🐮 Lolcow Doug Jackson / SV Seeker - Boomer hubris personified, an incompetent lunatic's dreams slowly crumbling to dust because of his own poor decisions.

myhairisonfire said:
He didn't buy one, he made it himself after looking at some diagrams online. He asked Hundested for help when it (a product he made and did not buy!) wasn't working and they rightfully told him to kick rocks.
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I remember it being that he bought a used one that needed a bushing or collar or something, basically a rebuild, which the manufacturer charges a lot of money for because it's all incredibly precise and proprietary. So he machined the pieces and it aint never been right since.

Every time I open this thread I get my hopes up that the stupid thing finally sank but now I think he's either going to die of old age on it or move the goalposts and declare it "mission accomplished" and retire to Florida when he finally gets tired.
 
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SwiftBucks said:
I remember it being that he bought a used one that needed a bushing or collar or something, basically a rebuild, which the manufacturer charges a lot of money for because it's all incredibly precise and proprietary. So he machined the pieces and it aint never been right since.
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You seem to remember it better than me. Dougs hubris is still the limiting factor in both scenarios. "I can do it, but these WOMEN RAISED businessmen wont give me their engineering diagrams for free"

SwiftBucks said:
I get my hopes up that the stupid thing finally sank
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Same, but watching him unable to fix this fucking drivetrain is nearly as good. He could have bought a marine transmission, but would rather fumble-fuck around with shit that does not work.
 
myhairisonfire said:
You seem to remember it better than me. [...]
Same, but watching him unable to fix this fucking drivetrain is nearly as good. He could have bought a marine transmission, but would rather fumble-fuck around with shit that does not work.
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It's because if he had been able to do it, it would have been a hats off moment. He could have been the hundested guy. It was an almost impossible task that only a real career machinist could attempt.

Something a man should learn is that professions exist for a reason and there is no shame in paying money for a quality product. Like they say, Jack Doug of all trades, master of none
 
SwiftBucks said:
Like they say, Jack Doug of all trades, master of none
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As someone with a wide and somewhat deep skillset(poor boys got poor ways), I prefer the full quote, “A jack of all trades is a master of none, but oftentimes better than a master of one.” I also don't think Doug is a Jack of anything. Well, he is a jackass.
 
Puts some shims in the hoonter and it works, but then it doesnt work. We like that.
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Been thinking about this fuckin thing recently. The manufacturer doesn't want to supply info because it's likely a trade secret.

Who even knows what alloy the original is made of? Parts like these are designed with thermal expansion in mind. The wrong alloy or even a thousandth of an inch can make a huge difference. I wouldnt fucking shim my bicycle long term, much less a transmission.

Also the reddit thread found this gem:
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The hundested requires an almost horizontal driveline. Doug's is at some absolutely ridiculous angle. Didn't he also cast his own propeller blades? Which would be fine if this thing didn't specify it needs a balanced prop.

Between the abhorrent shaking, the wonky driveline, worn motor bushings and unbalanced prop this thing won't ever work right.
 
SwiftBucks said:
I think I remember him pricing out marine transmissions and balking at the cost. I wonder with all the rebuilds if he's approaching the price of one anyway
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He had a 'perfectly" good bus transmission he had already payed for. "learn' how" to make it work is more manly than buying an off the shelf part. The same thought process is for his propeller and hundested set up. He uses some legit parts with his fabricated parts. It is a Frankenstein complication of wrong size and angles. He has been told multiple times and commented on it, that he needs a smaller propeller.
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One good properly built marine transmission cuts out his entire drive train fuckery. No bus transmissions taking up space with non used gears and torque converter. It also cuts out his "fowr wheel drive" gear reduction device.

Dug larped with plenty of stats and graphs about how he designed his propeller. Actual engineers have already picked his numbers apart and shockingly they are all bullshit.
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This is also really funny.
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His entire system just pisses out unburnt fuel as smoke to barely move the barge. He has to be murdered by high fuel prices right now.

 
Sorry to double post, can't edit.
2lolis1cup said:
He had a 'perfectly" good bus transmission he had already payed for. "learn' how" to make it work is more manly than buying an off the shelf part. The same thought process is for his propeller and hundested set up. He uses some legit parts with his fabricated parts. It is a Frankenstein complication of wrong size and angles.
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The more I think about it the more ridiculous it gets. Without even getting into gear ratios and expected RPM ranges, his transfer case is not designed to move an enormous metal boat through water. The forces the thing experiences have got to be enormous.

The fixes he has are actually ingenious honestly. If he took the time to actually design a boat around the powerplant it would be impressive. If the Seeker were treated as a test bed and not a finished product it would be more respectable, but then he wouldn't be a lolcow.
 
SwiftBucks said:
Sorry to double post, can't edit.

The more I think about it the more ridiculous it gets. Without even getting into gear ratios and expected RPM ranges, his transfer case is not designed to move an enormous metal boat through water. The forces the thing experiences have got to be enormous.

The fixes he has are actually ingenious honestly. If he took the time to actually design a boat around the powerplant it would be impressive. If the Seeker were treated as a test bed and not a finished product it would be more respectable, but then he wouldn't be a lolcow.
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If he would just say things like "yeah, that didnt work, heres the failure mode. a lot of people in the comments had some good ideas, but we're going with XYZ because of ABC reasons", I'd have some semblance of respect for him. Instead it lambastes anybody who dares disagree, even if they are experienced and credentialed.

He does this for every suggestion: his amsteel anchor rode, the drive train, the water maker, plumbing and sewage handling... INSURANCE... the list goes on.
 
His ego is why this thread even exists.

It was fated to fail when he had to use steel twice the thickness the plans called for. That's not a minor thing, that's a complete redesign.

A sane and rational person would look at the plans and the materials available and realize it's not in the cards.
 
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The same thought process is for his propeller and hundested set up.

The hundested gives me a fucking headache thinking about it. He just bought it from a junkyard. Those adjustable pitch propeller systems are basically designed for a specific craft. And they require regular, high end maintenance.



These things are for yachts and commercial fishing vessels. It takes high end, precision installation. It's why you never see this shit on a fucking "sail" boat.



And I got to ask, has this fucker ever actually moved this boat under wind power?



I can't imagine how much pollution this clown causes just to keep this stupid thing plodding along so he can play pretend Captain Ron.
 
JustStopDude said:
And I got to ask, has this fucker ever actually moved this boat under wind power?
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He definitely hoisted the sails, that’s when he found out how weak his rigging was and later broke some of the battens for the sails.

I’d love to see him under sail. Especially with all the weird shortcuts and half as things he’s done putting in the masts and rigging.
 
He's got a 5 degree list to starboard at rest due to a twist in the hull. He may have let the wind blow him around, but he hasn't sailed proper because he'd fucking capsize in any respectable breeze.

If he had actually sailed, even one time, he'd be bragging about what an expert sailor he is, and how good she handles, and how easy it is to manipulate his spiderweb of sail lines from the pilot house. So far, not a fucking peep.
 
TurboNAS said:
He definitely hoisted the sails, that’s when he found out how weak his rigging was and later broke some of the battens for the sails.
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Of course his ghetto ass battens broke. Turns out sail design and manufacture is its own special trade! Does he still have golf balls all over his rigging?
myhairisonfire said:
He's got a 5 degree list to starboard at rest due to a twist in the hull.
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And an undersized keel, and weird buoyancy blisters not on the original design, and he sits too low in the water.
 
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