SV Seeker in Review - 7 years in 27 minutes
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- Опубликовано: 24 июл 2024
- Some ideas take root and grow faster than the weeds. SV Seeker is one of those ideas that started from a chance conversation about building a boat and getting it to the ocean via the Arkansas river. That was about 12 years ago and the though of sailing a boat I built across the oceans was something that scared me. ...and it made me feel alive. And it still does. What's the point of living if you don't LIVE. Feel the fear and do it anyway.
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I have to ask. How could you afford to put so much time and money into this????
How could you afford not to? It's more educational and cheaper than college and after 6 years of college you sure as hell don't have a 40 ton motorsailer and a crew of friends ready to travel the world. I'll let you in on a secret. Everybody is going to die. Not everybody will have Lived before they die. And money is something poor people worry about. People who are not poor know that it's easy to make money. Living a life of courage and strength is the challenge.
@@SVSeeker man i thin exactly like you do and i'm 17 now, when I turn 18 ill buy my sailboat to travel the world💪🏻
@@SVSeeker you're a huge inspiration, greets from The Netherlands❤
xl calm down a little bit, sv seeker isn’t trying to a prick and has a very good point, anyone can make decent money in the USA but you just need to have the will to move and seek out the jobs, the inspiration and help from others to find them, and the courage to take the leap to do some tough jobs and put the time in.
I was an engineer for a honda foundry job in ohio and the floor workers would work 7 days a week 12hrs a day and make $30,000 just working 3 months... tough work but it’s there, I’ve known workers at gm making $80,000-$100,000 without a college degree just putting hard work and time in.
Is it easy, hell no, but their are plenty of jobs out there like this making it possible..... I also get it seems nearly impossible for single parents or the less fortunate but it’s still possible even without having to work everyday. In stead of complaining about it, go do some job research online at your local library.... If you have time to complain about it or time to watch these RUclips videos than you have time to do research that could change your life.... again, it’s not easy but it’s definitely possible and the only person holding yourself back is yourself.
I personally am truly inspired by these people and instead of going to the bar spending money on drinks, they are spending time together as one powerfully inspired family working together and having fun doing it. Also Imagine 4 or 5 families splitting the cost to build a $100,000 ship possible in parts and steel.... that’s less then what your average person spends on a car.
You don’t have to be a millionaire to do incredible things. As references, check out Mr Moneystache.... There are opportunities for everyone even if Companies like GM seem to be corrupt and uncaring about the life blood pf their companies.... it requires some courage and determination to find them and yes, life can be tough and unforgiving but it only takes a few strong determined people to help change that with a few creative ideas and the drive to follow that through.
Elon Musk came from africa with just enough money to get to the US with only a backpack and a mind filled with ideas and an unwavering drive to never give up... he came from a broken family with a terrible childhood and an abusive father and now his family are his workers which he had to pump over $50,000,000 back into over time to keep the company going through rough times were the banks din’t want to support him in order keep his company going and workers working instead of making layoffs after delays well working out issues that his company and workers helped overcome and create a successful company. His ideas have helped create jobs for 10,000 workers at Tesla and around 4,000 at SpaceX.
That’s all from a man who came to the US with just a book bag of clothing to his name... So back to my point which is just as important for myself as anyone else... We are the only thing holding are selves back from greatness and we cannot be afraid to fail.
But on the flip side I have just as much respect for those family’s that forgo a dream to be there for their children trying or completely caught up working two jobs to make a living and provide food for their families.... and I feel like we should help inspire and those other find those jobs that will allow a single parent to be able to work one job which will also pay for educations if you’re a good worker to help you make more money in the future allowing you to make more money and work 1 job allowing more time for you, family, and time to start making dreams a reality.
In the time I took writing this, I could have used RUclips to start refreshing and learning how to program in C+ programming or how to create a mobile app for a good idea I had like comparing different health care insurance costs to make companies more competitive and start lowering costs if it gets popular enough or compare costs of surgeries between different hospitals to ensure people don’t get ripped off and stuck paying extremely high costs compared to another hospital that could save a person from spending years to pay off an unfortunate event when they work hard just to survive.
I could have gone to many of the free educational sites like KhanAcademy to refresh on my electrical circuits classes or math classes like algebra because I forgot the chain rule or calculus... or pay a little bit of money like $24 to learn and get a certificate that I can put on my resume from apps like Brilliant for learning about one my interests in Augmented Reality.... which they have tons of different classes covering most fields from accounting, many different fields in programming , IT, finance, mathematics, science, engineering ext.
We just need to inspire and help those around us in are communities to help the timid find the courage to make the leap and provide great support to help each other keep a positive mindset and not to get discouraged by people selfishly putting others down which I’ve even seen this in interviews from arrangement management personnel conducting interviews. You ask those people what skills they’d require you to have and use the Internet to obtain those skills and prove to those kind of people what you know and to have them give you a task to prove you know your stuff. Yes some will still require a degree but others only care about what skills you have and can you make them money bc if you can prove you can make them money and do what’s required, then most likely you just got that job especially showing you determination to overcome hurdles without making excuses.
@@SVSeeker Hey, i was just curious what would mean by "money is something poor people worry about", at 26 years old ive been very happy with my life and adventures ive completed, money has never been something i worried about because i was taught at a young age to save and how to spend wisely.
Im motivated by your vision and plan to create my own dreams.
But "money" has been the 1 thing that holds myself, friends and wife back from living the dream we actually want, rather than doing the daily rat race.
a reply would be amazing as i love the message your trying to send.
peace and love
How could anyone dislike this project? This is by far the most impressive thing I saw in years! The world needs more, way more of these guys!
Very, very impressive. This is why I love RUclips. I can find videos like this one with no fake drama, silly music, or manufactured storylines. Just real cool people, doing really cool stuff. Thanks for sharing.
Keith Avery Zo
@Keith Avery
I couldn't describe it better. You pretty nailed it.
HOW LUCKY AM I!!!! To be alive when this happened!! Thanks for being you Doug!!!!!!
I hope i live to see the day she makes the ocean !
Challenging times are what make humanity thrive !
Thank you for sharing part of your journey, I feel privileged to have been able to see a small part.
Me too. Thanks
Greetings from England.
I love everything about this. The grand design. The community assistance. Engaging the children. The engineering skills. It's utterly brilliant. One of the best things on RUclips.
I miss Aden! Hope he is alright.
Crazy what you achieved the last years Doug!
Cheers from Germany
I was thinking the same thing
The only thing missing was him cutting the head off of the chicken...
You've got so many skills and have made so many wonderful things. I'm in awe!
I'm just a determined hack, but I've been enjoying your videos. Keep up the great work.
In the Dead's immortal words, "WHAT A LONG STRANGE TRIP IT'S BEEN!" In many ways it doesn't seem like this many years, but time flies as Seeker is nearing time to move to the water. Fair winds Seeker, and Doug thanks for sharing this great adventure.
Inspirational, what would our world be like without guys like you?
Most likely just more cat videos on RUclips
26 minutes? No way I'm going to watch all that....
Hey, where'd the last half hour go????
Thanks for the (entire) video.
This video makes it painfully obvious how little I have done in the last 3 years.
No Shit, i got the same feeling. Lol. Peace
pretty much
HAHAHA
Me too. It's all good tho bro.
Dont be depressed, be motivated!
4 years? :P
+SV Seeker I love what you're doing! So far in my career as a mariner I've worked on many different ships from tug boats to 900ft tankers and i gotta say this is one of the craziest boats I've ever seen. Just make sure you are taking some serious precautions with the welds (like ultrasound them) especially on key structual place like the hull plating, longitudinal frames ect. I cant believe you made your own controllable pitch propeller, might want to make sure that is 100% balanced by a third party or you could have major vibration issues that could lead to some damage and a uncomfortable ride. But keep it up this is awesome!
That's a fantastic trip down memory lane! Inspirational stuff and I really look forward to the next update. Thanks for sharing your experiences
I cannot possibly fathom the amount of time it took to put this together from 7 years of footage but I want to thank you so much for such a great bundle of enjoyable memories of your exploits.
7 years of my life watching your channel and I had enjoy every minute of it.
thank you for finding the time to make this great videos Mike.
I just learnt so much about you that I never knew. This really is a project of love.
I just shared this vid for anyone needing a good binge series to watch, and with the title, *It's more than a boat"*...
I just found this project, I started watching you weld aluminum. figured out it was a project from scratch to build an entire boat,,first thoughts,,were holy shit then I began watching other videos and then found this one. How impressive the undertaking and how impressive to see all these folks come together an work on this project. My hat is off to you, your family and every one else involved. How cool, I am hooked on watching these videos, it is 2:44 AM and I cannot stop watching them. What a great group of people.
What a great ride so far! Thanks for that. A friend emailed this to me a while ago and I really liked it. I think you might too. :
Life's journey is not to arrive at the
grave safely in a well preserved body,
but rather to skid in sideways, totally
worn out, shouting "Holy shit...what a ride!"
I caught on the this build years ago and every once in a while I bump into it again. Very amazed by the progress, engineering and drive of this man and his friends.
I only recently got into watching your videos because I had a craving to watch videos of people melting down metal and pouring them into molds and what not and after I saw one of your dead light videos I became increasingly interested in your videos. And for the longest time I thought the boat was an old decommissioned trawler, until I saw this and I'm amazed that something like this can be done from scratch by one guy, some family, and a few friends. This is truly amazing.
I've seen recent videos and now this and I'm even more amazed now than ever! I can't imagine doing all that work from the beginning to the end. Absolutely amazing and you and all your help have done an incredible job!
I've been watching you for at least 3 of these 7 years and I fell so proud of how much you guys have accomplished, not only regarding the boat, but all the knowledge acquired, all the friends that helped all the energy put in a project. Hope to see this baby on the water soon!
SV, All through this vid, all I see over and over is Family, more Family and love for each other. You all really are so lucky! The word AWESOME was invented for this project.
This is easily the coolest, most over-the-top insane thing I've ever seen. WOW.
loved these videos for a long time and wish that I had known about them for longer. it is awesome seeing the boat come so far.
"OOOOh! fuck I know why it is" 14:28 Your childlike wonderment for learning new things and creating and solving problems is the reason I make time and coffee to watch your videos. Keep it up.
This is amazing,,, The number of engineering technologies that had to be learned in order to build this is numerous.
All done by a few people working together. I am in awe !!
Found you today, and will be following your adventures from now on. I love your can do spirit and your drive. Cheers!
It has been an incredible journey thus far! Thank you for sharing this with the world. You inspire more than you will ever know.
I've been following Seeker's construction from the beginning and seeing this time-lapse really brings it home and shows just how much work has gone into this build. It is truly amazing to see Her come from flat pieces of steel laying on the ground to being hours away from being on the water. May you have fair winds and following seas Captain.
Congratulations to Doug and all the SVSeeker Team, with High's and Low's all that matters is watching the dream turn into reality, job well done all.
Apart from spacecraft, is there anything you don't build? How in heavens name have you packed so many skills into one life time! The fact that there is so much of you in that boat really makes her special.
This has to be one of the most AMAZING videos I've ever seen on RUclips. Talk about renewing hope in humanity...
Thanks for the time. Loved every minute.
I sure do admire how everyone worked as a team. The little boy, the ladies and even your dog. Thank you for all the effort to show us viewers how this all came together. My utmost respect, keith norris :-)
What a journey it has been thus far. Everyone aspires to be unique in the world, but you and your project are, in my mind, one of a kind. Thanks for sharing the experience, I have learnt a lot from you.
A masterpiece of editing and an inspiration to us all. Excellent work, everyone! And Doug...jeezus!
The rust has become so even its looking as good as a paint job. I kinda like it.
Excellent story !!!! I enjoy your videos a lot. I'll never forget the great help you you gave me with my CNC plasma, the M1 fix me a lot of work.
Thank you for your videos, I wait anxiously. And I'm always eager to be there !!!
Ive been watching for awhile now. And today was the first time i have drove from the westside over to the northside to see the Seeker. Very impressive. Big project. I want to be there when you move it to te port. Rain was just starting today when I came by.
I don't understand how somebody could thumbs down this video... you're an inspiration, thank you for sharing your life with us for the past few years
i honed my skills that i make my living at now in the oil patches of west Texas,where you were miles from nowhere and you HAD to make a repair no matter what..it was hard dangerous work and hot boy... nothing like grabbing a wrench and getting 2nd degree burns..you just took me back 30 years to my youth sir,where i was clobbered,crushed,burned,dropped,gouged,cut,stuck,stabbed,set on fire and regularly took showers in both gasoline and diesel and i was 20 years old..i gotta say your one tough cob :)
Doug, I can't believe how quickly time has past. I've been watching since the paper mockup. Watching this had me pretty emotional. I just gotta thank you for sharing everything you have this whole time. You definitely have a special thing going here!
That little voice inside your head that keeps telling you "no" is there is there for many reasons. One is to teach you to ignore it when it's trying to protect you from all that comes with greatness. Keep inspiring us, brother!
This is probably the most inspiring thing I'll see this year. Will share it like crazy. All the best from New Zealand.
Great Project!!! Having a blast watching the progress!!! Looking forward to the Launch! NO FEAR!!
I just discovered your channel. You're incredible.
The spirit you embody is proof that the American spirit is still alive and that the ambition to achieve greatness is only limited by our willingness to dare. Thank you for documenting this.
I feel like I struck a gold mine when I stumbled across this channel.
Another grate video. You won't believe how much this video cheered me up, the last few days have been hell. Watching the video has given me the stranth to keep smiling and going thank you. I look forward to seeing the next installment.
That grandkid is being raised right. You are living a life I, and any sane human, would envy. Thank you for 27 minutes of happiness and I can't tell you what it did for my mood watching this. (P.S.- I wouldn't insure your build site for a billion dollars. But I loved every minute of it!)
I can believe I've been watching you rock on for that many years!! Wow
What a incredible journey. You friends and family make a great team. I look forward to seeing more of your progress. Good luck and be safe.
Wow, you sure got your priorities straight. Never thought I'd watch a >20min vid without skipping once. Insane Work.
Love these videos Doug thanks for putting in the effort to bring us all along with you. Kinda miss Kay, hope she is doing well. I do miss watching Aiden learn how to build things.
I think the energy you have to keep pushing along Doug is awesome.
What an amazing job you and your team have done, i've got some binge watching to do to catch up!
Ultra inspired, what a education that boy is getting, priceless. I too have learned a great deal, Thanks for sharing.
Amazing progress and a lot of fun too by the looks of things I'm enjoying the videos, keep up the good work.
Totally the most amazing group effort I have seen possibly ever. Epic job.Congratulations so far hope there is more would love to see her launched.
Wait, how did this just now pop up on my feed. This is incredible. How the faaa... whaaaat! Creative imagination and unwavering dedication to overcome bumps & this is genius. It's freaking art! Amazed!
To put it simply. This journey is deeply inspiring. Dare to dream! I wish you all the best of luck!
Excellent vid Doug. It's amazing what you have achieved. This montage was a great recap with some very humorous snippets too. Keep up the awesome work! Continuous methodical problem solving will get you everywhere.
Amazing Doug! I have been watching since you where getting the hatches on and am constantly amazed at the wealth of Knowledge you have and also keep showing us your audience I for one have learnt a lot and in your activities gives me the confidence to give it a go, mould making for example , One day I hope we will see you Entering Fremantle Port in Western Australia looking for a mooring it would be great to shake the hand of the person who made this boat ( and in such shaking the hand of all who also helped )
I cant wait for the next YT on your adventures Doug
Probably the most wonderful video I ever seen on RUclips. Truly inspirational.
Honestly when I saw the title I thought, well I'll just skip through this since I've seen all of it already. But, I sat right through it all. Nice to have seen Kay again and her flashing. That is always nice for a Spanish Town Mardi Gras guy here in Baton Rouge. Was reminded we hadn't seen the little guy in a while. Was also nice to come back after helping friends with the flood. We were spared by just a few feet from the front door. Many were not. Keep up the good work and I'll catch up with the rest of your posted videos.
This is incredible! Awesome work, thanks for sharing your project with us. This had to have taken a TON of work just to edit, let alone create.
Never seen someone that determined... it's a motivation and inspiration... i will personally use this as motivation. Thank yo
WOW.......you guys are all Amazing......the details and the discovery as you go are incredible to watch:) Cheers from Canada!
I too have a large complicated project that I am building, mostly alone. Not a boat or a house, steel fabrication. it will weigh around 5 tons when finished. Into my fourth year on the project, still have to work, and I'm over 60 as well. Your videos keep me positive and inspire me to keep on chugging along, doing what I can when I can. Thanks for making them, look forward to each episode.
What a great video. Good friends having a good time producing something very useful. Love it, love the critters and above all love the dogs. They are so cool and always right where the action is. Great job all of you. Hope to see the boat in the water soon.
Just retired,60, thanks for the kick in the butt! Contact you after my next project😎
Great job Doug. Can't wait till you get it in the water. Should be fun.
Cheers
Willy
You have achieved a remarkable amount in a short time...and there were a lot more "Oh yeah" than there were "Oh shit".
Thanks for this compilation...it is a reminder for those who have followed it all along and background for those new to it.
Awesome to see this all together! It proofs you can do anything if you put your mind to it.
Really impressed by your video! Talent, patience, team work, passion, inspiration, relax, happiness and of course financial strength - you guys do not sit idle but create a wonderful ship to fulfill your dreams! Thanks a lot for share!
Words cannot describe how awesome this is to see!!! It is so great for all of these wonderful people to work together to make something so COOL!!!!!
I just realised I have been following this project from the start. Man time goes by. I just want to see it finished NOOW. Keep up the good job!
Great Video! Thanks for so much awesome content! Cheers from Australia.
My favorite video yet. Keep on keepin on, Doug.
amazing. loved watching the dedication and commitment.
I cant believe it's been six years since starting to watch the channel. Can't wait for her to see the sea and sail over the horizon.
I have enjoyed every one of your videos and would love to drop by one day to see her for real, though by the time I can, she might already be running in fair winds and a following sea.
Awesome stat to now video Doug. thanks I remember watching then and now
Dam. Seeing it like this shows how far you have come. Great work.
been watching you since the start of the junker. never realized how far you gotten and I hope she floats and see one day on the water. keep it going sv seaker
Will + Sweat + Courage + Tools = Anything you can dream ofThank you for such an awesome, inspiring channel!
Long time subscriber here - this got me hooked up even more. You're utterly crazy and true inspiration :D Best of luck from Poland.
This is amazing and inspiring! I love that you included a few "oops!" moments as this is the reality of this sort of work! You're an amazing guy - hope to meet you one day.
nice work Doug - looking forward to seeing it's first mission
Talk about driven, wish I had half the motivation of you guys. Awesome job.
I have to give you thumbs up for building a crew and sticking with it. I am impressed
This must have taken ages to compile so just to say thanks for taking the time. I have watched all your videos and have great respect for what you are doing. Inspiring!!!
Keep on sailing man. Proud to be following Seeker
Just watched this again it's fantastic i still love every single moment of this adventure
Awesome incredible. You inspire! Keep (all) safe in the home stretch.
awesome video Love seeing your dream come together and all the people you attract to help you with your dream. I look forward to the launch video. Happy building. cheers
Very wonderful. and I think it was very great that you included some of the growing pains, and danger parts of the build. Most only show the good parts not the accident, or danger parts. the broom fire was a great one. And the sudden shift items.
I don’t know how the hell I haven’t found you before now. I’ve worked in shipbuilding design for many year and what you have accomplished in your backyard much less anywhere is nothing short of AMAZING! WOW! WOW! WOW! Definitely subbed and going back though all of the videos.
Sir, you have SERIOUS skills! I salute you.
This is just mind boggling! I stumbled upon one of your waste oil/propane burner videos, trough an other guy, bulding his own furnace (vintage machinery), while I was researching for a way to convert my rocket mass heater to burn waste oil.
One thing let to an other and I just finished watching this. I'm just typeless and in awe. I had to suscribe and I'll be watching this from the begining instead of lame TV shows. This is real life right here, real reality TV as it should be. Thanks for the inspiration and all the dreams it will generate. Keep it up and may Neptune himself safely guide this vessel and all your crew/family where ever you wish.
Cheers from Canada
Alex.
Thank you Alex. We appreciate the kind words.