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Skagit

June 29, 2013

Motor Vessels | New Work

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Skagit is hauled out at Port Townsend Shipwrights Co-op for steel work.  The tug boat is part of the Orion Marine Group.  Zeke McFadin is the leading the project, which includes sandblasting, painting, shafts, removing and replacing tires and installing a new keel cooler.

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