This week I had to give up and put a slow bell on the reversing mechanism until I find a piston shaft and hub. Just as a precaution, I visited the Dominion to see if they have a Westinghouse reversing mechanism. Maybe they can help engineer the one for the Maris Pearl1.
A Thanks for Shilshoal Marina
Also this week, we took the Maris Pearl to the Shilshoal fuel dock where we used their bilge pump-out service – a very economical way to get rid of oily bilge waste. Thanks, folks – we hope to keep using this service for years to come.
A visit to Brady’s Atlas-Imperials
I visited Brady on Whidbey Island to take a look at his two Atlas-Imperial diesels. He has a three-cylinder model we estimate as from about 1923 – making it one of the three oldest Atlas Imperial diesels that I know of. Even better, it will run again: very little stands in the way of Brady reassembling the engine and running it.
His four-cylinder needs a bit more work, but can be parted out if it’s found to be beyond rehabilitation:
This first meeting was a great chance to take inventory and document progress on the engines, especially the three-cylinder that Brady’s working on. OTM Inc will be cheering on, encouraging and bothering him throughout the project, it’s that great.
For the rest of you with never-ending projects, consider employing OTM Inc to be the monkey on your back in case your wife is not enough: we have reasonable hourly, weekly, or long-term rates!
Olympic Display
While coming back from Whidbey Island, I noticed that the ferry had a display set up of the ferry Olympic‘s steering gear:
Neat!
More Diving with Sterling
Sterling Marine Services Llc and I dove at the Center for Wooden Boats again to put more barrels under their docks.
