EP2 - Race to Alaska (Part 2)! Victoria Start

Week two of my summer adventure brings us to the second leg of the #RaceToAlaska where we get to meet some of the teams, get a sense of the energy down at the docks as teams race to prepare, repair, and rest up before the long trip to Ketchikan. It was also during this first leg that I ran into a bit of an emergency, which I will walk through in my next video during an emergency haul out to perform repairs.
Teams interviewed include Adam Cove, Dartmouth, MA from Team Wicked Wily Wildcat, Blake Hansen, Tacoma, WA from Team Boogie Barge, Odin Smith, Port Townsend, WA from Team Roscoe Pickle Train, and Team Stranger Danger from Bellingham, WA.
More about the #R2AK Teams: r2ak.com/2024-teams/
Argonaut II is a 73' Wooden Motor Yacht built in Vancouver, BC in 1922 as a corporate yacht for the Powell River Company. Originally named "Greta M," she was purchased in 1937 by the United Methodist Church and operated as a Medical Mission Boat serving the remote coastline of British Columbia through the mid-sixities. She is powered by an air-start 1940 Gardner 6L3 Marine Diesel engine (with the original engine being a 3 cylinder Fairbanks Morse). Argonaut II now lives in Ballard, Seattle, WA and spends summers cruising through the waters of the Pacific Northwest.
My name is Nicholas Verrochi, I live aboard Argonaut full time and am working hard to continually repair and restore Argonaut back to her original condition. I am working on this TH-cam channel to document the projects, repairs, travels, and to help share this boat and the history of Argonaut II with as broad of an audience as I can. Subscribe to follow along on this journey.
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[@GarretWeintrob]

Love these videos, Nick!!

[@MV_Argonaut]

Thank you! Still learning. You guys are awesome

[@cageordie]

Used a 10mm shaft to reduce weight then added a cover to increase weight :D. Use a tube for the drive and you get more strength for less weight than a solid bar and don't need to add weight to protect it. But then I'm an engineer, not an architect. How did the 3-d printing hold up? I wouldn't use consumer 3D printed parts for anything, but then I work at a place that can get its parts metal 3D printed then high pressure treated to improve their characteristics.