I'm with you on that. I registered both of my home built submarines and the cop that came out and inspected them told me that if they were ever stolen I would be able to prove they were mine. Like a thief, is there was ever such a person, is going to claim it was theirs. : )

Not that I know of, sorry.

@@SVSeeker If you ever run into him again, please ask him if you can post some way to contact him. Thanks.

Thank you. If you ever need a cat painted in a NASA spacesuit... I'm your gal! betsywarnerart.com/

Not yet. Don't be that guy that is labeled a quitter.

@@SVSeeker that np205 keeps trying to quit on you! It's a toxic relationship that can get you hurt someday. Maybe I'm getting this channel mixed up with another one I watch 🤪

BRAVO See it to the end!

Thanks. I could use more hours in my day and working on more great days in my life. 🙂

No destination in mind. : )

His powertrain has a mean time between failure of tens of hours, the entire thing is a weak link. This is not something to be praised.

@@theVoyage It's cobbled together junkyard parts and he's ran it for far longer than 10 hours between failures. Many vessel propulsion systems end up having problems when they are still in the testing phases when they are custom builds. That's why you do sea trials and a shakedown cruise. Seeker is still in that phase. Stuff is expected to break and need fixing at this phase and this is when you ant it to since you are near port, the Coastguard can come get you, and the shore is even close enough to get a part shipped if you need one. I think you have a misconception of how industrial and marine systems can be built. You can have it drops right in as a ready to go system, on a budget, or mostly reliable. Pick two. Anything that isn't an off the shelf solution or repurposed from another product is going to have that "premium engineering" cost, if you can even get anybody to make it. This is a home built vessel. It's going to have weaknesses that need to be found and fixed, just like a home garage built hot rod. So you take it out to your local track before you drive it cross country and break it as much as you can to work out the bugs since you can't call a tow truck in the middle of the ocean. Well, you can, but the wait is a little long and your ship might be at the bottom before it arrives.

@theVoyage I understand. People who quit easily are not in short supply so you feel like your normal if you are a quitter.

One upvote for you!

Technically a Motorsailer

I know about a nice little island that is hidden away

Yes, but not at anchor. The Garmin link is share.garmin.com/svseeker

@@SVSeeker 🙏🇮🇪

@SVSeeker found it. Thank you. I just put in Seeker without the SV and it comes up.

Ya know, I’ve seen one of those on a boat. Nice setup, but the engine was only 40 hp.

Our pleasure. Thanks for stopping by.

That's sweet of you. I'm still here, just have always preferred to stay out of the limelight as much as possible.

@ohmymy40 get back to work. I told someone once I could never die or go away too much to do. I always say have fun for me

Thanks for the visit

Do you mean compared to the people who take their boats to the shop and let someone else do the work? Yes. : )

It is a home built boat and this is the first voyage for the purpose of working out the bugs and testing its seaworthiness.

and how many boats have you built in your front yard may I ask?

@@NightshiftCustom 4

@@troytreeguy His first voyage was two years ago, and this is definitely not the first voyage.

I'll say it again. Not enough space. : )

@@SVSeeker should be smaller then a transfer case, not a full trans, but the old style divorced aux trans, they are rather smoll

Certainly pushing it to the limits.

I agree 110% Really was rooting for Robert to reel in some good ones. There's so much good stuff in the ocean... eating seasonal and local is always the way to go - for health and for flavor.

I have lived without AC for over two years now. It's a bit like being the skinny person in a room full of fat people eating donuts and not being able to say. "What the fuck people?" : )

@@SVSeeker Yah I hear you. It’s not like no work is getting done, it’s just far more nocturnal. I always seem to over book the available time. I actually have a pretty good idea how to add passive cooling. Making it not 120+ out there will help immensely. It’ll only be in the low 90s outside today so, with the door open and my poor much abused fan running I should get some wood cut. After I fix the shower valves, priorities…

If we run out of options. But a used transmission is really just another set of problems.

❤

@@ohmymy40 Holy shit it's Betsy. And with some classic home video to boot. Have a sub.

Bob, the autopilot.

@@SVSeeker 10 pts for the airplane reference

Thanks

Have fun!

Thanks