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Hydraulics
Building and evolving Seeker's muscle for raising anchors, sails, and boats, running pumps, lifting cargo, and steering her with the autopilot.
Featured video
Hydraulics - Part 9 - Charging the System
Published 2021-08-27
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Videos
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Hydraulics - Part 1 - Bending, Fitting, Threading, and TIG Welding
Hydraulics - Part 2 - Harbor Freight Power Threader teams up with Ridgid
Hydraulics - Part 3 - More that One Way to Skin a Cat
Deck Crane Rebuild - Part 2 - Sorting out the Hydraulics
Deck Crane Rebuild - Part 6 - Reassembly and Hacking Hydraulics
Hydraulics - Part 4
Hydraulics - Part 5
Hydraulics - Part 6 - also Fuel and Gauges
Pilothouse Fitout - Part 10 - Console, Shelves, Solar and back to Hydraulics
Deck Crane Rebuild - Part 7 - Reassembly - Converting from Opened to Closed Hydraulics and Adding a Remote Control
Hydraulics - Part 7 - Accumulator
Hydraulics - Part 8 - Anchor and Rudder
Volvo Power Steering Pump for Boat Propeller Hydraulics
Adding Hydraulics to the Sail Winch and Other Boat Stuff
Anchor Winch Hydraulics Upgrade with Chain Shaft Coupler - Patrons Only
Anchor Winch Hydraulics Upgrade with Chain Shaft Coupler
Ideas + Arduinos + Hydraulics + Blades + Drum = Plastics Sampling Fun
Paul's 65ft Origami Steel Chinese Junk Sailboat
Hundested V-3 FR-H Teardown
Casting, Rudder, Hatches and other
Seeker LIVE Jan 21, 2017
Seeker LIVE Feb 4, 2017
Seeker LIVE Feb 18, 2017 - ROV and Davits
Seeker LIVE - Mar 25 - Casting Patterns, CAD 2D to 3D, Pepakura
Seeker LIVE - Apr 8, 2017 - Arduion, Casting, Mail Call, 501c3
Seeker LIVE - Apr 22, 2017 - Bulwarks, Casting Anodes, Chain Gypsy, Welder Generator, New Mugs, ButtonUp Kickstarter
Seeker LIVE - May 6, 2017 - Welding, Work Table, Sailmaking, Grommets
SV Seeker Live - June 17, 2017 - Deck Tiles, Tender Winch, Sewing Sails, T-Shirt Sale
Water Cooled Hydraulic Oil Tank
You Can Weld, It's Easy - Pressure Testing the Hydraulic Tank
News from the Shipyard
Calculating Displacement, Weight and Waterline
Primary Hydraulic Pump Install
Wheels for the Boat - Part 1
Sail Winch
Engine Room - Paint,Pumps,Coolant,Fuel,Mounts
Hydraulic Valve Problem
Flairing and Bending Steel and Stainless Steel Tubing
Repairs-Cabinets-Coolant-Open House-Jacks and more
Airplane Jacks or Boat Jacks - Lifting Seeker's bow
Rudder Installation and Other Boat Work
Pilothouse Fitout - Part 7 - Countertop Laminate and Trim
Hundested Variable Pitch Propeller Controller Rebuild and Installation
Moving the CNC Mill aboard Seeker
Crane, Pump, Dinghy and Hydraulic Fixes
School Bus Transmission in a Boat - Part 4 - Open Road Test
Raising Sails - Part 5 - Adding Parrels to a Junk Rig parrels
Back to Work on the Boat
My Oil Spill and Some Sail Work
B&G WS320 Wireless Wind Sensor
Raising Sails - Part 8 - First Sail
Autopilot Part 1 - and lots of other boat stuff
Autopilot Part 2 - Fireworks
Autopilot - Part 3 - Now just turn it on and see why it doesn't work - Patron Only
Autopilot - Part 3 - Now just turn it on and see why it doesn't work
SV Seeker Training Video - Part 1
SV Seeker Training Video Part 1
SV Seeker Training Video - Part 2
SV Seeker Training Video
SV Seeker Training Video - Part 1 -Tour
Sailing Trials and Modifications
Hydraulic Accumulator Removal
Anchor Winch Repair
Repairs on Sail to Key West
B&G WS320 Wireless Wind Sensor Installation and Repair After 2 Years
Flowmeters, Hall Effect Sensors, 3D Printing, and Dragons
Two Examples of Origami Boat Structural Design
Nanoplastics Sampler Build - Help Requested
Nanoplastics Sampler Build - Part 1 - We Need Your Help
NURD - Part 6 - Building a Custom Hose Reel
NURD - More Flow
NURD - Part 8 - More Flow and DIY Hose Reel
NURD - Part 9 - Hydraulic Reel and Food on Seeker
NURD - Part 10 - NURD Learns to Swim
Key West Nanoplastics Expedition 2026
Hundested Variable Pitch Prop Pushing to Puerto Rico
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