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2010 Week 7 in Review
OTM Inc started the week with another famous all-day bunch. We had artists and hippies and software geeks and rafts of boat trash, all swigging screwdrivers and champagne, eating eggs and bacon and all the hashbrowns they could tolerate. It … Continue reading
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2010 Week 5 in Review
Of course everyone heard how committed our president is to saving the antique diesels engines in his State of the Union address, right? Okay, I guess I didn’t, either – but keep sending those notes to him reminding him that … 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 46 in Review
It turns out you can’t take diesel injectors on a plane. I showed up to Kenmore Air on South Lake Union with three boxes of Washington parts to take with me to the Catalyst in Friday Harbor. I have flown … Continue reading
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2009 Week 42 in Review
New gaskets for the Catalyst First up this week at Old Tacoma Marine Inc, we ordered gaskets for the Catalyst‘s valve cages from Omni Packing & Seal Co. They don’t many take orders for the “sandwich gaskets,” which were originally … Continue reading
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2009 Week 36 in Review
This week was my last cruise aboard the MV Catalyst and was a short hop from Petersburg to Ketchikan. We left Petersburg early Sunday, and sounded the siren in front of Doug’s house (he owns the Katahdin). After a 12-hour … Continue reading
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From the Archives: Old Ferries Never Die
Old Ferries Never Die By Holly Hughes November 5, 1986, The Weekly For people who lived in the San Juan Islands, the Vashon was more than a link with the rest of the world; she was part of the family. … Continue reading
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2009 Week 32 in Review
This week’s cruise aboard the MV Catalyst was from Petersburg to Taku Harbor, stopping at Scenery Cove, Sheldon Cove, West Brother, Sanford Cove, and Fords Terror along the way. We picked up our people in Petersburg and got back in … Continue reading
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