Build the Box from Pallets but Think Outside It 

Great to see you back on RU-vid . Good luck with your Captain's test. I love the laser wood burner. When I did the woodburning on the Ukulele case for the ukulele I sent to you I did it with a woodburning iron by hand. It only takes a few hours that way, but the laser sure does a nice job. I hope no boats gets a flat tire from all of those nails you've been shooting over the side... :)

Nice loot boxes, to hold all your treasure! Nothing to do but like watching a pirate, build stuff. Some good tips there. Thanks.

What a great big old video of joy, happiness and inspiration. Thanks again Doug 😊

Brilliant and the most useful tool you have is the one between your ears. Innovation, initiative and common sense at their best.

Haha, the fog was thick!! I love that, especially when the sun breaks through,(as it burns off)! You should leave an air tag on the bridge. That way, you can easily find a seeker through the fog with your dingy. I use an air tag to find the car in the mall parking lot.

Well done--the difference in the shop/cargo hold area between my visit last year and getting to see the completed setup is amazing! Lots of planning on how the whole system locks into the deck framing below. (And thanks for the clip of my little boat--I figure that's the smallest theoretical DIY sailboat next to the largest)

I bought a bolt kit when I was 25 years old. I'm 69 now and still have about half of them. I have stashed all in a bunch of plastic boxes that are the same size and easy to organize. I use the plastic bag method when I'm dismantling something complicated and need all the bolts in the right place for reassembly.

Been watching since you folded steel sheets to form the hull and we got 'flashed'!... 2 kids later and I'm building a Take Apart (4 section) still water rowing boat from salvaged wood. Great inspiration Cpt!

Glad to see the progress. The crates turned out great. I am guessing the loops in t he cleats are for tieing down . Also down in that area it is great you can just pick up old pallets to reuse like that. Thanks again for sharing your adventure with us all.

You are an inspiration. So far i made two sailboats using fiber glass molds like the big boats, for my nieces daughters, an RC 1/10 crawler and am working on replica RC chris craft 19 ft runabout. I do a lot of 3d printing. Keep going Doug.

Glad to she's still afloat! Also really to share the Dyslexicia with us - we're not alone lol

Hey Doug... Almost a captain! You are a great instructor, and inspiration! Please help me squash the idea of "Right of Way" with recreational boaters. The Rules of the Road describes vessels as those who must " keep of the way" and/or "stand on" in crossing, overtaking and passing situations. All vessels have specific duties in all these situations. The words "Right of way" I find only in Rule 9, Narrow Channels. " A vessel.....downbound with a following current, shall have the right of way." This applies in the Great Lakes and Western Rivers" You correctly cited rule 9 about the CG and the barge. Bravo Zulu, thank you. Wave as you pass me on the SF Bay.

That nail removal tool is amazing! Have a couple of pallets I want to break down but have been dreading doing given those nails. Always fun when you find a new tool you did not know existed!

Fantastic design on those boxes! Love your work as always Doug. A day spent working on the sea! Looks like heaven :)

What about tapering the back edge of the drawer stop sticks? Should slide back in easy, but the front edge would still be effective from keeping them from coming out.

Those look amazing! I would consider getting/making a clamp or strap system to keep the boxes from tumbling off of each other in rough seas. Probably some bunjie cords and pad eyes or D rings screwed to the boxes would do it and allow for plenty of flexibility/ adjustment. Could secure the lids with a toggle pin thru the side trim, easily removed and reasonably secure.

I respect and love people who are building there own stuff. That's the way of life has to go.

Doug. Please keep making videos because I love watching them. Thank you.

Very nice storage crates Doug.

Love your spirit and encouragement !

Amazing seeing the boxes done! Greetings from Germany 🇩🇪

Your organization is perfect. I try to do my shop similar to what you do

I love watching your videos you're living life like we all would love to

Doug, I just love knowing you're in the world!

I am almost done with my shelf build project. Just got to save up some money and buy the paint and I am done. That side of my room is looking better already. Nice boxes Doug, may do something like that myself with all the leftover lumber....

I really had to smile at "I wish i had a firepit" - man you welded a whole Boat together xD

You have a great attitude!

Showed me a world of sailing that I didn't know I was interested in. If you're ever in need of crew, I'm from Western mass up near Boston. I would be down to come and hang out with you guys and come back home or love to learn more.

You are a passionate artist and creator. An inspiration to all humanity.

Doug, I LOVE the toolboxes you made for your socket sets. Reusing the pieces of the pallet with the cutouts for the fork-lifts as handles? Brilliant! The big box you applied fibre-glass to reminds me of the tea chests we used when I was a kid to pack all our stuff into when we moved from the UK to Canada in 1967. It was, apparently, "the thing" back in the day when moving across the Atlantic in a ship.

Thank you my friend

Drawer stops : Make little ramps from cutting board plastic. Put them behind the stops so that they lift the drawer when you push it in... Or just taper the stops.

"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety" - My favorite of Doug's boxes

Proving no matter how big the boat, it will wind up full of stuff! 🤣

Doug, love the boxes!!! They turned out fantastic and really helped you organize down.

"Each day in wine and roses I doubt it's meant to be. Always a cross to bear salvation don't come free" by Kid Rock.

👍👌👏 You're the man! Thanks a lot for making teaching explaining recording editing uploading and sharing. Best regards luck and health in particular.

Fab work, Doug. Love the boxes and the etchings. Both are a great message to re-use and recycle, plus they are very handy. Like the system and I expect you can more easily 'secure for sea' now too. I did wonder whether a thin coat of yacht varnish might help (inside and out), but it'd be a lot more work and time. Maybe you'll get Adam Savage re-organising his cave in the same way now? Didn't know you'd hooked up with Abom79. His work is soo good. I built a big box for my mitre saw a few years ago but I never use it as it means putting the saw away, which discourages using it. I'll have to send a picture or two for your outro with the message not to build one like it.

A portable smokeless fire pit would make for a wonderful addition….

Box 18 is a dream!! Well arranged tools!!🎉

So much better than plastic boxes!

Glad you found your way back to the boat after dropping me off! Great to meet you and see the boat. Hope to do it again soon, and let me know about the batteries when you start fiddling with the ROV again, I’ll drop them off myself.

Nothing like searching on your phone for the box, that holds that one electrical component you need to get your power back on, while your in rough weather, and you have to move 3 crates off the top of the one box you need.

Awesome up re using of those pallets! the glue looks a lot like liquid nails. love your videos of your voyage! Cheers.

FYI, You can lower the DPI on the engraver to speed it up. You don't need that high of resolution.

If you put a wedge shaped strip on the drawers they will close without problem if one slams them.

I am working with some pallet wood right now.. these "tool boxes" you are making just solved a massive issue I have and that is the lack of suitable storage space. THAT is my next project! Great idea and the wood is free. OH btw, I bought a denailer too boot. Those are vicious. Used to raise rabbits for eatin... that denailer... well mb this is not the place to discuss. Now I want a cheap laser printer.. OH has anyone discussed the proper PPE and safety guidelines? ::just jokes:: run away! run away!.

Doug, I wish you a happy Easter. You are a great person, an example. thank you

I don't think I ever came across a video where you discuss the cost of Seeker. We all realize that the cost was spread out over the years, but all in all, how much did it cost to build this?

Whats his plan for the boat? Does he talk about it? Treasure hunting? Circumnavigate the globe? Can we expect a sailing vlog?

just an idea doug put a 45 on your stops on the side then you slide in. that way they will just hit it like a ramp and close

Good health! I live in Ukraine. I have been following your projects for a long time. Have you started your ROV device yet?

those boxes are totally missing k.i.s.s. but fun to watch. you should check out the craftsmen battery finish nail gun. I bought for 99 since I had the battery and charger and its become my favorite tool and with maybe 3 charges about 2000 finish nails. I prefer dewalt but when I see the tool that fits the best need .....

Thanks for another great video!

Paragraph 1 - The captain is always right Paragraph 2 - Is there a moment where the captain is not right, automatically Paragraph 1 is active.

Panel suggestion: "Never let fear or good judgement hold you back!" I think you will agree with this one.

Douglas, Nice boxes 👏👏

How are you keeping tabs on everything in the boxes, just an excel doc? Depending on how far you want to take it, creating a database out of it all could make for a really efficient system. Like adding inventory numbers, tag/search names so stuff is easier to find.

Doug those boxes look and function amazing!!! Huge fan of the laser engraving on them!

Solo stove on deck could help the fire pit situation

Good looking crates ❤

Doug your on the most amazing adventure. Seeing beautiful places with beautiful people. Very jealous

Got to love the pallets I am building chicken houses out of mine ATM I reckon I consume 50 to 100 a year I also use crates I built an 11 ft rowing dingy out of a packing crate and 3 sheets of 1/4" ply. lots of epoxy and glass as well.

Very nice

Must feel so satisfying to get rid of all those plastic boxes!

Wow, that big ol ship hauling the chicken coop reef makers is enough to give you hope for the future. If theres enough care in the world to run an operation like that to help nature along, i think were gonna make it man hahah

Way to go and grow Mate 🤠🇭🇲

Have you got a cheap compass stuck to the dinghy. Helps in fog... and a light.

It is a metal boat a fire pit would be nice for cold nights

"no matter what you do, is always going to be trash"

Making the crates is a great idea!

Look 👀 nice but the only problem is they are not water proof 😊 But you can make them the size you need 😊

They sell out door stainless steel firepits bye Colman that would work awesome for a boat. One of them an some legs and shazam

You need to build a wood burning stove, nice dry heat.

So is there still space remaining in your hold for a researchers stuff?

I would recommend some sort of sealer for the crates. Unless you're looking at remaking every 8 years. Remember high humidity and pourus pine is asking for mold.

How is the welding station coming along? Any updates? Those crates….ingenious. Very organize. Great video Doug!

If you make that drawer stop strip as a wedge, closing the drawer ramps its way over the hard stop. Less breakage.

😱 Cutting glass fiber without a mask on!

i woulda kept those ssmall plastic boxes and put them in shelves/pigeon holes. Only trouble with boxes is whatever you want is in the bottom.All those little bags in boxes will be a pain i reckon

Just though. Watch out for pallet wood it grows and shrinks like mad. 😊

Wait, people think, Iron, Steel and even zinc coating nails going in the ocean is a problem? WHERE DO THEY THINK METALS COME FROM?

YE Abom is cool, but he hasnt make steel ship:) yet.

Tearing that glass cloth looked itchy. Bad memories lol

Son, what about those U-Joins? 🤣🤣

'Ve punch the shark in ze noze. Ze reason for zis experiment iz to zee if the shark likes being punched in ze noze.' Jacques Cousteau... (probably).

😎

Mar-lay-nuh not Mar-lean. Good video and music.

Doug i love all your video's but how in the long run is there going to be room for research equipment in the cargo hold. Keep up the video's buddy. One day i might try and come see you and help once my spinal surgery is done and healed up. Maybe do a shore party one night and use the cut junk wood for bonfire........lol

Doug, have you considered using QR codes for your creates?

Doug, think about putting a drain in your resin-coated double high waterproof box, it will be easier to drain.

You just made a good point. You need a wood stove. Sampson boat co. 😂. To each their own.

Hey, Doug.... what ever happened to the glowing orb nav lights in the dragons mouths?

There’s a setting in light burn that speeds up the laser when it’s moving across “white space” that should speed up your etches!

It'd be great if you'd return the favor to Adam of visiting his place of work.

Ah it's an episode of the new marina workshop. 😂

Isn’t wood such a wonderful material… if nature had not provided we would have tried to invent it😅

Hey Doug your thought about a “fire pit” could you build raft or pontoon thing and launch then tote it on behind the sailing vessel

Ok, time to get off RU-vid and get some shit done. Thanks for the inspiration. Great episode!

Pallet wood? Just starting a small RV Trl Thanks