by fireflypt | Mar 18, 2013 | Motor Vessels, New Work
Western Prince II, which provides whale and wildlife tours in Friday Harbor, is getting a coat of ePaint for the third year. The owner had great success during the previous two years with this environmentally friendly paint. Port Townsend Shipwrights Co-op has been...
by fireflypt | Mar 18, 2013 | Fishing Vessels, New Work
All Star was hauled out at Port Townsend Shipwrights Co-op for new stabilizer poles. Zeke McFadin and Greg Laubach fabricated the aluminum poles. Zeke was completing the installation when the vessel’s owner, Chris Johnson, popped out to say how pleased he was...
by fireflypt | Mar 3, 2013 | Fishing Vessels, New Work
Farewell, a seiner fishing vessel, is hauled out at Port Townsend Shipwrights Co-op for repairs. Project Manager, Ben Tyler, has enlarged and fabricated two new hatches on deck and installed an 8 inch sonar tube. Other work will include, plumbing, electrical, thru...
by fireflypt | Feb 21, 2013 | Motor Vessels, New Work, Uncategorized
The PT 658 is an 80 foot World-War II motor torpedo boat that is being restored by volunteers in Portland, Oregon. It is the last operational patrol boat in existence. The group of volunteers are retired “PT-boaters” who would like to restore the boat as...
by fireflypt | Feb 15, 2013 | Fishing Vessels, New Work
The long-liner St. John II is hauled out at Port Townsend Shipwrights Co-op for work while off season. Greg Fredricks and Paul Van Dyke pulled up the original deck from the 1940’s. They layed, bunged, and faired a the new well-deck of larch. They This week...
