Business as Usual
This week, we are back in the shop cleaning, reading the Local Agency Guidelines Manual for the Lightship #83 project, and working on the website some more.
We’re working hard to get pages about all the known remaining Washington Iron Works and Atlas-Imperial diesel engines up on the web. Don’t worry diesel [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘tugboat maris pearl’
May 10, 2009
2009 Week 19 in Review
Breaking down the party
I spent the first part of the week finishing the big M4 Party. Volunteers and I worked around the clock to clean up and return all the stuff, following the amazing show. Thanks to all those who helped this year!
If you want to be involved in the next M4 party, [...]
April 19, 2009
2009 Week 16 in Review
This week, I replaced the batteries on the Maris Pearl. They are really heavy, and so OTM Inc had its first insurance claim this year. I chipped two of my teeth while we were pushing the heavy cart up the gang way – the handle smacked right into my mouth. I look [...]
April 12, 2009
2009 Week 15 in Review
Back from Mexico!
I got a sunburn, but OTM Inc moved right along.
Calls from Illinois
While I was in Mexico, Dan was fielding a lot of calls from Lamar Construction in Illinois.
They’re coordinating main bearing work on three Fairbanks-Morse diesels that drive water pumps for a drainage system in the middle of corn fields, and of course [...]
April 5, 2009
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 is for sale here in Seattle. It’s a great tug, 91 feet long and built [...]
March 29, 2009
2009 Week 13 in Review
More work on the Maris Pearl
This week, OTM Inc started work on the Maris Pearl’s bilge system. Not too much to report there.
Update on the Lightship #83
Northwest Seaport is getting ready to start the big deck replacement project on the Lightship #83, and they asked OTM Inc to research and compile a list of [...]
March 8, 2009
2009 Week 10 in Review
Work starts on the Maris Pearl
I started working on the Maris Pearl this week, starting at the top of Jay’s checklist. I serviced two of the generators; changed the oil filters, and looked at the belts and impellers. This is all really basic maintenance – just like what you get when you go [...]
March 1, 2009
2009 Week 9 in Review
OTM Inc did a lot of work with the Northwest Seaport this week – both hammering and teaching. But first:
Control head for the Maris Pearl!
I did a little bit of getting ready for working on the Maris Pearl next week. Jay’s got a laundry list of little things that need to be checked [...]
September 28, 2008
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 up, I’ll post pictures and put it up on eBay – hopefully by [...]
August 3, 2008
2008 Week 31 in Review
Sobre las Olas on display
I finished up most of the work on the Sobre las Olas just in time for the “Old-Fashioned Day in the Park” in Marina del rey. It’s a free annual event at Chace Park , right near where the Sobre is moored. Lots of different “vintage” clubs – yachts, [...]
