A Challenging Trip to Kerr Lake with Excellent Outcomes
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Looking forward to seeing her with the sails up.
How fast did it go while the Hundested was working?
@@Pracedru We cruised at about 6 to 6.5 knots
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Man it's satisfying seeing her making a wake on open water.
I’ve sailed my boat around the world and I can attest that broken gear is pretty much a daily issue. That’s why I try to carry 3-4 backups of every component and system. You have the right attitude to continue this life. I love it!
I must have said before like many - your achievements are just mind-blowingly stellar Doug. So many things you have designed and built - so many problems and fixes. It's a joy to see Seeker 's further development and actual operation - and this trip was so good to watch. Thanks a lot for sharing with your video. Keep safe and smooth sailing. :)
First night at anchor! Great! Even considering the troubles, you are having the time of your life, it shows in the video. I'm happy for you, congrats! =D
Welcome to life on the hook Doug. You're gonna love it. Remember my first time, and now been living on the hook for many years recently here in Cape Verde Africa
HI guys from Victoria Australia 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺 stay safe and well guys 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
My GM V8 was so loud when you tried to start it the neighbors would complain it wakes them up. I discovered if you shim it properly, which lines up the Bendix with the fly wheel teeth... it is very very quiet now. I spent over an hour on a lift changing shim size and placement until it was very quiet.
Awesome!!! Thank you for the videos Doug. All the best from South Africa🇿🇦
It's nice to see that at least someone knows that black smoke is a lugged engine and not a sign off power.
Actually it can be either. You see the same result from turning up injector pumps beyond spec (increasing hp). Black smoke is unconsumed fuel, either way.
85 year old lifetime boater with 100 ton USCG Masters license and retired airline captain here. This boat is presently not river-worthy let alone seaworthy. The propulsion is an unreliable system of nightmare complexity. This is a big heavy boat that ought to cruise at over 9 knots. You should know the height of your mast within at least 6 inches. This can be calculated along a measured length of dock with a sextant. Patchwork improvisation and repair will not solve this vessels shortcomings. Somebody had to say this.
Dude pieces of paper do noting to impress me. From where I'm standing you're letting your fear talk. I instead contacted the Tulsa and Little Rock Corp districts and confirmed the bridge heights after seeing a cell that was incorrectly marked. Even then it was prudent to proceed with caution as we did. Next time maybe you should get clarification before running to wrong conclusions. Don't they teach that the USCG Masters?
@@h.db.9684 You're emotions are making you sound stupid, and certainly you are not that stupid. There is a cell in the river with the wrong height painted on it. I called to confirm that it was indeed wrong.
@@h.db.9684 You seem confused. I am afraid. I fear lots of things. When the clearance marks on a cell do not make sense, I fear running into a bridge and call the people that can confirm the clearance. That is responsible, it's controlling the fear and proceeding onward. It's the proceeding onward that is the point. Feel the Fear and Move Onward. A cowards will do nothing, and idiots would not give it a thought. You seem to be suggest that I become an idiot. Why is that?
@@ChuckWesterlund After the I40 Arkansas River Bridge collapse due to a barge impact, cell were installed to protect the bridge. Some have clearance heights painted on them. At the Hwy62 bridge at Muskogee that measurement is 10 feet too low. bridgehunter.com/photos/47/73/477351-L.jpg
@@svnova3430 Cowards are a dime a dozen and willing to share their fears. I'm having breakfast with a young man out of the Air Force who is Kayaking his way to the Gulf. Choose your company for the person you want to be. Either way you are going to die, but only courage gives you Life.
Great update Captain Doug!
Good luck to you and SV Seeker in your new adventures!
Congratulations on achieving another step towards the Gulf! Good on ya and thank you for bringing me along.
Happy Independence Day!!!
Thank you, Doug for your tenacious 'pursuit of happiness'! May we all spend a little time studying and pondering the dear principles in our Declaration of Independence and Constitution!
You'll need a comfy captain's chair near that wheel. Old bus / heavy equipment chair with suspension would work.
I'm looking for a stool. I like standing.
Doug you have made my day mate! It gets better, at 25:06 the pleasure was all mine when you thanked us for coming for the ride. God bless you heaps!
Mate I've no idea about boats but I make a lot of stuff and sometimes I have to go back a step of two and I dont like it at all so I'm super impressed how you take things in your stride and just deal with the process rather than focus on the product - and you've been doing it for years. Much respect to you Sir. People like Lee Oldershaw below presumably are unable to comprehend this approach to life.
After all the work you all put into building that boat a few hiccups is nothing.
Its fun playing with boats I used to play with one on Lake Kariba in Africa years ago.
Happy days
Just came by you above applegate, im on the colonel. Good luck on your trip out and be careful when you make it to the white river. She’s running pretty good
Awesome thank you! I put a photo of you over on Facebook. facebook.com/photo/?fbid=5734317283247049&set=pcb.5370594239696466 And no worries I'm here for the summer or until it get the sail rigging more along and will wait for lower water before heading on.
@@SVSeeker well it’s actually not a high water issue, it’s because the Mississippi is so low there is three foot of elevation drop between lock one and Montgomery point lock which makes it swift.
I’ve been running this river for a few years so if you have any questions or concerns feel free to give me a holler
@@dannystafford9333 Oh! How fast is the flow? In knots if you know. And drop me an email at svseeker@ymail.com and I'll keep in touch.
@@SVSeeker emailed ya
@@dannystafford9333 Thanks.
I just waited 3 months for a proper bolt. Six of them truth be told. Some times the smallest things will absolutely stop a project in it's tracks. Is what it is my man👍
So amazing to see her on the water finally! Your first weekend on board was also my first weekend in my new home and STATE of TX!
Doug your problems with the variable pitch controller remind me of when I first got my ebike. I literally had 8 flat inner tubes in short order, until I figured out the manufacturing issue with the wheels and rectified it. It's been smooth sailing since; you'll get there too!
Happy Independence Day, Doug! Thanks for sharing the adventure.
The good thing outweigh bad by a long shot. There's nothing wrong with knowing about the bad stuff and dealing with the bad stuff is unavoidable "Hundested" it is absolutely necessary. Focus on the good stuff and the bad stuff doesn't seem so bad. Thanks for the video as always it was a perfect example of focusing on the good stuff.
Great Stuff ! loving the music too! Yes, things can be tough when they don't work (don't ask me how I know!) Made a little more progress today, not much but better than sitting on my arse & doing nothing! Congrats on another achievement!
When you heading down to the Gulf and open water, I live in Little Rock and so look forward to seeing Seeker sail down the Arkansas
End of summer most likely.
This is called working the bugs out.
It’s why we do it. ✌️🤘🇺🇸👍
Blew an o-ring, Doug? I thought it was just ice cream on your moustache... It's so great to see the progress and the pitfalls. Thank you and the Seeker family for sharing!
The acronym for boat, break. Off. Another. Thousand.
Thanks for making the effort to bring us along…looks great getting your feet wet😎✅❤️
That was a nice hell of a ride! ;) Thank you for taking me with you! Here on youtube!
I'm from Baltimore Maryland but I got a chance to see this on a road trip with a good old friend before it was in the ocean. I have some pictures too! Keep sakes forever
Great to see Seeker out with clear horizons!
It always looks like the mast is going to hit the bridge. Here's an idea: a vertically oriented range finder at the bow.
I'm so GLAD you are now enjoying your boat. There's anyone in the universe who deserves to enjoy their boat, it's YOU!
It's a nice change from being on land, even though it's just the river.
I appreciate your videos, thank you for adding such beauty to the view here at Kerr reservoir
If you tie off the last links of your anchor chain to some Samson or better yet nylon it will absorb all the shock and really take stress off. We have a 73 foot steel tuna , salmon and Dungeness crab boat , Nightwind out of California, Bodega bay. She’s a schooner and one hell of a sea boat. TH-cam FV Nightwind 2013, and a fishing adventure.
Second watch and just as fun as the first. Thank you Doug as always.
That's the best way of putting that Doug when you're in a lock and pass you're going from one world to the next if it wasn't for the lock you wouldn't go to the next world and your boat 👍🙋🤔🤪🌍🌍🛳️🚢🛥️🚤⛴️⛵
Still my favorite TH-cam channel, thanks for bringing us on this awesome journey Doug
Doug thanks for take us with you
Thank God for the coast guard....
Yeah, they do a fine job tending the buoys.
@@SVSeeker Our UK ones spend a lot of time rescuing sailors in home made boats...
@@theessexhunter1305 I'm glad to hear you still have some sailors that aren't cowards.
@@SVSeeker You would have none unless they sailed from Europe....The Pilgrims sailed from Essex other wise you would be floating around broken down in your Birch canoe lol
Nice boat you have made, just things need to work well as when it is doing what you designed it for your students will need a sea worthy vessel
Good to see Seeker on the move. We all make mistakes like those bolts at some point in our lives. Thankfully this mistake was easy to fix.
Thank you for sharing the show (great conversation!) and for sharing my music.
Thank you! Love your musical abilities.
I've replaced dozens and dozens of starters and have never gotten shims with any of them from small cars to semis
Just a heads up. When you get in the Mississippi and you get up above New Orleans and all along the way down to Southwest pass, there's going to be a lot of sediment in the river water. I don't remember what kind of head you have, but the sediment will stop up your toilet flush valves.
Also, if you're using it for your engine Cooling watch that carefully. In the spring with all the rain the river runs a couple knots and it will push you right along. I've run that River many times years ago doing tug barge/ combination and bulk freighters. We always had an issue with our storage/cooling water and flush water because of the sediment.
So good to see you out on the water! Congratulations! July 4TH and on anchor, PERFECT!
16:43 You all should run a hose up there to spray off the anchor chain as it’s being raised
I will next time for sure.
In a previous video you asked about a device on the transmission. If it is the throttle position it is critical on cars. It is a major input to the transmission that controls clutch/ band pressure control. leaving it disabled is a no no. Love your content. God bless you and crew.
Please forgive if someone already mentioned this. What about a small camera on the top of the mast? Then you could point it straight forward and see if you low enough to clear those bridges. They make solar powered WiFi cameras. Or get a PoE one and run an ethernet cable too it. Pretty sure you can get night vision too. Or in your case Height Vision, :)
Yeah, we might do that.
It’s great to see you working the kinks out. It’ll be reliable in no time. I’m excited to see it sail too.
I enjoy your videos, can’t wait to see the next Adventure .
add an electric water pump to wash down the anchor chain as it comes out of the water it will keep your chain locker from filling with sand and mud also keeps the junk off the deck
I have one, but it's part of the watermaker system and we don't use it in fresh water.
Awesome boat me and my family was out at Applegate that weekend camping
Demolitia represented!
Brilliant progress - fantastic to see. Also, subbed to AWTY. Hope it helps.
Thank you 🥰
Everything on the boat can break but hell as long as it’s still floating it’s gotta be a good day! Gulf or bust Doug!
So, Tohatsu rules, after all. Why am I not surprised. It's good having the first major setbacks in calm waters with less winds and no swell though. You're good in ripping out the Hundested meanwhile, which actually is an Hundested-inspired Jackson backyard-foundry product if I recall it right. I reckon once You arrive down South at the Gulf, most of the setbacks will have become part of "the earlier lessons" and drill. Thanks for sharing!
Was on the edge of my seat when they widened the oil channels in that bronze part! I just hope that didn't introduce some larger deadzone or change in pressure, but IIRC it should be fine
Quite a milestone there, well done. (and the "that's plan B" -comment was perfect..)
Awesome Milestone!!! On anchor the first time is massive. I have been watching for over 5 years and seeing this was epic to me. Thank you Doug.
Happy day to see Seeker underway. :)
Shame about the issues but im enjoying watching you overcome each one! All the best!
But that was the best part of the trip.
So much fun to watch the shenanigans.
Love the smell of diesel in the morning. Keep on trucking dudes!
Another awesome video Doug. Miss living on a boat. Always a good time even when it all goes to shit. I like your trial by fire approach to sea trials. Thanks for showing the helm. Still curious regarding what kind of speed you will get but also the cost. Top speed would be wide open throttle and pitch to 1500 rpm? I'm guessing the EGT is to keep you from running too cold?
Drive system again?! Imagine if you just simply put a fixed blade propeller back there replacing all that sht-rigging hunderstat, pumps and sloppy blade mechanism Doug? You would be so much further along Brother. More than 2-3 blow-outs and otherwise how-many major failures of your drive mechanism leaving you high and dry on critical mobility?! I'd call that a noble-experiment and put it all that crap in the "we-tried" dumpster. We are rooting for you and Seeker being a success out here in internet-land. You cannot fail! Remember KISS...
So you would quit that easy?
Doug you're living the dream now
Enjoying the journey!!
Thank you for being an inspiration To move forward in life I have been following your channel since the beginning you are realizing not only your dream but the dreams of many
Thank you so much!!
If the last bit of chain and anchor come up muddy lower a bit and trail them through the water, it cleans them. Make sure you have plenty of depth for the chain thats left though.
Right. Not in this lake. : )
Mount a "very" long shaft 300hp Yamaha outboard on the back!
LOL
Sounds like the river boats in Thailand pushed by a V8 and a very long shaft prop all mounted on top of a gimbal with a guy hanging on the front of it.
Something like the propulsion system failure was always going to happen. If you can, weld on a step for an outboard on your transom. Then get yourself some speedboat controls rigged to it. Raise and lower your outboard with your davits. You'll be fine and have a nice backup for your main propulsion.
That's sort of what we do with the tenders.
Hi Doug, Like the chain return using smaller winch with better torque. Maybe you could make a chain locker derived plate so you can avoid tying the rope to chain, and just slide or slot it onto chain as you belay tension ? Looks like a chain/rope spray washing system might be on your to do list ?
We'll I already switched to a higher torque motor, but I have the system psi turned down. I'll crank it back up. Too high and it smokes the clutch on the main engines pump. If the transmission works out, I'll likely add a PTO there with a better pump. And I have the wash down pump but it's part of the RO system, and I don't want this muddy river water in those lines. : )
Awesome video as usual. I subscribe to the channel you linked. Also the song was awesome. Also I loved 3 dimensional cutting board in the outtro. I would pay some serious money for that thing.
Testing is just part of the journey. This will all become happy memories in time.
And it's a fun part of the journey.
I love yr ship I’ve seen it at Kerr I fish there a lot
You are a real inspiration. I've come and gone with several TH-cam channels through the years, but yours is one that I've never unsubscribed to and never will. Yours, Sailing Yaba and Tally Ho are my favorites and always look forward to new videos from such craftsmen.
Yeah, those folks are the craftsmen. I just the guy that does not quit. : )
Perhaps ditch the variable pitch propeller…seems to be more trouble than it’s worth. Great videos !
Maybe, but that would be really premature.
@@SVSeeker Yes variable pitch is what's going to ultimately save you on fuel costs.
@@SVSeeker You will eventually make it reliable, the variable pitch system I had, was activated by an external lever which was hydraulically moved. The prop went from feathered to reverse, so no adjustments like you need, and had direct drive, no reverse transmission, a bit tricky to get used to using.
The variable pitch to allow less drag when sailing……but do you suffer “always” inefficiency with the slightly clumsy variable pitch props? To simulate sailing: Drag the Seeker with the hot tamale at full throttle and the blades flat in sailing position. Then do the same with them pitched for engine travel…….I suspect you will loose almost no speed. Less than half a knot at most. Chuck on a nice three blade fixed prop and test run at a given rpm…..I would bet that a nice efficient, fixed pitch prop will give you more efficiency (speed) at a given rpm. Be nice to have a fixed pitch on board no matter what.
The key to safety at sea is equipment reliability. You need 100% reliability out of your mechanical equipment. Especially since you can't yet move yourself under sail safely.
Your equipment seems to be too complex at present. You can't even drop and hoist your anchor reliably and fast to save the boat. Old saying, keep it simple, seems very appropriate for your complex propulsion mechanical systems at present.
Lives, and the vessel itself, may depend upon the use of those systems in gale to save lives.
Be careful. Don't be afraid to go back to proven mechanicals.
Thanks Doug, great Video!
Doug, you and you vast crew are all about the power of doing. It has been a pleasure to be with you over all the years and to now see you folks still making it work as you go down the river to where ever. That dive train thing would have had me throwin wrenches a long time age but what good woud that have done if your objective was to go down the river. Thanks for the education.
As a younger man, those wrenches would have been air born. Now it just another good puzzle.
I have seen the exhaust valves completely burned up on an over propped diesel engine. Definitely worth spending the time to sort out your pitch problems.
That’s why we have any exhaust gas temperature probe.
@@SVSeeker Its good to see someone spending the time to tackle problems and get things dialed in.
So glad to have shared these moments with you Sir, New voyages and Happy 4th mate... capt. F., u.s.c.g.,.ret.
I have all ways thought of the gulf of Mexico as the aiming point at which the adventures will begin. It`s so good to see you getting closer step by step. well done Doug, well done crew....
I have always thought the adventure begins when start working every morning. : )
@@SVSeeker yes, I now see that point of view....
Demolition Ranch T-shirt!!! Nice!
Remember every Bolton Parton a boat is like every big lt on part on a race car tighten up tight the first time and check often
About to be a hunterstead nascar pit crew over here
Thanks for sharing this journey, your ability to stay calm in the face of problems is the most inspiring part.
Practice. My dad was a pro. : )
Very exciting!
That whaley boat is a lifesaver.
Yes it is.
Excellent
My brothers 5.9 starter had problems until an extra ground strap was added right to the starter mount bolt.
Thanks! We tried that today. We move the 4/0 ground cable to the starter. Still gave us trouble.
Just a thought.... get a car backup/fwd cam. they are typically water proof. You can get a high def. one. PUT IT at the top of the mast facing/fwd and aft. you can then see the height of a bridge ahead of time.
I'll add to that, they are dirt cheap and you could add a few around the boat for security like the engine room, entryway, stern . As well as assisting in docking the boat with a top down view(s) fwd/aft. I use those kind of cameras in quadcopter builds as flight cams. Because they are tough.
Yeah, we have some Blink cameras, but it might just add a smashed camera to the list. : )
Smashed camera (if it ever happend).... At least you saw it coming WINK.... WINK..... if/when you hit south florida east coast. I have a bunch of luxury yacht your sized boat big black very expensive fenders you can have. like 3'x6' + range blow up type 4 or 6 of them I forget. I have a use for them but have yet to get to be able to use them for the project I want to do. They are used and I can always get more, I'm in the bizz.
@@berinslaptop Thanks but I like my tire. It fits my motif. : )
@@SVSeeker On that responce, a bit of friendly advice: A: I have been in the industry marine industry for .. well I dont want to date my self but a long time. Building some of the worlds most well know boats. I'm not kidding. In my industry I am world known and work out of the largest marinea in the USA. Located in south florida. B: For the described uses of the boat in the future, I think your goals are wonderful DO IT. You will be required to use proper safety devices. A tire(s) for a fender though not wrong "" air quotes "" will cause you a lot of problems around the WORLD
Doug, I gotta say that watching your journey over the years with Seeker is truly inspirational. Keep up the good work and thank you for all the great content!!
Thanks
congrats on your first night on the hook. im sure you get a lot of suggestions and this is just another one but would you consider getting rid of the hydraulics for pitching the blades and use a servo driven ball screw instead? should be pretty simple to come up with and operate. sorry for being that guy lol
That would be something to see.
an idea. turn the instruments on the bridge so that the needle points towards 12 o'clock at normal value. so you see quickly if something deviates from the normal.
That is an interesting idea.
Is SEEKER getting enough attention and looks, or can you tell? I have an idea by the time you make Little Rock, people will be watching for SEEKER.
She is posing for plenty of photos.
Watch out Fort Smith an ocean bound sailboat is headed your way. Van Buren, Arkansas get the Marina ready for SV Seeker.
Doug, Put a mechanical disconnect on your prop shaft. Under sail just let the prop turn free, before starting engine engage disconnect and "bob's your uncle". KISS
That would work, but there is no need when I can feather it.
runaway been there done that with a 9.5 tonner.
I wish there was a way you could have a disabled VN medic vet visit your ship while in Kerr Lake. Doc Hogan lives in Stigler, Ok just south of you. Doc until 3 yrs or so ago was a full time sailor on his 34ft sloop plying the eastern seaboard from Maryland to the Florida Keys and more. This past March he was confined to home due to Agent Orange complications.
We are on anchor now, but we will be in Little Rock this fall, and getting onto the boat from a dock would be easy if we could use the crane.
In my humble opinion there should be a purely mechanical option to pitch the props, a shift fork and a big lever right there on the shaft. It would require someone to run down and operate it but be more dependable than hydraulic witchcraft.
They make a unit like that. But I’m still sure we can figure this one out to.