treasure.

[@markbailey6051]

We used that never stuff on a volvo out drive shaft with duo prop. Do to galvanic corrosion the aluminum in the never stuff welded the prop to the shaft and we had to cut the prop. In half to get it off.

[@sierrafoothillphotography]

Cool little boat! That propellor nut is called a Castle Nut. But I like crown nut too.

[@johnnyj540]

I just love seeing a notification about a new SV Seeker video, it makes day. Can't wait for the trip down the mighty Missa-sip.

[@jonasgamborn9255]

Went out to sea today by myself anchored closed to a nice island. This is the best time on the coast early spring, hardly no boats out yet and you have it all to yourself. Made a fresh healthy loaf of bread in the oven. Fixed a little thing on my windvane self steering gear. Tomorrow morning splash to wake up, 5 degrees celsius water temp. Then cleaning of the winter dirt from my boat. Two more days off from work. Sunny skies and really good weather. What more to expect.

[@SVSeeker]

AMEN

[@Fibs4Tibs]

These boats are awesome. I have a friend in heavy marine construction that is keen to these

[@Dutch58]

The Whaly is really a nice and stable one. We had one for fishing in the Netherlands (Don't go fishing in a RIB with four guys and some beer :-). For the Whaly there is a navigation frame and a bimini as accessories. Very advantageous if you are about to travel to the caribbean soon:-) It's really a pity about the beautiful aluminum tender but there's no way around it. We all had a lot of fun watching the construction of the tender..... What? The build has been over three years ago!!

[@donnakawana]

On that vessel it's smart to have a back up tender...

[@harrisji]

Just picked up 455R yesterday.

[@medicmcauley6729]

I like that drop ramp front, very cool boat

[@jamessandman3708]

Awesome tender! Awesome commercial too! I now know the tender that I will buy for myself when the time arrives! Thanks Doug! 👍.............⛵

[@biga3209]

James Call us up when you’re ready. We’ve got a warehouse full for you.

[@jamessandman3708]

@@biga3209 I will! I can hardly wait! I've already shown them to a few others as well. I wonder how many stories you could drop that boat without it breaking ala David Letterman style. 😅Thank You!

[@JoeTheLion60]

Perfect colour too

[@z06doc86]

Cool little Dingy. Safer.

[@LaserLuther]

Outboards are great because 100% of the water drains when you pull them out of the water. I think you have made a good choice.

[@BostonClipper]

You may want to consider a light color canvas top/sides for both sides. The lower latitudes can really heat up dark colors. Funny thing about the color red and sunlight… it tends to fade the fastest of all colors… no idea why. (Stop sign vs green road signs.) I had a house fade to pink, I kid you not. Green and black absorbs almost the same amount of light energy (No wonder trees and grass are green). What pigment fades the fastest; red; not blue, not orange, not green… etc. Looks like a great boat. Safe travels! Go pink whale!?

[@frederikHP93]

Hey Doug! My best guess on tearing a hole into the Whaly would be a Hand full of years of uv light and then the same axe would maybe do a little crack. Would not many anyways 😂

[@grinchyface]

Not only is the foam preventing you from sinking, the plastic is actually LDPE, and is less dense than water. The foam could be completely gone, and with 2 people in it you could scuttle the engine and float forever. Whalys are awesome. There is another brand I don't recall the name of that is a little better due to higher HP rating and a landing mechanism

[@piperjohn_3]

Looks seaworthy, lightweight, indestructible, and reasonably dive-friendly. Just what the doctor ordered!

[@biga3209]

Agreed

[@foty8679]

What makes a boat dive-friendly?

[@piperjohn_3]

@@foty8679 fast, stable, room for tanks, easy to heave yourself into from the water

[@chatteyj]

They aren't lightweight, they're very heavy in fact.

[@piperjohn_3]

@@chatteyj Compared to the beast he built originally for a tender it's lightweight.

[@N-Scale]

Love the new boat and EXACTLY what you need. Mike

[@palettetools6461]

Plastics are amazing once you get over the bad reputation. (there does seem to be way too many bags and bottles) The way they can be molded, it's pretty amazing. I find injection molding machines really interesting and I think you would too. I image each half of that boat was thermoformed and then welded together.

[@SVSeeker]

I agree. If you’re gonna make it out of plastic make it so damn tough you’ll never need to throw it away. Cool thing about this boat is it’s also 100% recyclable.

[@kschleic9053]

Agreed... With no care this hull will last decades if not a hundred years, depending on how good the uv stabilization of the plastic itself is.

[@clivestainlesssteelwomble7665]

@@SVSeeker Generally with plastics the darker the colour the more UV resistant they are... I know PE is highly recyclable but so is PU... Just wondering why they chose HDPE. Theres a new material coming into use thats harder lighter and tougher its also cheaper than E glass and thats Basalt fiber...but it has to be moulded like glass plus it doesnt snap like carbon fiber... Its also fire resistant and Chemical and electrically innert.

[@kevbjork1]

@@kschleic9053 You can always paint the boat on the topsides to protect from UV. Some paints will stick to plastics and can be touched up as needed.

[@pavelavietor1]

hello I am very close by in Planquemine Louisiana. saludos glad you are having a great time. saludos

[@cooladventures9772]

You have inspired me to build a boat in the summer

[@osuoiler3605]

What's sad is that I recognize that rest stop at the Indian Nations Turnpike and Hwy 43 at Daisy 😆. Just went through there last fall for a lightning fast day trip to/from Shreveport. Glad you all had a good time in the bayou!

[@thomasbailey8306]

Thats a Nice looking boat and it matches the Seeker..Great Video...

[@00nutt]

Man I wish I'd known you were in Louisiana. Y'all probably drove right past my house

[@harveynailbanger]

For gators, i recommend honey island swamp tours. Its basically on the louisianna/mississippi state line off of hwy90. Part of our capts schpeel before the trip was stating that we feed the gators hot dogs on a stick. He then asked a young man in the boat what this is, holding up his hand. The boy of course said "its your hand" the capt immediatly replied "wrong, its five hotdogs on a stick. Keep them inside the boat... He was a hoot...

[@flyingfiddler90q]

Can't wait to see Seeker underway again.

[@pgnandt]

An amazing tender for an amazing boat. That's a great lifeboat too.

[@baileylouque6579]

3:43 is my hometown. Damnit I missed you guys passing through

[@biga3209]

Bailey, drive over to Abbeville and check out our Whaly Boats. We’ll give you an SV Seeker discount.

[@ciberbri59]

cool boat. Thanks for all the smiles and inspiration. You'll be salty as hell by the time you reach the gulf! I can't wait to see those sails spread.

[@OldSgtsMaj52]

Nice indestructible Tender... You will have at least 3 instances in your life on the water that you will be thankful for this boat.

[@biga3209]

Completely agree

[@andrewzenn1719]

Whaley, best little boat. Saw it first when A fisherman's Life got one. Tried to buy one through the Wisconsin vendor, but they seemed flakey. So to louisiana i go

[@biga3209]

Andrew Call us when you’re ready for a Whaly. We’ll take care of you plus we’ll give you an SV Seeker discount.

[@jimmygreen671]

@@biga3209 how much for a 400? I have a 370 now,looking to go a little bigger

[@onemoredeadman]

Had a Mac boat here in N.Z. bash it on the rocks drag it round, scratches but never holed it. Could never sink as had no outboard, polyethylene is less dense than water

[@adamg7270]

I'd have some plastic welding skills on-hand with that boat. It's not hard but it takes practice and having the right materials and equipment to do it. A cover would be a good investment too, top-deck in full tropical sun will probably start to get brittle in ~12 years.

[@dylandrouin3085]

Looks like a stout little boat , have fun with it!

[@firefox2716]

Awesome Adventure Doug & Betsy The new Tender Dinghy will be fun for exploring & research ! So Cool 🥰

[@jamesstewart259]

It's like the big brother of a Portland Pudgy.....

[@darploin5071]

That is a sweet top you made for your dingy I like that it's made out of the same material the sailors made out of I do remember the time you sewed the sail to your table when you are sewing it together that was one hell of a sewing machine

[@ThoughtfulWander]

Nice tender!! Stay safe Seeker crew!! 👍👍👌👌👏👏

[@andrewlondon3461]

Good choice on the red, it matches the main ship great 👍

[@finscreenname]

Gonna need a way to stop it from swinging when underway if you plan on leaving it hanging. Neat boat. Looks built of the same stuff my kayaks are made of. It will take a bang pretty good but you do have to be careful of abrasions.

[@JDeWittDIY]

Are they made from HDPE?

[@finscreenname]

@@JDeWittDIY Not sure but its just a "blown plastic". The same stuff they make kids toys out of.

[@billhanna8838]

They make them in NZ as well , I had some dingys i used to rent out , Amazingly durable .

[@mick0matic]

Good to hear theres more than just yachts for oligarchs coming from the netherlands!! Now youve got to come to holland some day !! :P SV Seeker would steal the show on SAIL 2025 20-24 August

[@bobstienke178]

Glad to see Darwin stayin out of trouble, ridin the windshield wipers!

[@philh3178]

I’m shocked. Is this the first “off the shelf” purchase for the boat? 😏

[@uhvman]

Sitting on that narrow rail looks great! Esp in big waves. Climbing in after snorkle will be easy too! LMAO ......( sar) ....get experience, then get a boat

[@williamcollins4082]

#1 rule of the road . Bring your own TP !!!

[@regs3836]

Where did you bury the tender you and the crew built?

[@SVSeeker]

Gave it to a crew member and it's headed to the great lakes.

[@Mikesmith-tm5sh]

That double bridge you went over that store on the left has the best Boudin you ever ate.

[@DFMurray]

That's a nice friggen boat man.

[@jimmycake7143]

Whaly boat great addition and high tech, extra safe.

[@dogpatch75]

Polyethylene boats were first developed for whitewater kayaking over 40 years ago. The material definitely passes the test for toughness while relatively new. Needless to say, whitewater rivers are the ultimate torture test for boatbuilding materials. With that said, time is the Achilles heel for polyethylene boats. Their biggest enemy is sunlight. Long term exposure to UV light will make the plastic brittle. Polyethylene formulations for boats contain additives that reflect UV light (much like sunscreen works), but given long enough exposure, the hull will become brittle and be subject to cracking from impact forces. At the end of its life, I would also look for transom failure caused by stresses induced by the engine during pounding wave conditions. So how long will it last? There is no way to tell, but living on Seeker's davits in direct sunlight from above and reflected sunlight from below should be considered extreme conditions that will work against longevity. Meanwhile, this Whaley is a great tender design and will be a great public test for this type of boat.

[@biga3209]

Here’s the thing- the main alternative for a tender for most people is a RIB and they start leaking after 3 years or so. Their lifespan is about 8-10 years. I guarantee you, UV or not, this Whaly will outlast that and require very little maintenance.

[@dogpatch75]

@@biga3209 It very well may and 10+ years would be good. Another plus is that the material can be recycled at the end of its life. Doug did make a good choice for his tender. However, I can tell you that polyethylene whitewater kayaks exposed to daily sunlight do become susceptible to cracking in a few years. This is true even of top-of-the-line brands, like Perception, who pioneered the technology for boats. Hopefully Whaley transoms are engineered well enough to handle the stresses put on them by outboard motors as the plastic ages. Time will tell. 🙂

[@dalevalentine1721]

Interesting that they importing from Europe a boat similar to a landing craft into New Orleans, the home of the Higgins Boat LCVP, which sent over 20,000 boats to Europe during WWII

[@kapytanhook]

Not a good ROI xD we dutch people still owe you a few

[@donnakawana]

I love that tender. Or car for those of us who live aboard... Lol! That's a spiffy Tender ..

[@MegaDirtyberty]

That looks like a tough tender...., good to see you run a Bighorn (Trooper) Doug..

[@billyhaddock5540]

Congrats SV Seeker on getting that awesome WHALY BOAT. looks great. It should last until it is time to go meet GOD..

[@SVSeeker]

I hope she's happy and I can meet the Easter Bunny too. : )

[@DavidVanHelden1]

I need a video of SV Seeker under sail really really bad...

[@TheCobraman45]

I believe that would be a Castle nut on that prop.

[@DogsBAwesome]

I know you have probably answered this a hundred times but what are you doing with the Aluminium Tender?

[@SVSeeker]

Gave it to a crew member and it's heading to the Great Lakes.

[@thylacine123]

Any ideas on what you will do with this rig? I seem to remember you mentioning that you were gonna engage/volunteer services in marine sciences or am I confused?

[@gregbutler9873]

Mouse down ! Mouse down ! Poor Darwin is going to become alligator poo ! LOL

[@chrisschultz143]

Cool tender 🇨🇦🥃👍

[@olssong7941]

Is the foam the reason for them being so expensive?

[@dcallan812]

I bet it feels like a new belt or handbag. great video 2x👍

[@mattevans-koch9353]

Here I am feeding the algorithm while poor Darwin is feeding the gators! Get that new boat out on a good run this week Doug and show us what it can do. Take care.

[@2pi628]

I mowed the grass!☘️

[@Strada62]

What's the weight difference between this new tender, and the one you built? Sorry if someone already asked this question.

[@cabincruiserlittlebigtime8445]

(Castle nut). Looks like a great tender.

[@pitbull2743]

Whaly, just the best you can get!

[@stevenr8606]

Wally the Bilge Rat is somewhere down in Australia on Ross Boardmans catamaran

[@dandangerous935]

4:39 is this Mississippi again? Fuckin A lmao 😆 I like everything you’re doing but honestly this is why I like the channel 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@stinkintoad]

That's a great choice ! This reminds me of Mads with saillife - he built a genset called the Itty bitty Perkins that he never used and went with a major brand instead. Are you drydocking the jetboat?

[@paulthompson5892]

how yall are ,from Abbeville LA, Doug and co. Yall just put our little city on the map. Been watchin since you origamied that steal hull together, awesome .next time let us know you coming, we will gather up some more cajuns and cook yall a cajun feast. but problly not gator or nutria rat ,in memorium for the young bilge rat you lost recently. lol

[@biga3209]

Paul Come by and check out the boats some time. We’re in the old fruit of the loom warehouse. We’ll give you an SV Seeker discount.

[@mitchdenner9743]

Thats a castle nut, looks like the top of a castle. 🙂

[@Graveltrucking]

Looked them up they are sold here in Canada too, prices are not bad, looks to be a good tender boat, maintenance free. Seen many zodiac tenders with leaking issues they don't last very many years before the issues start to happen.

[@MrChristianbass2170]

Those thing look cool and really aren’t that expensive.

[@SVSeeker]

The 455 is about $7700 depending on the options. The 50hp Yamaha with the tiller is about $7500.

[@SVSeeker]

@@rodneylee4026 Ha! A lot more than any car I have ever owned. : )

[@HenrikScheel_]

How can you accept the curvature of the front mast?

[@darploin5071]

Well you know if the alligator gets ahold of your stuffed mouse it's going to have to go to the vet to get it extricated from it's gut

[@sapereaude1832]

Very interesting what you are doing. Many greetings from Germany! Sehr interessant was du da machst. Viele Grüße aus Deutschland 🇩🇪

[@vinhha6073]

Oh my gosh I love it.. Sir may I have a website , I can look🌝... appreciate you, sir

[@SVSeeker]

whalyboatsusa.com

[@tomcarlton854]

Matching colour......!

[@QvFaGwVaVaBahHsjw]

Keep up the great work.

[@firesurfer]

If only the Titanic had a bunch of these plastic boats...only 70-80 of these needed.

[@user-sr6qp6fg6k]

nice job guys.

[@LT1derland]

What happened to the boat you made with the diesel engine?

[@SVSeeker]

Gave it to a crew member. It's on it's way to the Great Lakes.

[@wayneburden6081]

Looks like you went through Daisy, OK.

[@olivier2553]

Not even a guy sticking his head in the alligator mouth?

[@I-KNIGHT-OF-YOUTUBE-I]

gosh darnit now I have to watch Forrest Gump.

[@andrewmullen4003]

I know them as castellated nuts like on castle ramparts, nice boat does it do Whalys?

[@jamessandman3708]

😂

[@zookeeper3137]

I’ve called them Castle Nuts forever. Not sure why 😉

[@jonnymiskatonic]

Whitney plantation is definitely great.

[@billtheunjust]

Wow the front gate on the whaly is an amazing feature!

[@papacheese1039]

YO you went under the vertical lift bridge, I got family that lives right down one of those roads on your left. That bridge sucks ass by the way, mechanical nightmare that breaks constantly.

[@SVSeeker]

Ha. But it was built by professionals. : )

[@barryandrews4316]

Awesome.. its a dream comming true...thats life...

[@kevinmillar2282]

Castle nut ,we call them in Scotland doug 👍,

[@gooseworks4228]

Never-seez No No No! On a prop shaft it will ruin the shaft output seal on the gear case. It will cause it to leak and fill with water and ruin The gear case big $$$. Should use (Mercury 2-4-C Grease) I am in the marine industry it is the Best Marine Grease. I have found it works very well in the marine environment. Thanks for reading and keep up the good work boat looks great.

[@adamthreapleton9149]

Did you have insurance to launch that?