by fireflypt | Apr 23, 2013 | Fishing Vessels, New Work
I.F. Mariner is hauled out at Port Townsend Shipwrights Co-op for a transformation from a Canadian logging vessel to a tender just in time for summer. The currently dry hold will now be skinned and glassed for the new fish hold. Project Lead, Jim Lyons, says the...
by fireflypt | Feb 15, 2013 | Motor Vessels, New Work, Uncategorized
Pete Rust has built the new purple heart engine bed for the Whale Boat at Port Townsend Shipwrights Co-op. Pete is building the aft deck cockpit as well. It will have a bronze cleat for towing or tying up the boat up.
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...
by fireflypt | Nov 26, 2012 | Motor Vessels, New Work
Puget Sound Express hauled out their vessel, Glacier Spirit, at Port Townsend Shipwrights Co-op for annual maintenance. They will be back in the water for December’s festive Christmas Tours to Seattle and the Christmas Ship Parade. Each time the vessel is...
by fireflypt | Nov 16, 2012 | New Work, Sailing Vessels
The newest member of Port Townsend Shipwrights Co-op, Zeke McFadin, built a sailing vessel when he was 20 years old. He named the boat “Ness”. It took him six years to build the steel hull, a Tahitiana Ketch. In 2000, when the boat was completed, Zeke...
