The rest of this trash heap is far worse. His cobbled together school bus engine and other assorted truck parts routinely fail, which is why it is being towed. He has an odd aversion to anything rated or designed for marine use.
Oh there's a funny story behind it. His (hydraulic) winch originally didn't have enough power to pull a full length of chain so he put a bigger (more torque, less speed) motor on it, it didn't help, then an even bigger and even slower one, fast forward 2 years by complete acccident he found out that he forgot to put oil in the gearbox so it used to pretty much seize under load and the worm gear is all chewed up. It cost him almost $10k to make a new one (and it was right after he complained that $13k for a used marine gearbox is way too expensive - after his cobbled together drivetrain exploded for I lost count how many times now). Now he wants to keep the big slow motor because "he likes it". Btw it takes about 20-30 minutes to raise the anchor.
Keep an eye on this one, he doesn’t believe in pump outs so he dumps his black water at night.
👀 I had no idea what I was filming at the time. Just thought it was a weird looking vessel but oh dang 😟
There is so little talk about this considering such a large channel just up and disappeared. Figured the internet would be smoking over this one.
It just set a new speed record behind that tow boat.
🤣 I’d put money on it
That anchor coming up awfully slow while the towboat waits
The rest of this trash heap is far worse. His cobbled together school bus engine and other assorted truck parts routinely fail, which is why it is being towed. He has an odd aversion to anything rated or designed for marine use.
Oh there's a funny story behind it. His (hydraulic) winch originally didn't have enough power to pull a full length of chain so he put a bigger (more torque, less speed) motor on it, it didn't help, then an even bigger and even slower one, fast forward 2 years by complete acccident he found out that he forgot to put oil in the gearbox so it used to pretty much seize under load and the worm gear is all chewed up. It cost him almost $10k to make a new one (and it was right after he complained that $13k for a used marine gearbox is way too expensive - after his cobbled together drivetrain exploded for I lost count how many times now). Now he wants to keep the big slow motor because "he likes it". Btw it takes about 20-30 minutes to raise the anchor.
Agreed 🤣
Holy moly, that’s $$ to throw in a boat all to still have to tow it around 😅
Is this the guy that dumped all that oil in Pirates Cove?
Yep, The very same.
And I thought I was just filming a weird vessel 😨
That's SV Seeker, not some random pirate boat lol.
@@user-dr2pg8fk2i I saw a logo on the side that they have a TH-cam as well 🧐🧐
Where is the “sailing?” hahah
Good Point 🤣🤣