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2010 Week 21 In Review
This week, OTM Inc finished changing out the injectors on the Maris Pearl and bled all the air out with a big pry bar under the injection pump. With the fuel rack at full, I manually pumped a bunch of … Continue reading
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2010 Week 3 in Review
More work on the Maris Pearl I’m still working on the Maris Pearl‘s reversing mechanism, trying to track down parts for it. I’ve been working with suppliers and calling collectors and engine owners I know who have spares. The Westinghouse … Continue reading
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2009 Week 14 in Review
We started this week by cleaning the shop really well, since I was headed out of town. I also tied up loose ends on the Arthur Foss and gathered parts for the Maris Pearl. Tug for sale The tug Earnest … Continue reading
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2009 Week 8 in Review
After dropping off the Catalyst On the way back from Friday Harbor, I took a sea plane back to Seattle. We stopped in Westsound to pick up more passengers, and I got to see the El Capitan: Then, with finished … Continue reading
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2008 Week 40 in review
A reader question about Enterprises Reader Saúl emailed me for some Enterprise information: Would you know where I can find an image of the logo placed by Enterprise Engines & Foundry on the armor parts they created during WWII? I … Continue reading
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2008 Week 34 in Review
Here’s this week’s cruising schedule aboard Catalyst, from Juneau to Petersburg: Sunday, August 17 – Juneau to Limestone Inlet: kayak paddle in river, salmon in river and along shore (rainy) Monday, August 18 – Limestone Inlet to Ford’s Terror: meet … Continue reading
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2008 Week 30 in Review
Work on the Sobre las Olas I spent all this week in Los Angeles, working on the Sobre las Olas (her name means “over the waves”), a beautiful fantail yacht: All the pieces I shipped to California arrived, but I … Continue reading
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2008 Week 28 in review
I’m still working on the air compressor for the fireboat, mostly searching for parts and slowly making new parts. I did find a company that still supplies parts for Worthington air compressors, who may have the parts we need. The … Continue reading
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2008 Week Eleven in Review
An update from the Maris Pearl This week we pushed to get the Maris Pearl running again to move it back to Shilshole Marina. Once it was good to go, we took the time to change the oil in the … Continue reading
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