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2009 Week 27 in Review
This week, we put the Arthur Foss all back together. All the parts are cleaned and many painted, the head is down, the piston is in, and the rod bearing is in, and I tightened everything down and painted the … Continue reading
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2009 Week 26 in Review
20Work continues on the Arthur Foss This week, I continued to work on the Arthur Foss‘s Washington, working with OTM’s mechanic Crystal. We started the week with two big challenges to work on 1) make a tool to drive out … Continue reading
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2009 Week 22 in Review
Still scraping bearings This week in the Indian Grave Drainage District pumphouse, I measured the bearings for Engine One, then bounced from engine to engine lapping, scraping, lapping, scraping, lapping, scraping, and cleaning. Lia flew out to visit and we … Continue reading
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2008 Week 50 in review
Work continues on the Catalyst This was the third week that I spend filing and sanding the Catalyst‘s crank journals. It takes me about a day to get each journal cleaned up enough that I like them, so I’ve been … Continue reading
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2008 Week 39 in Review
Back to business-as-usual This week, I’ve gotten back in the shop. I worked on cleaning up an engine control station that I picked up recently. It’s a neat find, perfect for a direct-reversing twin-screw boat. After I finish cleaning it … Continue reading
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2008 Week 38 in Review
This week on Catalyst, we finished up the Alaska cruising season: Sunday, September 14 – Montague Harbour to Friday Harbor: clear into US, pack and prepare for reentry to “real” life After I stepped off in Friday Harbor, I headed … Continue reading
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2008 Week 19 in Review
Party Planning The week began with a mad scramble to find performers for the OTM Inc co-sponsored event after the reschedule, but we pulled it off. The show on Saturday was incredible. The music, dancers and fire performer all did … Continue reading
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2008 Week 18 in Review
This week was sort of boring compared to last week’s whirlwind tour of Northwest Washington’s heavy-duties. An Update on the Maris Pearl On Tuesday afternoon, we moved the Maris Pearl to pick up the new cover for the aft end … Continue reading
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