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2010 Week 12 in Review
The green giant The green engine paint for the Maris Pearl was a hit and the brighter lights make the engine room feel bigger, so we’ve gotten the go-ahead. We’ll clean and paint and clean again and see how much … Continue reading
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2009 Week 53 in Review
“I’ll see U in B-U-N-A” Well, the Viton packing we used in the Catalyst‘s injectors failed: it kept creeping in-between the stem and the packing follower, which made the stem and packing follower stick together like they were one solid … Continue reading
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2009 Week 52 in Review
A little work on the Maris Pearl I did a little bit of clean-up on the Maris Pearl this week and got it all wrapped up for the year. We’re done for now and the boat will be in use … Continue reading
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2009 Week 41 in Review
This week at Old Tacoma Marine, we cleaned all the Catalyst parts we pulled off last week. We broke them all down, then put the oily parts in the hot tank with a heated lye solution and an agitator for … Continue reading
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2009 Week 39 in review
We spent this week puttering in the shop, reviewing Lightship notes, and gossiping under the roll-up door – an important process for transferring important information – and playing the antique player pianos coming into the shop these days. Here’s Dan … Continue reading
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2009 Week 24 in Review
OTM Inc spent most of this week working on the Arthur Foss‘s Washington, but first: Update on the Lightship #83 Following our successful preparation of a Preliminary Engineering Report two years ago, Northwest Seaport has asked OTM Inc to submit … Continue reading
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2008 Week 29 in Review
An update from the Duwamish The Worthington Company (1-800-892-6189) does not have any parts for the fireboat Duwamish‘s air compressor. They do stock a lot of parts for old air compressors, but this one is very old and rare. We’ve … Continue reading
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2008 Week One In Review
I began the new year by reassembling the fuel injectors and valves for the Catalyst. The Catalyst is a 1932 research vessel built for the University of Washington–the first purpose-built oceanographic vessel built in the region. It still uses its … Continue reading
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