Local drama - SV Seeker project

"davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com" (davesaddiction)
01/21/2020 at 10:00 • Filed to: None

For any of you looking for a rabbit hole to go down this morning...

I had recently learned of this group (from someone on OPPO, maybe?) and started paying some attention. It’s an interesting community of makers, both working on the Seeker and sharing their own projects within the group.

Anyway, drama ensued these last few days.

This video is an intro to the project - links with more info below.

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His response this morning:

I’m not invested at all in this guy or the project, but faking a bad injury as some kind of social experiment really does seem like a dick move...

I don’t blame anyone for pulling their support/attention after this.

DISCUSSION (11)

qbeezy > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
01/21/2020 at 10:12

Seems like a really dumb way of trying to go viral and bring attention to heir project.

Aremmes > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
01/21/2020 at 10:20

This seems less interesting than the story of the guy who built a catamaran out of hardware store plywood .

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > qbeezy
01/21/2020 at 10:22

I really don’t know what the true objective of the hoax was...

He says himself that “safety’s 3rd” and I’m sure he’s gotten lots of comments in the past about doing things improperly/dangerously, so maybe this was an attempt to mess with those “nervous nannies”, but if so, he really didn’t think of all the ramifications and the genuine concern and hurt he’d put some of his supporters through.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Aremmes
01/21/2020 at 10:28

Hoo boy...

https://www.marinij.com/2015/02/02/five-rescued-as-marins-notorious-flyin-hawaiian-catamaran-sinks-at-sea/

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
01/21/2020 at 10:34

This wheel they made is beautiful:

Aremmes > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
01/21/2020 at 10:44

That boat and its builder exceeded almost all expectations but for the sinking part. At first people believed that he'd not finish it, then that it'd break up during launch, or that it'd sink right after launch, or that it'd float for only a few weeks, or that a wave would break it up.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Aremmes
01/21/2020 at 10:47

LOL @ “ but for the sinking part”

How many successful hours at sea did it actually have ?

Aremmes > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
01/21/2020 at 11:42

Uhh, one? It sank three miles off the coast, which could be traversed quickly just by drifting on the ebb from the bay.

Aremmes > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
01/21/2020 at 11:45

I should note that the Flying Hawaiian spent nearly two years moored in the bay. It sank only when it entered the Pacific Ocean.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Aremmes
01/21/2020 at 11:51

“A ship in harbor is safe — but that is not what ships are built for.”

John A. Shedd

Aremmes > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
01/21/2020 at 11:54

Pretty much what people who were following the saga said.