Pump Fix, Engine Gauges, Water Heater, Generator Fix, and other Boat Stuff
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- I'd rather be doing this work on the water, but dam it's handy to have a hardware store just down the road. And it's always great to have Captain Charlie around.
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"Trickin Pickin" preformed by Doug Waterman
There is something deeply satisfying about seeing all of these systems operational. After years of "install thing, brief test, move on", it's amazing to see things come together and be used!
My Dad who was a royal marine taught me how to splice (joinong ropes, loops, crown knot ends etc)
The wax on the string lubricates it while working due to friction, but once yyou finish, the wax seta and locks it in place, this is what i learned in telecomms for lacing cables (much better than cable ties)
May need a valve with a padlock on it for coast guard. On the black water We did on commercial boats anyway.
So glad your making progress! PROGRESS … ever so slow is still PROGRESS! Great video, Thanks!!!
You and the Captain seem to get along OK.. at the moment.. Good Luck Charlie !!
On your water heater make sure the engine water circuit is separate from the domestic water. Just watched a canal boat fit out video where they had a leak from the coolant into the domestic water. They found it because they did not have the engine water connected when they filled the hot water tank. Could have been bad.
I love the fact that you have plenty of space to add more Millennial Gauges!!! You just add more gauges as you find things to monitor....
When will the launch be?
For those ball valves that are under the floor, have you considered using motorized ball valves? The do not cost mush more than normal ball valve, can be operated from a switch mounted on the wall (usually take few seconds to operate: 10-15 sec) They are used in centralized air conditioning system to turn the cold water on and off in a room unit. The one I have seen come for standard 1/2 and 3/4 fittings and have an automatic stop at the end of each cycle, so that you put the switch in the position you want to achieve and don't need to stop when the valve has reach the maximum open/close position. And they need zero power when they are not changing position (when the motor is not turning the valve) as opposed to solenoid valves.
And if the motor ever fail, you can detach the motor and use a pair of pliers to operate the valve, as it is a ball valve, just with a motor installed in place of the handle.
Parabéns está muito bom faz tempo que estava te acompanhando e o UA-cam não deixava te acessar para ver o resultado final felizmente consegui ver como ficou seu trabalho
You DESPERATELY need to MARK all of those valves, switches, recepticles, water lines, hydraulic lines, drain lines, fuel lines, electrical lines, and comm lines. Whew... Sounds like a lot of work. But a whole lot less when your hands NEED to know where the flabumatabulator is and what the discombulator is tied to. Could be really bad without good labelling.👍
Edit: Color coding is your friend. --> multicolor electrical tape. :-)
Ahh. No I don’t. But knock yourself out on your boat and if you crew for me you’re welcome to make some notes while you learn what you want.
I know Charlie!! He is in the MTLSA with me, next slip over. Cool guy and nice dreds!
You sure are making good use of your time on the tarmac, I am really, really, looking forward to seeing it floating though :-) All the VERY best
The bus windows will be replaced within 6 months of launch.
...no, the keep easily frightened people off the boat.
@T H I'm sorry you miss the point. It really is the journey that brings purpose and joy to our short existence. Your bitterness is a choice you made this morning. You can make a better choice now, and start enjoying your journey.
That plumbing is going to fail miserably and be a constant threat to life while at sea.
LOL!
Yeah... Lol now but not when youre out on open water
@@naui_diver9290. Exactly which part of plumbing can you not live without? How are you need is a barrel of water and you’re good. Everything else is superfluous. If that’s not the case with you, you better stay on shore.
@@SVSeeker ALL OF IT...!? Have you been out to sea?
@@naui_diver9290 Ok so, it's broken. No, it's all broken and you for some reason I am suddenly too stupid to fix any of it. What could I do without? Yeah, all of it.
Sounds like the delay in launch is paying off in a big way! Looks like there has been quite of bit of small job that have been done. Great job Doug!! We are so with you through all of this. Thanks so much for the project.
Top tip for your water heater. Turn the temperature up on the thermostat you will thus get more usable hot water
That's the way this one works. There is no adjustable thermostat, only a mixing valve on the output port.
Thanks
Do you have a link to the flashlight that you were using?
Ah yes, those submersible pumps. I bought one last year, explicitly looking for one that could pump a pool or a flooded basement down to about 1 mm of water left (clear water only in this case).
I went with one from Kärcher, as that one is able to pump down to a mm (at least on the paper, didn´t have a really good test yet as last time is what sitting on some kind of tmembrane and sucked that on when the water got low) and will start and self prime with only 7 mm of water (about a quarter inch). The others I found quite often needed at least 7 cm of water or even at least 13 cm on some (between about 3 and just over 5 inches) to be able to prime and start pumping. Something like that might have been the problem when you switched the pump to manual. Should not be a big deal in your application with the pump on auto though, as the level switch will most likely require that water level as well.
Those self priming pumps that can start at a rather low level often have kind of a check valve on the side that will start leaking water until the pump is primed.
Those California air compressors are great
For setting your propeller pitch? I have a mix of Marine and Avation background and normally in aviation we set our RPM based off of propeller pitch and power or throttle based of manifold pressure. Why set throttle based off egt?
I am not sure. I know the exhaust temperature will spike if you are lugging the diesel or giving it too much fuel. So I think the typical thing to do is to put the rpm in an efficient range for the torque and then match the prop to that torque. Variables include hull speed due to sails,, how heavy we are, are we towing anything. Is your manifold pressure exhaust or intake pressure? And I think that would be relative to altitude, correct?
The simplest way to set controllable pitch propeller pitch is to set engine RPM to what you want, and then inch the pitch up until you see engine RPM drop off. When the RPM drops off that means the engine is overloaded (for the RPM selected) which you don't want. So back pitch off until you get the selected RPM back, and you are at the engine max power for that RPM,. If you are under sail, but also using the engine, then for a selected RPM you will be able to dial in more pitch, (as compared to running without sails) because the sail power will increase boat speed for the same engine power, and more propeller pitch will be needed to provide the same power at the higher boat speed.
This anticipation is killing me, so much that i have constipation....hahaha
if plastic in the ocean is a concern for you (not getting into a argument about if it is or should be ect) then washing machines tend to create loads of plastic fluff and they sell filters to catch all that.
Amazing
At 7:00 the buried tail need to be tapered otherwise the line will break at the end of the buried tail due to stress concentration. Look up Brummel lock splicing for dyneema
I did a taper on the end to get it into the fid. There is plenty
Since retirement my life has been full of details that I did not have time for. Your example helps me persevere.
12:34 And with grace and a smile, he booped the generator.
Doug you might want to look at a spin dryer for your boat. i have one on my sailboat and i LOOOOVE it. It spins at i believe about 3000 rpms. Clothes come out surprisingly dry and nicely wrinkled as a free bonus lol
Bump. Yep this is a great idea.
At 4:05 - the idea of drilling a hole in the case of the pump near the impellers (not in the motor housing) is to prevent cavitation.
Absolutely. Blades spinning around in an chamber half full of air is certainly cavitation. : )
BTW; seems like a blessing having to delay launching the boat. I could imagine what you having been doing now would be a real pain in the butt out on the water.
It's so much easier on land, but I really am looking forward to learning how to work on the water.
Just a thought, is there a sensor that prevents the element from operating in the event there’s no water
I don’t think so. But why would you leave it on it you’re going to dry it out?
@@SVSeeker I was thinking a low water cut off that prevents energizing the H2O heater elements in the water heater if the water runs low
@@airecraft1 Well, there would have to be a leak and if there was a leak ya see and hear the bilge pumps running, so ya got plenty of clues. : )
@@SVSeeker all good I was just thinking in the event the water usage outpaced the rain
Lookin' Good! Making the most of port time!
More videos please!!!!
6:29 i had to do a double take because it looked like you were on the water running with the engines...soon enough buddy!
It may be a mixed blessing that the Seeker is not in the water for all of these repairs and testing.
I'd rather be doing them on the water, because I want to start learning that skill, but it sure is easier to do them on land.
Highly recommend Wago Lever nuts instead of using the wire twisties. Super durable and super easy and clean (for wire to wire electrical connections that is)
Personally I would want a sealed connector in a marine environment to avoid corrosion
You are going to spend soooo much time maintaining and fixing all this stuff. Way to complicated for a sail boat.
If we were going to spend time sailing from one bar to the next. That isn't the plan.
Я с удовольствием и интересом слежу с самого начала за строительством этого судна. Желаю Дагу скорейшего спуска на воду. У меня есть один вопрос, почему на судне нет средств спасения?
What did you say?
@@DavidVanHelden1 I have been following the construction of this vessel with pleasure and interest from the very beginning. I wish Doug an early launch. I have one question, why is there no means of escape on the ship?
He's the Seeker's skipper. He won't abandon her, i guess.
Does anyone remember the name of the big snatch blocks Doug uses and where to buy them?
I don’t have any snatch blocks. Can you describe what you’re looking at?
@@SVSeeker OH WOW! This is a pleasant surprise. Hope you are well.
OK. So I have watched many of your videos and in one you were showing
something we refer to around here as a snatch block.
It is basically a slightly more modern block and tackle, or pulley block.
Where as the original pulley block had to have the rope fed through the device,
the snatch block has plates which can spin on the shaft the pulley rides on
and, therefore, can be slipped over the rope even after it has been secured.
Some people call them a sheave block as well as a pulley block.
They are each slightly different but basically provide the same function,
which is to give a mechanical advantage over a simple rope or cable when
pulling or lifting something.
- cut and paste definitions -
What is the difference between snatch block and sheave block?
- A sheave block refers to a block in which the side plates are fixed around the sheave
or sheaves and the rope cannot be placed into the block at any point along its length.
Sheave blocks, except snatch blocks, can only be reeved by feeding the end of the
rope through the block.
- A sheave (pronounced “shiv”) is actually part of the pulley system. The sheave is the
rotating, grooved wheel inside the pulley. This is the piece that the rope fits into.
-The words sheave and pulley are sometimes used interchangeably.
One of the youtube channels I enjoy is Matt's Off Road Recovery, based in Utah.
They were rescuing a Jeep teetering off a mountain road and could have used a few
snatch blocks. I wanted to recommend the one I saw you using to be added to their gear
but could not remember the manufacturer. I figured the group brain might remember
the name and wound up speaking with the top cell!
On a side note I wanted to get some Seeker Swag and was on the svseeker com store
today. I really wanted to buy one of the super cool seeker shaped key chains which were
cut from the project's drop. Originally the deal was send in your old 18650 battery cells
and you could get one. I went through the ones I have and they were all worn to the point
where I would not trust giving them to anyone to use. I did not want to just send them in
and get the key chain knowing they were not going to work, so I didn't.
Are the key chains still available to purchase by any chance?
I also saw a cool blue baseball cap on the site but I have a big head and am concerned
it would look like a baseball yamaka on me... Do you know if those caps run big?
On a different side note Jersey sucks. Man this isn't just a State, it's a state of mind...
I am so ready to move to back to America, somewhere down south where hopefully the
government is less oppressive. I think I understand the seeker concept a little bit better
everyday if you know what I mean, and am a bit jealous of the freedom you will soon be
enjoying every single day.
Best of luck in all your endevours and sojourns Doug.
Signed- Lost in a Lost World.
'And crawling on the planet's face, some insects called the human race.
Lost in time. And lost in space… And meaning.'
@@charleswidmore5458 Yes that is exactly my understanding of a snatch block. The only one I ever remembered is one we used on a little A-frame on the back of a pontoon boat. But it was a steel and only good for hundreds of pounds. Nothing I use for a vehicle on a mountain side. Any I wish I could give you a bright assessment about the state of personal freedoms in the States but it’s becoming where every agency writes there own regulations or worse yet some corporation writes the regulations for them. And it all come down to increasing power, control and money.
Just wondering have you put an intercom system on the boat
An accumulator for the fresh water system is great, saves the pump switches heating up, cuts down on cycle noise and pressure. Also will save power as makes system more efficient overall. The bigger the better, my boat has 18l and my pump runs a few times a day with just my wife and I.
That is on the agenda
Looking good, Cap'n . . .
la construction de cette jonque est remarquable malgré peut être une technologie des équipements intérieures trop complexe vous devriez installer un propulseur d'étrave qui facilite énormément les manœuvres de port
That's how you should build yours.
@@SVSeeker j,ai construit 3 bateaux dans ma vie le dernier étant un trawler de 10metres en CP époxy construit en 2 ans équipé d'un propulseur d'étrave et qui navigue lui..... il est ,semble t'il, pas facile pour vous de passer du statut de constructeur amateur a celui de navigateur .... bon courage avant l'hiver
@@infovipcine3084 Do you suppose that everyone keeps their boat in a marina?
As Seeker was being built, I always thought the bilge was amazingly empty. Now as the build come to completion the bilge is getting full. Just an idea, but you could identify where specific items are under the deck plates, by drilling dimples and color coding them. Blue dot = potable water, Green dot = sea water etc.
This is all fascinating. Does Charlie have a Master's License so that you can carry more than 6 passengers if you become an inspected commercial vessel? Will you be pursuing a Master's License yourself to facilitate the research missions you wish to accomplish on SV Seeker? I think I remember you saying that SV Seeker is registered as an uninspected passenger vessel, which would not qualify her to carry researchers, since Universities require research vessels to comply with USCG Commercial Vessel Inspection standards. Of course you would need that inspection to carry more than 6 passengers onboard anyhow. On that insurance matter, a Master's License is great to lower your insurance rates a lot! They really love to see experience. Friend of mine decided to just go buy a 50ft sailboat with no experience sailing...lol...that did not go well with the insurance company, or the Marina he was docked at. In order to afford insurance until he had more skill, he had to agree to sail with a certified Captain, the Marina he was at required 1,000,000 liability insurance to dock, expensive...lol. He already said he is probably going to sell the boat, cost too much to own it and pay for a Captain when he wants to go out. I think that the Yacht brokers really need to educate buyers before they buy something that they don't truly understand.
Charlie does, I don't and have no plans to, as Seeker is free of charge. I also have no intension of working with Universities, especially in the US. I'll assist students and professors but not with the involvement of the institution. I applaud your friend. He has courage. He just lives in the wrong country. He needs one with more freedom.
@@SVSeeker Hello. Thank you for your response, and insight. Can't wait to see the boat in the water!! Yeah, not just the US, Marinas and Shipyards around the World all have different requirements for insurance in order to dock, or for hauling out for refits. It is a nightmare to learn it all. Owning a boat is a constant adventure, that is for sure! It is great that you know your vessel inside and out, and have the skills to repair her yourself. That is a huge advantage. Most don't understand how much a boat really costs to own and maintain.
@@SVSeeker In generally I would agree, but does freedom mean in this case free to do as you like and possibly doing damage to others property without insurance covering your ass? I think at some point freedom needs limits when it comes to others possibly getting involved. Of course one can argue this can be dealt with relying on individual responsibility, but I think the last years showed us (and I don´t only mean the pandemic, also that created some quite new and sometimes hillarious examples) that with todays amount of egoism, ignorance and even recklessness to be found in many people, when it comes to responsibility for what your actions can impose on others, it does by far not work as well as we might wish for. I can somewhat understand that they put the bar rather high with insurance, as with boats, and especially yachts, when it comes to damages, it very likely gets expensive in an instant.
@@alexanderkupke920 Insurance does not make you responsible any more that no insurance makes you irresponsible. 14 years ago when I started we had a lot more freedom. Now it's driven by corporate zero risk policies. The insurance payment I made would have crushed the hopes of many others that might have found themselves in my position. I got a bid for salvaging Seeker from the port if she was somehow in the worst possible position which would have been laying on her side. That price was 150K. I offered to put twice that on deposit. Instead I spent 47K for insurance. If that is the world you embrace then you can have it. My recommendation to new builders is do it outside the USA. This is not the country for individual freedom. That freedom be purchased much cheaper in many other countries.
“Not Yeti”. Epic response!!!!!
I have a Miele heat pump dryer. Very energy efficient. I squirmed at the price but after 24 months of nearly daily use, compared to a conventional 240v dryer, the Miele has made up the difference in initial cost with the lessor electrical usage. No outside vent, standard 120v plug, best of all no risk of fire.
to be fair you get most off those benefits from a resistive powered condenser dryer. not as energy efficient (which is actually more important when your running of a generator or solar) but much cheaper to buy and install
Good work gentlemen. Always nice to get those little annoying details done and fixing those nagging little operational problems. When Seeker goes in the water she will be ready to go.
or put the write O-ring on the solenoid
I think I enjoy that something like that would bother you enough to comment. ...so I'll leave it. : )
12:00 That may not solve the problem, here's what to look out for. Often times sensors and solenoids are grounded by the component's casing (ie a single signal/activation wire). Many a tech have used Teflon/dope to seal a brass oil pressure sensor.
Brass is soft enough to seal itself, allowing the TAPERED pipe treads to be the ground circuit. Breaking the ground circuit will prevent the component from functioning properly, according to Mr. Obvious.
Wrong, but extra points for imagination. : )
@@SVSeeker You're right, I should have known better.
Carry on.
Doug, are you going to go around and stick labels on or next to your valves. It seems like you are adding more and more and I know you have it all sorted in your own head, but just wondering if you ever get sick and someone else needs to do it for you. Also, are you going to write up any procedures for different systems, again, for the situation where you are unavailable…..you just can’t be on that boat all the time
If you don't know what something is, then perhaps what you need it more time studying? There is nothing on this boat that a normal person could not teach themselves. Choosing to remain ignorant is what brought us warning labels on screwdrivers.
@@SVSeeker well said! If you don’t know something figure it out! Too many skills are forgotten these days from laziness.
Greetings from New Zealand 🇳🇿
@@SVSeeker all fair points Doug, is that how you sorted getting the boat in the water so quickly after completion, by your own ignorance
@@proto57 If that’s what you need to leave the dock then that’s what you should do. See you on the ocean.
@@gordonagent7037 Dam, did you get your boat in the water already? Well good on ya!
Making great use of the time pre-launch!
I don't think it is a good to be useing the wire nut on ele wires on a boat
You stay home where it's safe pumpkin.
I hope you have good electrical DWGs, having two power sources on one outlet is begging for someone to get shocked down the road. I think you could afford two outlets...
General question, do you have DWGs for your piping systems that include all your valves, and are the valves planned to have labels to match the DWGs?
Oh hell no. If you're the guy that messes with stuff before knowing what you are doing then we are to boat that will teach you better. : )
@@SVSeeker Nope just an Ex navy nuke, that knows from experience when it hits the fan, good to have valves labeled :)
I guess your boat will never have to follow OSHA for Lock out/tag out stuff? Not sure how those rules apply to your situation and your boat. That was what was kind of driving my question.
Keep up the fun videos.
@@shawnm1105 Not sure that's a badge of honor when you guys are getting run down by freighters and have ships burning at the dock. Might be time to rethink just adding another manual.
You better install some hooks for a hangmat , when you setting sail all will be finished ✅….
Remind me to never go swimming after 12 miles out
Are you just living in the port now?
No. I have a van down by the river.
Looks great Doug! Needed this to watch today…….stuck at home with coronavirus 🦠😏
Love those transparent check valves!
Hope you feel better soon.
Good use of time.. where are you living now since you sold your house?
One more bite out of the elephant! These little details that have to be buttoned up are fun to watch.
Picturing Doug waking in a sweat, after nightmares of being at sea, surrounded by young millennial marine biologists and researchers, clogging up the shower sumps and macerators with avocado pits.
If they got a man-bun they have to shower on the aft deck. : )
@@SVSeeker My wife instinctively whispers "no" when she sees a man-bun because I feel compelled to point and yell "MAN-BUUUUUN!!!!" Then run away giggling like Ron Swanson.
@@GeekyGarden I'm stealing that one. : )
Doug are you adding a solar collector for hot water ? If so a hot water tank with a heat exchanger can help keep hot water on board from the sun and a small solar panel could do the circulation for it an not tie up you other solar equipment
We could, but for now it's easier in our setup to simply use PV solar to heat if hot water is needed.
Not Yeti! Hiiii ooooh. Here all week, be sure to tip the bartender and try the veal lol
Do you think to install wind turbine? A lot of sailing boat have.
Not Yeti! lol Can't wait.
The wire nuts should be replaced by Wago connectors.
...or maybe, just learn to properly use a wire nut.
@@telleroftruth3530 : ) Just dumb as dirt. BTW we are an uninspected recreational vessel. That code does not apply.
@@Brian-mp6bg What’s that? The federal government is making sure commercial vessels are build outside the USA?
@@Brian-mp6bg You’re going to go sail the oceans but you’re afraid of the wire nuts?
@@Brian-mp6bg Had nothing to do with wire nuts. Had everything to do with a bunch of educated people trusting that someone else was looking out for them because they were on a USCG inspected vessel that did not have a single working smoke detector and a single point of egress from below decks. The lesson is be responsible. I suggest you ignore Federal Guidelines and be responsible for yourself. If those 34 people had no faith in the USCG or Federal Regulations, maybe one of them would have used their brain, and checked for a smoke detector. So go on and go to sea on a USCG inspected vessel and relax, its all been taken care of for you.
When on water?
Tuesday
@@SVSeeker Finger crossed! I will drink Corona beer to celebrate your success!
I was going to post an informed comment but 14:07 🤪😂😂😂😂
Invaluable time you bought yourself with the insurance snafu. Still got all the sailing side to sort out!
Instead of an "O" ring, use a flat fibre washer.
Can you actually use your water heater used with solar power to also pre-heat your engine? (longer engine life) :-)
Yeah, sure could.
"Brother P-touch, PTD210, Easy-to-Use Label Maker, One-Touch Keys, Multiple Font Styles, 27 User-Friendly Templates, White" (Amazon) and if you use di-electric grease on all those wire nuts and connections you won't have corrosion .
Super SV Seeker
Isn't there a floating dock you could just drive the boat onto and launch it that way? Wouldn't that be less of a risk and, therefore, have much lower insurance requirements?
It seems to me that all the time you've had while settling the insurance issues you haven't had any pressure to really hit a time schedule and it kind of seems to me like you've had the opportunity to step back and thoroughly go through everything before you put air in the water
I’m going to miss all your videos Mr.Dug
Can’t wait to see it in the water! I been checking UA-cam for your updates everyday. If it was in the water you would probably take twice as long to fit it out lol
you should make a bigger vacuum tank - vacuum is great for fast drying stuff witch is awesome for example for divers equipment - also maybe some nets and outriggers for fisching plastics, you can make 3d printer fillament from dry plastic waste
I hopeyouare eriting all this down, as who else will git you back home again ???
I think dealing with that kind of stuff it would likely be playing it by nose
Why aren’t you in the water, tell us your hold up,
Waiting on insurance. … but I said that…. Oh you want a story? Got bitten by a shark. Waiting to get a wood leg fitted.
He might be taking the captain thing too far with those white guy pirate dreds lol
Absolutely Not. The dreds are so him. : )
@@SVSeeker i see that lol thanks for all the videos i absolutely love them what an inspiration! How do u have the balls to just tackle things like u do ? I mean i kinda get the drift that its all about the journey and u end up with personal growth and something amazing in the end.... or is that just a by product of motivation and physical labor ? Either way thanks u are awesome 👌
@@bigmikeyc83 Dad was a Bulldog.
I just built a dash board for a 1972 Allmand - Super Nova ( ua-cam.com/video/f8dNnbSdgA0/v-deo.html ) and refused to drill a hole until I had all gauges in hand. Had what happened to you all in the past and learn an expensive lesson when you have to re-cut a new dashboard all over again.
When female hair gets in that shower sump cussing will be the activity of the day.
So what the estimated launch date?
Tuesday
@@SVSeeker NICE!
@@oso9809 LOL I guess you're not aware that I have been saying Tuesday for about 3 years. : )
Getting all your systems SHIP SHAPE , may actually coax an insurance company to come see you...lol...
Yes but that not the kind of insurance we needed.
Your time on the hard hopefully is coming to an end, but just think those deliveries for you or parts shopping is a lot easier where you are then fitted straight away.
I wonder how far Amazon's drones can fly out to sea. : )
Long time following of your channel. I am happy to see it's starting to pull together for you. Given your determination, it's not a surprise. Maybe some of those "victims" out there can learn something here... Stop bitching about everything and make a solution.
Ok boomer.
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OMG.. your audio :-( low end terribleness..
I always LIKE as soon as the video loads..
I had an idea to do a Chinese Junk Long ago, hopefully I can get to see your boat? ship in person.
thank you for sharing
I passed you complaint onto the audio engineer. He had many things to say, none of which I can repeat here.
Gee Douglas your mind must be a computer to remember where what switch, tap , button is with so many looks more Nasa Space craft ha ha
My grades in school said elsewise. : )
@@SVSeeker Hope you write a operators manual in case your unavailable for any reason. Also add labels lots of labels.
@@oso9809 Nope. I think if you can not figure it out by looking at it then you should leave it alone. So either learn how things work, live a tiny bit adventurous, or stay off my boat.
Seems all the delay getting the boat in the water was inadvertently meant to be as it has allowed Doug and friends time to sort out a number of tasks.
I don't get it... this is not a sailing yacht?! How are you going to pay for the gas man...It will cost a fortune to actually run that thing for just 1 or 2 weeks.
It has sails. Free
"such a millennial thing"
*looks around at all the LED lights in his office*
he has a point.
LOL I do confess a love for blinky lights.
so happy to hear the insurance is finally working out
Godt luck
Can't believe how cool you have remained during all the Bureaucratic BS that has been going on with the unreasonable insurance grab...
We'll I figure I have to lean to sail and waiting on insurance is sort of like being in the doldrums. Ya just need to learn to do something else while waiting.
I do get a pretty good kick out of all the people that fret and worry about how "hazardous" your boat is because everything isn't marine grade or how "Stuff is going to break then everyone's gonna die". Its a boat, not an airplane. When things fail, you have time. You also have tools. Its also a SAIL boat. As long as there is wind, occasional rain (for rain collection) and food aboard, you're fine. The solar, generators, and main engine could all be toast and you'd still be able to get anywhere you want. Its like they forgot that ships sailed the world before engines and electricity were a thing. Sure, they make it more convenient, but they are not required.
LOL Seriously. "But what happens if your injured and we need a hot water for tea?"