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Latest Fremont Tugboat Newsletter Sept/08
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 OUR FAVORITE STEAM TUG-THANKS TO BILL GARDEN & JOHNNY ADAMS.
 APRIL, 1947. OK WHERE IS BINOUGH BAY? THIS GROUNDING ACTUALLY HAPPENED BUT NO ONE KNOWS WHERE THE BAY IS. I THINK THAT IT IS IN THE SAN JUAN'S BECAUSE OF THE CG 83 BOAT ON THE SCENE AND THE AMERICAN TUGS ROSE AND MARY FRANCES ARE THERE HELPING GET HER OFF THE BEACH.
WELL, I REALLY PULLED A GOOD ONE SOMEHOW: I HIT PUBLISH INSTEAD OF SAVE AND IT AUTOMATICLY SENT OUT THE FIRST FOUR PAGES OF THE NEW BLOG DATED THE 24th OF APRIL WHICH WAS ABOUT WHEN I THOUGHT WE WOULD GET IT DONE AND SENT. WE DELETED IT OFF THE WEB SITE SO IF YOU THOUGHT THAT YOU WERE SEEING THINGS YOU WEREN’T. WE AREN’T QUITE ON SCHEDULE EITHER – MUST BE THE SUN. THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE PUBLISHED IN APRIL BUT WE GOT TOO BUSY WITH BUSINESS.
IN APRIL, THE WEATHER WAS A LITTLE BETTER BUT IT HAILED 1/2 INCH OF ICE ON THE DOCKS IN ABOUT FIVE MINUTES AND DID NOT TOTALLY MELT OVER NIGHT. A LITTLE WARMER SOME DAYS SO THE KIDS WENT BACK TO WORK ON THEIR LATEST BOAT BUILDING PROJECT ON THE ‘NEW TO US’ TUG “GATOR”. LOTS OF WELDING TO DO! THEY STARTED WITH NEW KEEL COOLERS AND BULWARKS. THEY ARE LOOKING FOR AN 8V-71 DETROIT AND A 509 TWIN DISC GEAR 3:1 REDUCTION GEAR, ANY CONDITION. I AM STILL WEARING MY FUR LINED PARKA HOME AT NIGHT BECAUSE I AM NEVER SURE WHAT THE WEATHER WILL BE IN THE MORNING. OF COURSE OUR TAXI THE “JEEP” HAS NO CABIN. ALSO I AM STILL LOOKING FOR A OLD WOOD ROWING SKIFF 12 TO 14 FEET LONG.
WEATHER UPDATE – WE HAD THE NICEST OPENING DAY IN RECENT MEMORY. OOPS, THAT’S FOR MAY’S BLOG. WE ARE JUST A LITTLE LATE.
MORE BIRTHDAY PARTIES THIS MONTH, MARINA MAY, OUR GRANDDAUGHTER, TURNED 11 AND CAPT. TOM TURNED 42.
I BOUGHT A VERY TRADITIONAL MODEL FROM A 2nd HAND STORE. I NAMED HER “CAROL M” FOR CAPT. MORGAN’S BOAT THAT HE BOUGHT FROM ME YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS SELLING BOATS. IT WAS THE “RALJON” A 50 FT CRUISER BUILT BY LAKE UNION DRYDOCK – A VERY HEAVY DUTY YACHT. SHE HAD A 844 BUDA DIESEL. MY MOTHER, MAY, AND I PICKED HER UP AT POULSBO AND SHE WAS SUCH A NEAT BOAT THAT I ALMOST TURNED LEFT AND WENT TO THE SAN JUAN’S WITH HER. CAPTAIN MORGAN WAS THE REAL THING AND HE HAD JUST RETIRED FROM TUGBOATING ON THE GREAT LAKES SO HE BOUGHT HER FOR HIS LIVEABOARD YACHT. HIS WIFE, CAROL, JOINED HIM AND THEY WERE HERE FOR MANY YEARS UNTIL HIS HEALTH WENT SOUR. ANYWAY IT WAS FUN FINDING THE MODEL BECAUSE IT BROUGHT BACK SO MANY MEMORIES. CAP MORGAN COULD CURSE FOR 15 MINUTES AND NOT REPEAT HIMSELF, BUT HE WOULD HAVE LIKED THE MODEL.
MORE INFO: GRANT SNYDER SOLD HIS TUG “PEGGY” (EX-PEGGY FOSS) TO AMERICAN CONSTRUCTION OF TACOMA AND IT’S NOW UP HERE AFTER HE TOWED IT UP THE COAST.
 "CAROL M" PHOTO BY MARK FREEMAN.
 "CAROL M" PHOTO BY MARK FREEMAN.
CHUCK FOWLER, OUR MAN IN OLYMPIA, WAS AWARDED THE VERY PRESTIGEOUS MURRAY MORGAN AWARD BY THE TACOMA HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
 OLD SALT, CHUCK FOWLER.
- THE AWARD RECOGNIZES SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENT IN HISTORICAL RESEARCH AND WRITING. BRAVO ZULU CHUCK.
 THE SCHOONER "ADVENTURESS" WAS IN OLYMPIA LAST YEAR AND SOME ROTTEN GUY STOLE THE STEERING WHEEL . HERE IS THE STORY OF ALL THE PEOPLE THAT HELPED OUT IN REPLACING THE WHEEL. THE ARTICLES WERE IN THE OYMPIAN NEWSPAPER.
 THANKS TO THE OLYMPIAN FOR ALL THE NEWS.
CHUCK FOWLER GAVE ME THIS PHOTO OF THE OLD TUG “MIZPAH”. HE GOT IT AT A ROTARY MEETING FROM RETIRED SUPREME COURT JUSTICE GERRY ALEXANDER WHOSE LATE DAD WAS THE PUBLISHER OF THE OLD OLYMPIA WEEKLY NEWSPAPER. HIS QUESTION IS WHO IS STANDING ON THE BOW IN THE NICE SUIT?
CHUCK THINKS THAT IT IS CAPT. VOLNEY YOUNG OF CAPITAL CITY TUG CO. INTERESTING THAT I USED TO RUN THE TUG WHEN MY DAD OWNED HER WHEN I WAS A KID.
 MISS BLUE AND HER BRAND NEW CHEVY. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO
 PEANUT: IT'S A DOG NOT A PEANUT. PHOTO OUR MISS BLUE.
 MARGIE INSPECTING MY NEW PIRATE SHIP THE "BLACK PRINCE" COMPLETE WITH BLACK SAILS. ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO
 MORE BIRTHDAY GIFTS. TOM BULSON GAVE ME THE TOW BITT OFF THE "BARF". MARGIE & ERIK MAKING SURE THAT IT'S THE REAL THING.
 THE BIRTHDAY BS WAS THICK. MARGIE FREEMAN PHOTO.
 KEEGAN & LIV FLEW IN FROM MINNESOTA JUST TO MAKE THE PARTY. MARGIE FREEMAN PHOTO.
 MARINA MAY'S BIRTHDAY PARTY SHE IS THE ONE WITH THE TONGUE OUT.
 "PACIFIC PATRIOT" A KIRBY TUG AT NORTHLAKE SHIPYARD. MARGIE FREEMAN PHOTO.
 BIG REPAIR AND REPAINT JOB AT NORTHLAKE SHIPYARD TO U.S. NAVY YRR 11. MARGIE FREEMAN PHOTO.
 DOG BOAT "HUSKY" OUT OF WATER AT NORTHLAKE SHIPYARD. MARGIE FREEMAN PHOTO.
 QUIGG BROTHERS "IRONMAN" SLIPPING BY. THEY HAVE BEEN REPLACING THE FENDERING ON THE UNIVERSITY BRIDGE. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 U.S. SEAFOODS HAS BOUGHT THE NOAA DOCKS AND ARE REBUILDING THE DOCKS AFTER THE BAD FIRE. MARGIE FREEMAN PHOTO.
 WATERFRONT CONSTRUCTION HAS THE REPAIR JOB AT THE OLD NOAA DOCKS. MARGIE FREEMAN PHOTO.
 RICHARD SEABORN CAME A-VISITING WITH HIS NEWLY REBUILT TUG "PETER H". MARK FREEMAN PHOTO,
 ISLAND TUG'S "ISLAND BREEZE" (EX-"CHINOOK") MAKES IT'S DAILY RUN FROM THE PIT TO KENMORE AND THEY ALWAYS WAVE OR FLASH THE LIGHT. MARGIE FREEMAN PHOTO.
 "DIXIE" WITH "PACIFIC STAR " ALONGSIDE GOING FROM STABBERTS' TO RED SALMON PACK. MARGIE FREEMAN PHOTO.
 AMERICAN CONSTRUCTION HAD A JOB ON WESTLAKE. MARGIE FREEMAN PHOTO.
 HERE AMERICAN'S TUG THE "TULALIP" LAYS ALONGSIDE HER BARGE. SHE WAS A U.S.ARMY ST.LIKE THE "STANDFAST" AND SHE HAS OR HAD A 343 CAT. MARGIE FREEMAN PHOTO.
 WE ARE GOING TO TOW THE SCHOONER "ZODIAC" OUT OF NORTHLAKE SHIPYARD WHERE SHE HAD BEEN IN DRYDOCK. ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 WE TIED UP "ZODIAC" AT HER BERTH IN SOUTH LAKE UNION. ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 STABBERT'S CRANE BARGE NAMED FOR DAVE UPDIKE. ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 BIG AND BEAUTIFUL BOATS AT STABBERTS'. ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 "JIMMY SMITH" (EX-"GULF COMMANDER") A KIRBY TUG IN TOW BY "DIXIE". MARGIE FREEMAN PHOTO.
 "GENERAL LEE" ASSISTING "JIMMY SMITH". MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 RICHIE ON THE STERN OF THE "JIMMY SMITH". MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 BATMAN AND I AT WORK. HE IS A BIG HELP! MARGIE FREEMAN PHOTO.
 PIRATE SHIP "BLACK PRINCE" AND "KEY LARGO" COAST GUARD CUTTER. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 "HMS SURPRISE" FROM MASTER AND COMMANDER. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 ANOTHER MUSEUM MODEL. I BUILT THE MODEL OF THE MOTOR LIFEBOAT "INVINCIBLE" IN THE EARLY 1960's. I FIGURED SHE HAD SAVED MY LIFE AT LEAST 100 TIMES SO I BETTER GIVE BACK SOMETHING. LIFEBOAT STATION SAILOR IS THE TITLE OF MY NEW (UNPUBLISHED) BOOK. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 NEW MODEL DIE CAST OF HMS "HOOD' SUNK IN THE ATLANTIC DURING THE START OF WW II; THREE LIVED. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 "ARTHUR FOSS" IF YOU STAND NEXT TO HER YOU CAN HEAR THE WATER RUSHING BY AND YOU CAN SMELL THE HOT LUBE OIL AND DIESEL. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 STEAMER THOMAS L. BULSON. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 FOREDECK OF THE "COLUMBIA". MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 OUR "SOVEREIGN" PUSHING "SEA FOX". MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 CROWLEYS "SEA BREEZE" WITH THE "BULWARK" ALONGSIDE HEADED FOR LAKE UNION DRYDOCK. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 BOB SHREWSBURY'S "ROSE". WHAT A BEAUTIFUL TUG. SHE HAD A 65 HP UNION DIESEL. LATER BOB INSTALLED A 6-71 GM ON A 4 1/2: 1 GEAR.
 "ROSE" WITH NEW ENGINE PULLING ON A LOG RAFT. OSCAR JOHNSON HAS THE HEAD END WITH THE "TRAVELER".
 DRILL SHIP "KULLUK" LOADED ON A SUBMERSIBLE SHIP ENROUTE TO A SHIP YARD IN SINGAPORE. I DON'T KNOW WHO TOOK THE PHOTO AS ERIK SENT IT TO ME.
 BIG HUGE SHIP THAT COULD LIFT THE "KULLUK " OUT OF WATER.
 CROWEYS "OCEAN WAVE" STANDING BY THE "KULLUK" WHICH IS OUT OF WATER ON THE DECK OF THE "XIANG RUI KOU" IN CAPTAINS BAY ALASKA. PHOTO BY GEOFF BAKER - CROWLEY SOLUTIONS BASED IN ANCHORAGE, ALASKA. THANK YOU GREAT PICTURE!
 MY "A-1" AND "TEAL" GOING AT IT IN OLYMPIA RACE.
OUR LADY IN SALMON BAY, JULI TALLINO, SENDS ON TWO PHOTOS. THANKS JULI.
 SIG'S CRAB BOAT THE "NORTHWESTERN" FROM THE 'DEADLIEST CATCH' TV SERIES. JULI TALLINO PHOTO
 BOB & KATHY JORDAN'S "PARRY". PHOTO SENT IN BY JULI, PHOTO BY PAUL-DEN-OUDEN.
 JONES MARINE NEW/OLD TUG "HELEN J" . BUILT IN 1992 BUT JUST LAUNCHED AS AN UNDER TONNAGE TUG - A RULE BEATER -AND THAT'S THE BEST KIND AND SHE'S GOT 2400 HP. PHOTO FROM RON BURCHETT.
 TRACY & GYLES SEND IN THIS NIGHT TIME PHOTO OF THE "GENERAL LEE" PUSHING ON THE "DIXIE" AND HER TOW.. THANKS FOR THE NEAT PHOTO.
OUR MAN, STAN WILLHIGHT, ON WHIDBEY ISLAND SENDS IN THESE NEAT PHOTOS. I REALLY LIKE THE FIRST ONE OF THE CATES TUG – WHAT ENGINE DID SHE HAVE? AND, WAS THE PHOTO TAKEN RIGHT AFTER THE WAR?
 CHARLES H CATES THE VII. I HAVE THE STEAM ENGINE OUT OF THE CATES NO. 9. PHOTO FROM STAN WILLHIGHT.
 TWO BOYER TUGS WAITING TO TOW THE BARGE WITH THE NEW FERRYS' HOUSE ON IT, HALLIE H & DIANE H. STAN WILLHIGHT PHOTO.
 BARGE THAT WILL BE LOADED WITH THE NEW HOUSE FOR THE FERRY "TOKITAE" THAT NICHOLS BROS JUST BUILT AT FREELAND. STAN WILLHIGHT PHOTO.
 NEW HOUSE FOR "TOKITAE" BUT THERE IS NO FERRY UNDER IT JUST DRY LAND. STAN WILLHIGHT PHOTO.
 ANOTHER VIEW OF THE NEW HOUSE LOOKING FOR A HULL. STAN WILLHIGHT PHOTO.
THANKS STAN FOR KEEPING US RIGHT UP TO DATE.
OUR MAN IN COOS BAY, BOB RICHARDSON, SENDS PHOTOS FROM THE OREGON COAST.
 TUG "NORTH BEND " AND LOG SHIP. BOB RICHARDSON PHOTO.
 DUNLAP'S "MANFRED NYSTROM" AND CHIP BARGE JUST ENTERING COOS BAY JUST PASSING BOB'S HOUSE. BOB RICHARDSON PHOTO.
 HARRY HAMILTON, PILOT, CHARLIE YATES AND CAPT. GUS BEAUDRY OF THE TUG "NORTH BEND". BOB RICHARDSON PHOTO.
 HARRY HAMILTON AND CHARLIE YATES, PILOT. LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THE STERN OF THE TUG THAT THEY ARE ON. BOB RICHARDSON PHOTO.
 "ROUGHNECK" SHE WAS AN ARMY LT. NOW A JERRY WHITE TUG. CAPT. CHRIS COMMON RECENTLY TOWED A SHIP FROM HAWAII TO BROWNVILLE, TEXAS. BOB RICHARDSON PHOTO.
 "COOS BAY" CAPT. CHRIS COMMON - HE DOES GET AROUND - DECKING IS DERECK DAVISSON. BOB RICHARDSON PHOTO.
THANKS BOB FOR ALL THE PICTURES OF THAT HILLY COUNTRY.
 SEATTLE TUGBOAT RACE
 OUR UP TO THE MINUTE TUGBOAT RACE RESULTS, OFFICIALLY UNOFFICIAL. THANKS CHUCK!
 TOM STEVENS SENT THIS NOTICE IN. PHOTO AND MODEL BY TOM.
THANKS TO ALL OF YOU WHO SENT IN PICTURES AND FACTS SO THAT I CAN SHARE ALL THIS INFORMATION AND ONE PHOTO AT A TIME. I CAN SCAN AND COPY ANYTHING THAT YOU SEND ME AND RETURN IT TO YOU GOOD AS NEW. STEVE OVER AT BALLARD PRINTING DOES A WONDERFUL JOB ON COPYING SCRAP BOOKS; HE ALSO MAKES UP PART OF OUR CALENDAR ORDER. MY SUPER SCANNING TOOL LETS ME COPY RIGHT OUT OF A BOOK OR WHAT EVER I WANT TO COPY.
WANT
1. AN 8V-71 and or A 6-71 DETROIT DIESEL.
2. A 509 3:1 REDUCTION GEAR.
3. - I FOUND AND BOUGHT A NICE WOOD SKIFF, THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR LOOKING!!
4. NEW AND OLD TUGBOAT PHOTOS.
5. PHOTOS INSIDE THE LOCKS OF OUR INLAND SEA.
6. THE TUG MODEL OF THE “CHERYL ANN”
I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I DID 2 BLOGS IN APRIL BUT ONLY GOT TIME TO PUBLISH ONE.
THANKS TO YOU ALL, MARK & MARGIE FREEMAN, CAPTAINS ERIK AND TOM, MARK FREEMAN’S MARITIME MUSEUM, FREMONT BOAT COMPANY, FREMONT TUGBOAT CO., AL, SANDY, RICHIE, MISS BLUE AND PEANUT AND THE THREE CATS BATMAN, RAZ AND BRAVEHEART (INDY).
 "VAMOOSE" A PAT STOPPELMAN TUG.
MY OLD TIME FRIEND, JAY PETERSON, CROSSED OVER THE BAR AND THIS IS MY OBITUARY FOR HIM MADE UP OUT OF LETTERS AND PICTURES THAT HE SENT ME OVER A PERIOD OF TIME. HE WAS AN OLD-TIME TUGBOAT MAN. HE STARTED SAILING IN THE 1930s FOR PUGET SOUND TUG AND BARGE AND FINISHED HIS CAREER WORKING FOR FOSS LAUNCH AND TUG. HE WAS SUCH A VERY NICE PERSON.
OBITUARY SENT FROM JAY’S DAUGHTER, NAYNA.
 JAY'S PHOTO FROM FOSS TOWBITTS
This is in response to a letter I had sent him…
Hemet CA. 16 March 1999
Dear Friends,
No Mark, you had not sent me the Crowley calendar and I am tickled to get it. I have many foud memories of these vessels and the men I worked for and with in the late 30s and 40s.
And Capt. Lindley Davis, he was from Lopez Island along with a few other Davis’ like Russell, Leonard, Hilliard, Lynn, Noel all related and I’m sure more. My Dad was born on San Juan Island in 1882. His folks had home steaded on the Island before the Pig War and I’m sure the Davis’ probably did the same on Lopez. At any rate Captain Lindley Davis and my dad worked together when they were kids on the old cannery tugs in the San Juan Islands and remained close friends throughout their lives.
I believe I wrote to you earlier that my Dad had been Skipper of the yacht BONHOMIE until she was sold to the Whittier family, this being in the spring of 1937. Which just happened to be when Captain Lindley showed up in San Pedro to buy the COMMISSIONER. The timing was just right as we were moving back to Seattle with my dad returning to Alaska Steam Ship as Pilot.
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We loaded all of our household furnishings into the hold on the COMMISSIONER, my mother drove the car with my two sisters up to Seattle and my Dad went as one of the mates and I went as mess boy. The Skipper who had been with Merritt Chapman & Scott was Captain Loring Hyde who later during WW II was Skipper of the DISCOVERER @ Port Angeles, the other Mate was Leb Curtis who went Skipper on the COMMISSIONER for Capt. Davis.
We got outside the breakwater leaving San Pedro and ran into strong N.W. wind & seas all the way to San Francisco. Boy did I get sea-sick – took us 2-3 days to get there.
We were to pick up the WOODWARD and tow it to Seattle. I got off in San Francisco and took the bus to Oregon and caught up with my mother who was visiting her sister near Bandon. I could not walk a straight line for a week, too much up and down.
By the time we got to Seattle my Dad had taken the ACTIVE back to San Francisco for Captain Davis and return. I wanted to go to work again but being only 15 they made me go back to school at West Seattle High. I toughed it out that winter and thru 1938. The summer of 1939 Captain Davis put me on the DOLLY C under Red Rossart – 4 man crew those days, later they put on a extra deckhand. I worked all summer then went back to school for my senior year.
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The following May I was back on the DOLLY C, seems most of the time towing gravel scows from Steilacoom to either Bremerton for the graving dock they were building or to Puget Sound Bridge yard in Seattle where they were building the pontoons for the first Lake Washington Floating Bridge. Most of the time we had 3 or 4 scows and never less than 2. When she had the Workspoor engine she was engine room control and carried 2 engineers and had a 6 or 7 man crew. With the 240 Fairbanks she had wheelhouse control but hand steering, seven revolutions hard over to hard over. Also no brake on the flywheel and if juggled too fast and not being familiar with her, the engine would not go the right direction and by the time you figured out that she wasn’t sucking air on the wheel you had bounced off a scow. Another thing about the 240 Fairbanks was she had a wet base oiling system and we were forever burning out crank bearings and pulling pistons. They eventually put in a new system and that solved some of the problems. She went North to Womens Bay, Kodiak – late 1940 or so with Red Rossart as Skipper, under charter to PSB &D Co. they were dredging Womens Bay for the Navy and of course when the war started the Navy took over and used her for a harbor tug at Kodiak and later Dutch Harbor.
I’m not sure of the arrangements between Cary-Davis – Drummonds – Pacific Towboat & Gilkeys but when the merger took
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place the white stripe was painted on all the stacks and the colors were all changed to Cary Davis or Puget Sound Tug & Barge colors. It is my understanding that Pacific Towboat & Gilkey’s were given so many shares of that merger. Well in 1940 the Foss Family got together with Louie Moe and the Gilkeys and ended up owning both of them along with some shares of Puget Sound Tug & Barge. And this just after Puget Sound had repowered the NEPTUNE and purchased a new engine for the EQUATOR and a new engine 300 HP for the CHICKAMAUGA. The EQUATOR got to 300 HP Enterprise but the 300 HP Atlas for the CHICKEN went into the DOUGLAS. I was mate on the DOUGLAS for George Anderson when that engine was new. She was a fair sized tug and that engine sure looked little in her engine room. The white stripe disappeared when Foss bought Pacific Towboat & Gilkey’s.
The thing I remembered most about the HUMACONNA is she was sold to Merrill & Ring Lbr. Co. during the depression years. They had a big camp at Physt River and she towed logs from there to various mills up sound. Captain Jay Thurston was Skipper at that time. He was Stan’s uncle, he was later on the NEPTUNE and ended up with Foss out of Port Angeles towing logs late 40s.
I had a short wave radio when I was a kid and I always had it tuned to 2638KC or 2738KC when I was home,
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Radio telephones were becoming popular for keeping track of the tugs in those days.
In early 1942 I went 2nd engineer on the COMMISSIONER, Duke Pomeroy was chief and Jack McRae was Skipper. We were towing for the Corps of Engs. from Seattle to Cold Bay Alaska and Cheronofski in the Aluetians. In late 42 we went in convoy to Adak where the Army had landed then back to Atka for another landing. We spent the next 8 months at Atka lightering from ships to the beach. The COMMISSIONER carried a 3 watch crew of 10 men. The 3 engineers kept steam up on the boiler as it was used for heat, also the tow winch, anchor windless and boom hoist were all steam driven. The steering gear was air driven. The aux eng. was on the opposite side of the engine controls along with the air pumps. When the Skipper would be juggling with a tow the engineer on watch would be busier than a 2 headed cat in a bird cage. When we got back from the Aleutians in 1943 we found out the Army Transport had taken her over so the Skipper and Duke and I went into the Army Transport with her. By the time we headed n orth towing the sternwheeler BARRY K for the Kuskokwin River
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we had a crew of 21 which included 10 in the engine room, 3 engineers, 3 oilers, 3 firemen and a wiper, that’s going from one extreme to the other. After delivering to Goodnews Bay we ran up to St. Michaels & picked up a couple of Yukon River barges and delivered them back to Goodnews Bay, then out to Adak again as the Attu or Kiska push was near. After some engine problems we ended up in Seattle and Duke and I were assigned to one of the new 148 ft F.S. supply boats out of Bellingham Shipyards. She had a 5 cylinder Fairbanks like the NEPTUNE’s rated at 875 H.P. On her we packed troops and supplies from Whittier and Seward to Adak.
After the war I was back at Puget Sound again as mate on the ACTIVE with George Anderson. It wasn’t long before Captain Davis and Crowley had a bid on the 2 MIKIs for Puget Sound and George and I, Ray Small, Wenn Millat, port engineer and Dexter McDaniels were sent down to Alameda to pick them up. We ran what became the MONARCH (LT466) as she was like new right out of the shipyard and towed the other that became the HERCULES (LT463). We ran into a fresh Northwester out of San Francisco and our towgear parted about 30 miles off Eureka. Well we got the radio
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working and the Coast Guard sent a cutter out but it was too rough for them to put a boat over. After drifting for 2 days George said the hell with it and he got the MONARCH in the same trough as HERCULES & we were able to get a deck hand and Dexter McDaniels an engineer across in 3 tries and doing very minor damage to the guards. He backed off while they checked out below decks. Within a short time we saw a puff of smoke from one of the auxilarys – we figured he was pumping her out but he was really pumping air. In just a short time he fired up the main engine and Dexter and the deckhand followed us in over the sloppy Humboldt Bay Bar, as soon as inside they shut her down & we took them alongside into the pier. As I re-call Jim Cary was there to meet us get us out of town again which we did on the next flood tide. After working between the MONARCH & HERCULES with George & Kelly Sprague for a couple of years I decided I wanted to work inside waters and be home a little more. I had a failed marriage during the war years and I was thinking about
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getting married again. At any rate John Lee who had become the Chief Dispatcher and Operating Mgr for Puget Sound, as Captain Davis was semi-retired, put me on the DOLLY C as Skipper. At this time she still had the old 240 Fairbanks. She didn’t get the 268A until after I had left Puget Sound. She was a neat tug to run and I always enjoyed my time on her.
I have known Jim Cary ever since I started @ Puget Sound and he was liked by all on the waterfront. We still hear from his wife Eleanor during the holiday season. The last I heard Jim’s son Cal Cary was a Pilot up in Cook Inlet Alaska. He had been with Foss in the 70s as Skipper on the ALASKA HUSKY. Just a top notch person. I haven’t heard but assume Jim is still alive and in the care home on Magnolia Bluff. I did get married again in 1949 Mark, got on with Foss in the late 1950 and into the office the spring of 1951, taking the place of Barney Bruce who was transferred to Anacortes – Gilkey’s office.
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I became assistant Dispatcher under Walt Hedwall and Sid Campbell and everyone else in the office and also worked all the log storages between Ballard and Renton along with handling the Foss Car Barges @ Milwalkee Slip. The hours were long and the work hard but I was home most of the time. Arthur and Wedell Foss were still active at the time and everyone in the operating department worked hard. I spent the next 29 years at Foss and have unforgettable memories of the people I served with both in the office and on the tugs. They went out of their way to make their employees part of the family at Foss. Shirley and I will be celebrating our 50th anniversary this summer.
I am sending you copies of the tug FRANK B which became the LIVELY and the PHILLIPS FOSS and some pictures of the COMMISSIONER when the army took over.
Well Mark this is my letter, not for edification but to say thank you for bringing back the memories.
Best Regards
Jay Peterson
 THE "BONHOMIE", JAY'S DAD WAS SKIPPER ON HER. PHOTO FROM THE DOC FREEMAN COLLECTION.
 THE "COMMISSIONER". PHOTO JOE WILLIAMSON.
 "WOODWARD" BECAME THE "NEPTUNE" AFTER THE "COMMISSIONER" TOWED HER HOME. PHOTO MARK FREEMAN MARITIME MUSEUM.
 THE "ACTIVE" IN BALLARD APPROACHING THE LOCKS. PHOTO RAY KRANTZ.
 THE"DOLLY C" IN THE SHIP CANAL. PHOTO JOE WILLIAMSON.
 240 H.P. FAIRBANKS ENGINE IN THE "DOLLY C". PHOTO FROM JIM CARY.
 THE FAMOUS "NEPTUNE". RAY KRANTZ PHOTO.
 THE "EQUATOR". PHOTO JOE WILLIAMSON.
 THE "CHICKAMAUGA" JUST BEFORE THE FREMONT BRIDGE. PHOTO JOE WILLIAMSON.
 THE "DOUGLAS" . PHOTO JOE WILLIAMSON.
 THE "HUMACONNA", SHE WAS A WW I SHIPPING BOARD TUG. PHOTO JOE WILLIAMSON.
 THE "DOLLY C" WITH A NAVY CREW OF 8 MEN. PHOTO FROM THE FORGOTTEN WAR VOL. III.
 IN THE "COMMISSIONER'S" ENGINE ROOM JAY - KNEELING IN UNIFORM AS 2ND ASSISANT ENGINEER. LEFT TO RIGHT DUKE, THE CHIEF AND JACK , THE SKIPPER. JAY PETERSON PHOTO. JUNE 1943
 THIS IS 148 FS FREIGHTER OF THE CLASS THAT JAY WAS ON SHE IS FS 246. UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER.
 THE "MONARCH" AT HER BEST. PHOTO JOE WILLIAMSON.
 THE "HERCULES" PHOTO JOE WILLIAMSON.
 FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, DEXTER McDANIELS, BEN ANDERSON, JAY PETERSON, CAPT. JIM HENSHAW, CAPT. PETE BOCK, CAPT. GEORGE ANDERSON, JOHN LEE PRESIDENT PUGET SOUND TUG & BARGE, CAPT. RAY QUINN, CAPT. LES REYNOLDS JIM CARY. PHOTO FROM JAY PETERSON.
 THE "LIVELY' IN LAKE UNION. JOE WILLIAMSON PHOTO.
 THE "PHILLIPS FOSS" WAS THE "LIVELY". PHOTO JOE WILLIAMSON.
 JAY IS RUNNING THE WORK BOAT OFF THE "TETON". PHOTO FROM JAY PETERSON.
 PHOTO FROM PACIFIC MOTOR BOAT.
 THE "TETON" BEAUTIFUL MIKI-MIKI. PHOTO FROM JAY PETERSON.
A LOT OF THE PHOTOS WERE TAKEN BY MY FRIENDS JOE WILLIAMSON & RAY KRANTZ – ANOTHER GREAT MARINE PHOTOGRAPHER. BOTH OF THEM KEPT THEIR PHOTO BOATS OVER THE YEARS AT FREMONT BOAT SO I KNEW MOST OF THE THE FELLOWS THAT TOOK TUGBOAT PICTURES. I STARTED BUYING TUG PICTURES FROM JOE IN 1947 FOR 25 CENTS EACH.AMD I STILL HAVE THEM. JAY SENT ME A CERTAIN NUMBER AND HE GAVE ME ALL HIS PACIFIC MOTOR BOAT MAGAZINES - HE EVEN DROVE THEM UP FROM HEMET, CA. THANKS TO ALL WHO MAKE THESE KIND OF ARTICLES POSSIBLE. WE WILL SURE MISS JAY – A GENTLE GIANT OF A MAN.
MARK & MARGIE FREEMAN
MARCH WEATHER – LOTS OF RAIN AND BLOW BUT THE TEMPERATURE DID GET TO 50 SO THERE IS HOPE OUT THERE. OF COURSE THEY HAD TO START DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME, SO WE’RE ALL YAWNING AND LIKE MY MOTHER ALWAYS SAID ‘IT MAY STAY LIGHTER LATER BUT IT’S STILL COLD “. AS I FINALLY GET THIS TO ‘PRESS’, THE WEATHER HAS TURNED TO WONDERFUL, MILD SPRING DAYS. HAPPY EASTER!
WE HAD A BIG MEETING IN MY OFFICE ABOUT THE SCHOONER “ADVENTURESS” TURNING 100 YEARS OLD THIS YEAR. THE MEETING WAS ATTENTED BY CHUCK FOWLER; CAPT. KENNETH GREFF, PRESIDENT OF SOUND EXPERIENCE; CATHERINE COLLINS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR SOUND EXPERIENCE AND MARK AND MARGIE FREEMAN. THE PURPOSE OF THE GET TOGETHER WAS FOR ME TO SHARE ALL THE INFORMATION THAT I HAD ON THE “ADVENTURESS”. MY DAD, “DOC”, BOUGHT THE SCHOONER FROM THE SAN FRANCISCO BAR PILOTS IN 1951 AND SAILED HER UP THE COAST - EXPERIENCING 45 KNOT WINDS AND ROUGH SEAS IN FEBRUARY 1952. HIS CREW WERE JACK McCRARY, REX BARTLETT, ED ANDERSON AND DOUG FRYER. DOUG IS THE ONLY ONE ALIVE TODAY.
NOW FOR THE REST OF THE STORY: I WAS 17 AND JUST DOING MY FINALS AT LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL GETTING READY TO GRADUATE MID-YEAR. I ASKED MY FOLKS IF I COULD GO ALONG ON THE TRIP AND THE ANSWER WAS “NO, FINISH YOUR SCHOOLING.” SOME HOW I KNEW THAT WOULD BE MY FIRST AND LAST CHANCE TO COME UP THE COAST ON A SAILING SHIP IN THE MIDDLE OF WINTER. I PUT IN LOTS OF YEARS ON THE COAST BUT NEVER IN A SAILING SHIP AND I AM STILL MAD ABOUT THAT ONE. I HAVE TOWED SAILING SHIPS (THE “WAWONA”) AND NUMEROUS TIMES I HAVE TOWED THE “ADVENTURESS” WHEN EVER SHE WAS IN TROUBLE, BUT NO SAILING UP THE COAST IN THE MIDDLE OF WINTER. TO TOP IT OFF WHEN THEY GOT INTO SHILSHOLE THEY HAD THE BIG ATLAS RUNNING AND THEY WERE GOING TO TEST THE CLUTCH BEFORE MAKING THE LOCKS. WOW! DOC THROUGH HER INTO NEUTRAL AND A FORK IN THE CLUTCH BROKE, FLYING OUT OF THE CLUTCH AT ABOUT 100 MPH, BOUNCING AROUND THE ENGINE ROOM AND HIT ED ANDERSON BETWEEN THE EYES AND BROKE HIS GLASSES. LUCKY IT HAD EXPENDED ITS ENERGY SAILING AROUND THE ENGINE ROOM OR IT WOULD HAVE KILLED HIM ON THE SPOT. OF COURSE THEY HAD NO POWER SO I THINK IT WAS JACK WHO GOT ASHORE AND CAME IN AND GOT MY TUG THE “JERKMORE” AND TOWED HER INTO FREMONT BOAT. SO I MISSED OUT ALL THE WAY AROUND.
WE GAVE KEN A LOT OF PHOTOS OF HER AND THE DOCUMENT AND SALES AGREEMENTS AND THEIR COPIES WILL BE MADE A PART OF HER PERMANENT COLLECTION. THANKS TO CHUCK FOWLER FOR PUTTING ALL OF THIS TOGETHER. A SMALL NOTE TO HISTORY SINCE WE ARE ON THAT SUBJECT: ED ANDERSON AND HIS DAD BUILT THE STEAMER VIRGINIA V AND MY DAD OWNED HER FOR A WHILE DURING WW II.
- “ADVENTURESS” FEB 1952 DOUG FRYER AND DOC FREEMAN AT FREMONT BOAT. SEATTLE TIMES PHOTO ?
- CREW OF THE “ADVENTURESS” FROM LEFT: JACK McCRARY, REX BARTLETT, O.H. ‘DOC’ FREEMAN, ED ANDERSON AND DOUG FRYER. FEB. 1952. JOE WILLIAMSON PHOTO.
- “ADVENTURESS” MEETING FROM LEFT: MARK FREEMAN, CHUCK FOWLER, CATHERINE COLLINS AND KEN GREFF. MARGIE FREEMAN PHOTO.
OVER THE BAR.
LOST SOME MORE FRIENDS: NITA FORAKER - PAINTER, AUTHOR AND FOR YEARS SHE DID THE MOST WONDERFUL NEWSLETTER FOR THE RETIRED TUG ASSOCIATION.
JERRY BURKE, LONG TIME FRIEND WHO WAS A PART OF THE BURKE FAMILY IN FREMONT.
LYNN CAMPBELL OF HARBOR TOURS (NOW ARGOSY) AND PARTNER IN PUGET SOUND LOGPATROL #2.
ALL OF THESE FOLKS HAVE SPECIAL PLACES IN OUR MINDS AND HEARTS – WHEN YOU REMEMBER SOMEONE, THEY LIVE ON.
2013 FEB.19
- GENERAL CRANE BEING TOWED BY “SOLANO AND MUD CAT”. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
- MARGIE AND BATMAN. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
- DIXIE & GENERAL LEE” SHIFTING THE “PACIFIC STAR”. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
- “ARGONAUT II”: CAUGHT HER ON THE WAY TO WORK. MARGIE FREEMAN PHOTO.
- “DIXIE” HEADED EAST WITH “OCEAN PIONEER”. MARGIE FREEMAN PHOTO.
- “DIXIE” WITH KIRBY TUG “PARAGON” ALONGSIDE, JUST PAST FREMONT BRIDGE. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
- “PARAGON” JUST CLEARING AURORA BRIDGE. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
- ENGINE ROOM OF “BLUEBERRY” MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
2013 02-20
- ONE OF CHARLES WHITES SCRAPBOOKS THAT I HAD COPIED AT BALLARD PRINTING. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
- COUNTER KITTY AT THE BALLARD RECYCLE STORE. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
- THE COUNTER KITTY DECIDED THAT MY BACK WAS THE PLACE TO BE. ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO.
- SANDY’S BIRTHDAY CAKE. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
- JULI TALLINO LOOKING OVER SOME PHOTOS OF HER BOAT THE “IVER’. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
- “SOLANO” WITH ONE AHEAD FOR THE NEW BRIDGE PROJECT. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
- RICHARD SEABORN’S NEW SHORTENED TUG THE “PETER H” HARD AT WORK PUSHING HIS SEA & SHORE CONSTRUCTION BARGE. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
- FOSS 300 SALVAGING THE “GILLSPRAY”. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
- AMERICAN TUGBOAT CO. IN EVERETT USED TO OWN THE “IRENE”; NOW SHE IS A YACHT AND SHE HAS A WONDERFUL SOUNDING HEAVY DUTY IN HER. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
- “RUBY IVX” LYING AT EWING STREET MOORINGS. SHE HAS HER ORIGINAL 300 HP WASHINGTON. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
- STABBERT BOUGHT THE “PATHFINDER” FROM CROWLEY AFTER SHE WENT ASHORE ON BLIGH REEF. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
- CAPT. ERIK ON THE “DIXIE” WAITING FOR THE “PATHFINDER” TO BE DRYDOCKED, THEN THEY WILL SHIFT THE DRYDOCK. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
- CAPT. TOM BULSON THE OTHER HALF OF FREMONT TUG. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
- WW II POWER SCOW THE “BALAENA” LYING AT TRIDENT. THEY WERE CALLED BSP FOR BARGE SCOW POWERED DURING THE WAR. NEAT BOATS AND SEAWORTHY. THE HOTSHOTS ALWAYS TOLD THE GIRLS THAT THEY WERE CAPTAIN OF A BSD WHICH WASN’T A BOAT BUT A ‘ BIG STEEL DESK’. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
- “BRITTANY” AT THE TRIDENT DOCK – SHE LOOKS LIKE A NEW SISTER TO THE “BALAENA”. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
- “JOHN N. COBB” LYING AT THE MARITIME SCHOOL. WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO HER? MARGIE FREEMAN PHOTO.
- “MYSTERY BAY” OLD TRI-STAR BOAT LOOKING GOOD. MARGIE FREEMAN PHOTO.
- KIRBY TUG “PACIFIC FREEDOM” IN THEIR NEW COLORS. MARGIE FREEMAN PHOTO.
- “QUAKER MAID” – AN OLD BRINDLE PACKER. PAT STOPPELMAN RAN HER FOR A WHILE IN S.E. MARGIE FREEMAN PHOTO
- THE “IVER” (EX-IVER FOSS) GETTING LOTS OF ATTENTION. MARGIE FREEMAN PHOTO.
- “SALLY S” - SOON THERE WILL BE A MODEL OF HER BUILT. MARGIE FREEMAN PHOTO.
- “NORTHWIND” READY TO GO TO WORK. LYING AT MARINE FLUID SYSTEMS. MARGIE FREEMAN PHOTO.
- TUG “CROSS POINT” SEEN AT THE FOSS SHIPYARD. IT BELONGS TO NORTHLAND SERVICES. MARGIE FREEMAN PHOTO.
- “JUSTINE FOSS AND HALLE FOSS” READY TO GO AT THE FOSS PIER. MARGIE FREEMAN PHOTO.
- “OCEAN STARR” WAS A NOAA BOAT NOW SHE IS A MEMBER OF THE STABBERT FLEET. MARGIE FREEMAN PHOTO.
- MARGIE FREEMAN STANDING ON THE CAP SANTE BLUFF AT ANACORTES. WE GOT 6 HOURS OFF ON A NICE SATURDAY AND GOT OUT OF TOWN. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
- OLD TUG “UNION” IN ANACORTES. HAS ANYONE SEEN PHIL MARTIN? HE DROPPED OFF MY RADAR. HE WAS LIVING ON THE WILLIPA. MARGIE FREEMAN PHOTO.
- AT DAKOTA CREEK THE “ROGER REVELLE” WAS OUT OF WATER. MARGIE FREEMAN PHOTO.
OUR LADY IN SALMON BAY, JULI TALLINO, SENDS ON THESE NEAT PHOTOS.
- “PELICAN” EX-FISHIES VESSEL GETTING REBUILT IN PORT TOWNSEND. JULI TALLINO PHOTO.
- SIDE VIEW OF “PELICAN” OUT ON THE HARD. JULI TALLINO PHOTO.
- “PACIFIC PIONEER” (EX-PT PIONEER) IN PORT TOWNSEND WITH HER SIDE OUT FOR REPAIRS. SHE HAD BEEN IN CANADA AND WAS FOR SALE.? JULI TALLINO PHOTO. THANKS JULI!
- TOM STEVENS MODEL: IT IS A 42 FT. UNIFLITE AND IS 51 INCHES LONG. TOM STEVENS PHOTO.
- “VANCOUVER” IN THE FOG ON THE COLUMBIA RIVER. AIMEE ENG PHOTO.
MARCH 11, 2013
- “DIXIE” MAKING UP TO “PATHFINDER” AT STABBERT’S. ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO.
- “TERILYN” PUSHING ANOTHER PIECE FOR THE NEW BRIDGE. ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO.
- “DIXIE” WITH “VIRGINIA V” ALONGSIDE BOUND FOR PACIFIC FISHERMEN. ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO.
- “GENERAL LEE” TOWING THE LAST OF THE FLOATS FROM THE BOATS AFLOAT SHOW. ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO
- TUG ON THE DUWAMISH RIVER. WHICH TUG IS THIS AND WHO BELONGS TO IT? NEAT BOAT. ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO.
- “ERIN AND THE VANCOUVER” ON THE DUWAMISH. ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO.
- “HALLE H” – A BOYER TUG. ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 MORE BOYER BOATS THE "BILLIE H" UP FRONT. ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO.
- ISLAND TUG’S “ISLAND VENTURE” (EX-CROWLEY “SIOUX”). ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO.
- EVIDENTLY ISLAND BOUGHT THE OTHER SISTER OF THE “SIOUX” CALLED THE “SENECA” AS SHE IS STILL IN PARTIAL CROWLEY COLORS. ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO.
- HERE’S THE REASON WE GOT ALL THE DUWAMISH RIVER PHOTOS. “DIXIE” IS TOWING A NEW CONCRETE FLOAT FROM DELTA TO SALMON BAY MARINA. ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO.
- HERE IS THE CONCRETE FLOAT THAT WE WERE TOWING COMPLETE WITH GENERATOR AND PUMP AND SPECIAL DECK COVERING. ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO.
- “TYEE” AT FISHERMEN’S TERMINAL. ANY ONE KNOW HER STORY? ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO.
- “DIXIE” MAKING UP TO “PACIFIC STAR” AT STABBERTS. ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO.
- “DIXIE” SHIFTING KIRBY TUG ” PACIFIC RAVEN” TO LAKE UNION DRYDOCK. ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO.
- “DIXIE” HOLDING STEAM CRANE “FOSS 300″ IN POSITION TO MAKE LIFT ON NEIL ANDERSON’S NEW SEINER. ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO.
- “FOSS 300″ LIFTING NEIL ANDERSON’S NEW SEINER INTO SALMON BAY. ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO
- “DIXIE” SHIFTING STABBERT DRYDOCK INTO SHORE. ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO.
- “DIXIE” SHIFTING KIRBY TUG “PARAGON” FROM LAKE UNION DRYDOCK. ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO.
- “FOSS 300″ LIFTING “HENRIETTA FOSS” BACK INTO WATER AFTER REPAIRS. ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO.
- JUST AS PRETTY AS A PICTURE THE “HENRIETTA FOSS” BEING LOWERED INTO THE WATER. ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO.
- CAPT. RIC SHREWSBURY PAYING ATTENTION ON THE “FLYER” ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO.
OUR MAN IN COSMOPOLIS, SCOTT SCHOCH, WHO RUNS DUNLAP TUGS AND SENDS US LOTS OF GOOD SHOTS OF LOG TUGS (MY FAVORITES).
- KIRBY TUG “PACIFIC CHALLENGER” IN THE OLD COLORS. SCOTT SCHOCH PHOTO.
- “JAMES DUNLAP” TRACTOR TUG. SCOTT SCHOCH PHOTO.
- DUNLAPS “PORT SUSAN”. SCOTT SCHOCH PHOTO.
- CROWLEY’S “RESPONSE” TAILING BIG SHIP “ANEMONE” AND LOOK AT THE MOUNTAIN. SCOTT SCHOCH PHOTO.
- FOSS MARITIMES “DELTA LINDSEY”. SCOTT SCHOCH PHOTO.
OUR MAN ON WHIDBEY ISLAND, STAN WILLHIGHT, SENDS MANY BLACK AND WHITE TUG PHOTOS.
- 1-21-1998 CROWLEY TUG “SEA RACER” IN GUEMES CHANNEL AT ANACORTES. STAN WILLHIGHT PHOTO.
- 3-9-1988 MARINE LOGISTICS TUG “NORTON BAY” PUSHING THE “VOLUNTEER” AND THE “DEFENDER” UP THE SHIP CANAL. STAN WILLHIGHT PHOTO.
- SAME AS ONE BEFORE EXCEPT BOW SHOT. STAN WILLHIGHT.
- 3-31-1988 “DUNCAN FOSS” OFF PORT TOWNSEND. STAN WILLHIGHT PHOTO.
- “SEASPAN CORSAIR” AT VICTORIA, BC. UNKOWN PHOTOGRAPHER.
- “BIEHL-TRAVELER” IN LOCKS 4-6-1988. STAN WILLHIGHT PHOTO.
- 4-6-1988 “BIEHL TRAVELER” EXITING THE LOCKS BY RAYS BOATHOUSE. STAN WILLHIGHT PHOTO.
- 4-6-1988 “BIEHL TRAVELER” IN THE LOCKS. STAN WILLHIGHT PHOTO.
- 9-19-2012 “CAPT. BOB & “CLEO J BRUSCO” AT HOQUIAM. STAN WILLHIGHT PHOTO.
- “ALYSSA ANN” AT ANACORTES IN GUEMES CHANNEL. STAN WILLHIGHT PHOTO.
- 12-9-1987 “HOSIN No.8 AT SEATTLE. STAN WILLHIGHT PHOTO
OUR MAN IN COOS BAY, BOB RICHARDSON, FORWARDS THESE PHOTOS FOR US TO SHARE WITH YOU.
- “ROUGHNECK” (EX-SAUSE TUG) NOW BELONGS TO JERRY WHITE. SHE WAS A U.S.ARMY LT TUG. CHRIS COMMON TOOK HER TO HAWAII AND TOWED AN OLD SHIP TO BROWNSVILLE FOR SCRAPPING. BOB RICHARDSON PHOTO.
- CAPT. GUS BEAUDRY ON “COOS BAY”- “CAPT. HAROLD & CAPT. LOUIE” GETTING READY TO TURN THE SHIP AROUND. BOB RICHARDSON PHOTO.
- JERRY WHITE TUG “MARINE RETRIEVER”. BOB RICHARDSON PHOTO.
- DUNLAP TUG “MANFRED NYSTROM” DEPARTING COOS BAY WITH CHIP BARGE. BOB RICHARDSON PHOTO.
- “COOS BAY”" CAPT. GUS BEAUDRY BREAKING IN CAPT. MIKE GRAHAM AT THE DOOR. BOB RICHARDSON PHOTO.
- CAPT. GUS BEAUDRY IN PILOT HOUSE OF “NORTH BEND”. BOB RICHARDSON PHOTO.
- “HENRY SAUSE” ENTERING COOS BA. BOB RICHARDSON PHOTO
- KNUTSON TUGS TURNING SHIP AT ROSEBURG LUMBER CHIP TERMINAL. BOB RICHARDSON PHOTO.
- “NORTH BEND ” WORKING SIDE OF SHIP. BOB RICHARDSON PHOTO.
- SAUSE TUG “POWHATAN” IN A HURRY. BOB RICHARDSON PHOTO.
PARTY TIME.
WE GOT TO GO TO SEVERAL GREAT BIRTHDAY PARTIES THIS MONTH. FIRST AND MOST IMPORTANT BY A LONG WAYS WAS MY 79th BIRTHDAY PARTY. WE HAD THE PARTY IN OUR CONFERENCE ROOM, A SMALL GATHERING OF FRIENDS AND FELLOW WORKERS – IT WAS FUN AS USUAL.
A CLOSE SECOND WAS CHUCK FOWLERS 75th BIRTHDAY. HE HAD THE GATHERING AT THE NEW MUSEUM OF HISTORY AND INDUSTRY IN SOUTH LAKE UNION ON A SUNNY SUNDAY. HE INVITED 50 OF HIS CLOSEST FRIENDS AND FAMILY. HE HAD A CONTINUOUS SLIDE SHOW OF THE LAST 75 YEARS WHICH WAS REALLY FUN AND INTERESTING. HE AND HIS WIFE, KARLA, HAVE BEEN MARRIED FOR 40 YEARS! HOW LUCKY CAN YOU GET? PEOPLE THAT WE KNEW AT THE PARTY WERE RON & CONNIE BURKE PUBLISHER OF THE SEA CHEST MAGAZINE FOR THE SOCIETY; JOHN & CINDY HOUGH, PRESIDENT OF THE PUGET SOUND MARITIME HISTORICAL SOCIETY; DICK AND COLLEEN WAGNER, FOUNDERS OF THE WOODEN BOAT CENTER IN SOUTH LAKE UNION; PAT HARTLE, BOARD MEMBER OF THE PSMHS; TOM & JANIS BLACKWOOD, MEMBER PSMHS AND TUG OWNER; DAN AND ROXANE WITHERS, BOARD MEMBER AND OWNER/RESTORER OF CG 83527 AND KAE PATERSON, MEMBER AND OLD TIME FRIEND FROM GIG HARBOR… AND THEN MY MEMORY FAILS ME – I’M BLAMING THE GREAT CAKE!.
THANKS TO DICK WAGNER FOR GETTING US A SPACE TO TIE UP THE “BLUEBERRY”; IT ALWAYS SEEMS LIKE THE “BLUEBERRY” IS A REAL ATTRACTION SHE DOESEN’T EVEN GET TIED UP AND IT IS FULL OF VISITORS AND MARGIE ENTERTAINS THEM IN THE QUEEN ELIZABETH SALON WHILE I’M TALING AWAY IN THE PILOT HOUSE. WHAT FUN. WE HAD JUST TIME ENOUGH TO SEE THE NEW MARINE WING WITH ITS PERISCOPE. AMONGST THE PHOTOS THAT THEY HAVE THERE IS A PICTURE OF OUR GAS PLANT PROPERTY BEFORE IT WAS A MARINA. I HAVE TO GO BACK WITH A MAGNIFYING GLASS AND A FLASHLIGHT TO IDENTIFY ALL THE BOATS, I COULD SEE THE “METEOR” AND THE “ARLYN NELSON”, HARLEY EGGELSTONS TUGS AND OTHERS.
WANTED
OLD OR NEW SNAPSHOTS AND PHOTOS OF TUGBOATS AND BOATS INSIDE THE LOCKS, SEND THEM TO ME AND I CAN SCAN THEM AND RETURN THEM TO YOU GOOD AS NEW. DONT RISK OUR HISTORY BY LETTING YOUR PRIZED PHOTOS END UP IN THE DUMPSTER AND BE LOST FOREVER.
WANTED
WOOD OLD STYLE FLAT BOTTOM ROWBOAT 12 TO 14 FEET LONG, MARGIE SAYS I NEED THE EXCERSISE.
THANKS TO ALL WHO SENT IN PHOTOS AND SCRAP BOOKS AND TALL TALES SO THAT I CAN SHARE THE HISTORY ONE PHOTO AT A TIME.
WANTED
INFORMATION ON THE TP 134 IN CIVILIAN LIFE THE “CELILO”. WHAT WAS HER DEMISE OR IS SHE STILL WITH US? SHE WAS A COLUMBIA RIVER BOAT AFTER HER ARMY CAREER. PLEASE EMAIL ME AT mark@fremonttugboat.com THAT IS BETTER THAN USING THE BLOG REPLYS WHICH I FORGET TO LOOK AT.
HAPPY EASTER,
WE’LL DO BETTER FOR TIMING NEXT MONTH! MARK AND MARGIE FREEMAN, MARK FREEMAN’S MARITIME MUSEUM, FREMONT BOAT CO., FREMONT TUGBOAT CO., CAPTAINS ERIK AND TOM, AL, SANDY, MISS BLUE AND PEANUT, RICHIE AND THE THREE CATS
RAZ, BIPOLAR BATMAN AND BRAVEHEART INDY.
- “VAMOOSE” A PAT STOPPELMAN TUG.
OUR LOGO THANKS TO BILL GARDEN & JOHNNY ADAMS.
 1946 AT MILLERS BAY WE WERE ALL THE SAME HEIGHT. MY SISTER MERRY, MARK & OUR MOTHER (MAY). I B UILT THE 2 TUG MODELS OF THE PHILLIP KELLY AND THE RETRIEVER . DOC FREEMAN PHOTO
 MARK ON "A-1 IN CANADIAN WATERS JULY 1983
IT’S BEEN A BUSY MONTH. THE KIDS ASSEMBLED AND TOOK DOWN
THE FLOATING BOAT SHOW AND OF COURSE THE WEATHER WAS
LOUSY DURING THE SET UP AND THEN IT CALMED DOWN BUT FROZE HARD
ENOUGH TO LOOK LIKE SNOW. IT SNOWED HARD ON THEM LAST YEAR – THIS YEAR WAS MOSTLY FOG.
I FOUND THE EMAIL FROM JAY NIEDERHAUSER AND THE CROWLEY TUGS
NAMES ARE: APOLLO, HERCULES, JUPITER, SATURN AND SPARTAN – THANKS JAY! IT’S HARD
TO KEEP IT ALL STRAIGHT.
I GOT KENT KIESWETTER ALL FIXED UP WITH WASHINGTON TUG & BARGE PHOTOS - THANKS FOR THE HELP FROM
KARL HOUSE AND KEITH STERNBERG. KENT USED TO WORK THERE.
THE CRAIG TRANS (EX-CRAIG FOSS) IS HAVING ALL KINDS OF PROBLEMS IN EASTERN CANADA - NOT PAYING THE
CREW, NO FOOD OR HEAT; SOUNDS LIKE BUM OWNERS. SHE IS UNDER FOREIGN REGISTRY NOW.
I GOT MR. WHITE SOME PHOTOS OF THE TP 134 IN CIVILIAN LIFE. HE SAILED ON HER IN ALASKA
DURING WW II FOR THE U. S. ARMY TRANSPORTATION CORPS. I ASKED HIM THE STANDARD QUESTION
“DO YOU HAVE ANY TUG PHOTOS THAT I COULD COPY?” WELL, I HIT THE JACKPOT AND HE SENT ME 5 SCRAP
BOOKS WHICH ARE BEING SCANNED AT BALLARD PRINTING RIGHT NOW. WHEN I GET THEM BACK, I WILL RUN MY PORTABLE BROOKSTONE SCANNER OVER THE PICTURES THAT I WANT TO ENLARGE. NOW WE HAVE SAVED SOME MORE TUGBOAT STUFF AND WE WILL HAVE IT IN TWO PLACES. I ALWAYS WORRY ABOUT THE PICTURES JUST
DISAPPEARING. SO ANY OF YOU THAT HAVE TUG SNAPSHOTS OR PHOTOS SEND THEM TO ME AND I WILL SCAN THEM INTO THE HARDRIVE AND RETURN THEM TO YOU THEN MAYBE THEY WON’T GET LOST TO HISTORY.
MEL SUELZLE GOT ONE OF MY PRINTS AT THE AUGUST FOSS CUP OF THE ‘SALLY S’ AND HE DECIDED TO MAKE A MODEL OF HER SO HE AND FRIENDS CAME BY AND I GOT THEM A BUNCH OF PHOTOS OF HER AND REFERED HIM ON TO
KEITH STERNBERG WHO USED TO RUN HER AND HE GOT THEM MORE INFO.
2013-JAN-01
 SHIFTING "WESTERN DAWN" INTO HOLE AT FISHING VESSEL OWNERS MARINE WAYS. ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO
 "DIXIE" SHIFTING KIRBY TUG "NAMAHOE" ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 THIS NICE WOODEN BOAT WAS BOUGHT FOR ONE DOLLAR. THERE ARE SOME REAL GOOD BUYS OUT THERE. ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 ANOTHER KIRBY TUG IN THEIR NEW COLORS, THE " PACIFIC CHALLENGER" . ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 HOUSE BOAT TOW ON A CALM DAY ON LAKE UNION. ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 "DEFENDER" GETTING A SHIFT AT THE TERMINAL. ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 "OREGON" - A GOOD LOOKING BOAT. ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 PETER KELLY'S "BLUE FIN". WE ARE UNDOCKING HER AT NORTHLAKE SHIPYARD. ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 DIXIE SHIFTING "U.S. INTREPID" TO FUEL DOCK AT COVICH WILLIAMS. ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO
 "DIXIE" WITH "REBECCA IRENE" ON TRIALS AT SHILSHOLE. ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 "DIXIE" SHIFTING "CACTUS" INTO DRYDOCK AT STABBERT YACHT & SHIP WHERE SHE IS BEING SCRAPPED. SHE WAS A 180 FOOT BUOY TENDER THAT WENT ASHORE ON THE END OF THE SOUTH JETTY AT GRAYS HARBOR YEARS AGO. ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 "CACTUS" COMING OUT OF WATER IN STABBERT DRYDOCK. ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 "DIXIE" SHIFTING "AMERICAN NO. 1" TO FUEL DOCK. ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 "DIXIE" GETTING READY TO SHIFT "SIDNEY FOSS". ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 - WESTERN’S “WASP” BRINGING NORTHLAND’S “POLAR WIND” INTO FOSS AFTER BOYER TOWED HER DOWN FROM THE ALUETIAN ISLANDS. ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 "DIXIE" SHIFTING "ALASKA KNIGHT" AT STABBERTS. ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO. JANUARY 11,2013
 "WEDELL FOSS" GOING PAST OUR HOUSEBOAT. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO
 "DIXIE" WITH "REBECCA IRENE" ALONGSIDE JUST PASSING OUR HOUSEBOAT. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 "UNIMAK" HEADED FOR SEA JUST PASSING OUR HOUSEBOAT GREAT PLACE TO GET PHOTOS. MARGIE FREEMAN PHOTO.
 STERN SHOT OF "UNIMAK" JUST GOING UNDER AURORA BRIDGE. MARGIE FREEMAN PHOTO.  RON ERNST, FRIEND AND MOORAGE CUSTOMER, CELEBRATING HIS 70th BIRTHDAY. MARGIE FREEMAN PHOTO.
JANUARY 19 2013
 LIFE RING OFF THE FAMOUS STEAM TUG "TYEE" AND MODEL THAT I HAD OF HER. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 "DIXIE" SHIFTING "NORSEMAN II" TO PACIFIC FISHERMEN FROM FISHERMEN'S TERMINAL. ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 HER SISTER "NORSEMAN". ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 HERE ARE THE TWO BOATS LYING AT THE TERMINAL. ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 PUTTING TOGETHER THE BOATS AFLOAT SHOW IN SOUTH LAKE UNION. ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO.  JUST HEAVY FROST NOT SNOW LIKE LAST YEAR. ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO.  "DIXIE" ON THE HEAD END AND "GENERAL LEE" TOWING PART OF THE FLOATS THAT THEY WILL PUT TOGETHER AS FLOATING DOCKS FOR THE BOAT SHOW. ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO.  "GENERAL LEE" TOWING IN MORE FLOATS. TOM BULSON PHOTO.  "HALF TRACK" WITH TOM AND AL IN THEIR WARM COVERALLS. ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO
 KIRBY TUG "PACIFIC FREEDOM" IN DRYDOCK AT STABBERTS. ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 SOME ONE CLIPPED THE UNIVERSITY BRIDGE FENDER AND DESTROYED IT. ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO.  "DIXIE" DIGGING OUT A KIRBY TUG IN THE FOG IN BALLARD. ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO.  "DIXIE" SHIFTING LONGLINER "BLUE PEARL" AT STABBERTS. ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO.  "DIXIE" JUGGLING AT STABBERTS. ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO.  "NEW STAR" BEING SCRAPPED AT STABBERTS. ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO.  "DIXIE" SHIFTING "BLUE MOON". ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO. FEBRUARY 6th 2013
 OLD FRIEND TOM DAVIS BROUGHT BY THE LIFE RING OFF THE FAMOUS STEAM TUG "TYEE". MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.  BOB & KATHY JORDAN. LONG TIME CANADIAN FRIENDS, STOPPED BY AND WE HAD A GREAT TIME. BOB HAS A NEW BOAT AND IS SHE A DANDY. HEY BOB SEND ME A PHOTO FOR THE NEXT BLOG. MARGIE FREEMAN PHOTO.
 SEA & SHORES "PETER H". RICHARD SHORTENED HER TO MAKE HER 26 FT LONG AND THE HOUSE IS OFF WESTERN'S "HORNET". SHE HAS GOOD POWER WITH A 6-71 ON A 3:1 GEAR. NICE JOB, RICHARD. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.  "SNAPPER" ISN'T SHE A DELIGHT? THIRD GENERATION OF THE FRANCIS FAMILY TO RUN HER: ROBERT WILLIAM FRANCIS. DOC FREEMAN BOUGHT HER SURPLUS FROM THE COAST GUARD. HE SOLD HER TO DOC ERICKSON WHO SOLD IT TO ROY BEARDON WHO SOLD IT TO BILL FRANCIS. BILL FIXED IT UP WITH LOUS NASMYTH (OF FATHOM FAME) DOING THE DESIGN WORK. BILL AND NEIL MURPHY HAD THE MURPHY FRANCIS MARINA WHERE THE HARBOR POLICE IS NOW. BILL PUT A VIERLY IN HER FOR POWER. WHEN BILL DIED, HIS SON CHARLIE GOT THE BOAT AND NOW HIS SON ROBERT RUNS IT. I THINK THATS THE ORDER. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.  CALIFORNIA TUG "TERILYN" PUSHING ANOTHER BRIDGE PONTOON OUT OF TACOMA. MARGIE FREEMAN PHOTO.  TRAFFIC JAM THE "PACIFIC" AND HER TOW AND THE "ISLAND CHIEF" AND HER BARGE WERE ALL WAITING FOR THE FREMONT BRIDGE. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO. 
LOST ANOTHER GOOD FRIEND: JIM HUCKINS CROSSED OVER THE BAR ON JANUARY 23, 2013. HE WAS 84.
JIM WAS BORN IN 1929 AND HIS DAD WAS THE FAMOUS DEEP SEA DIVER CHARLES HUCKINS. THEY LIVED ON EWING STREET.
HE WAS A LAKE UNION BOAT MAN BUT HE HAD 52 DIFFERENT JOBS AND DID A GOOD JOB ON OF ALL OF THEM.
HE WAS A SIGN PAINTER, BOAT MECHANIC, BOAT DRIVER, CERTIFIED TO FIX VOLKSWAGEN ENGINES
AND CARS, HE WAS AT NOME ALASKA FOR THE COAST AND GEODEDIC SURVEY IN 1950. HE DID HIS TWO YEARS IN THE U.S. ARMY AND HE WAS MARRIED…MORE THAN ONCE. I DON’T THINK THERE WAS ANYTHING OUT THERE THAT HE COULD NOT DO. HE BUILT UP SMALL OUT BOARD BOATS AND HE AND LOU (HIS LONG-TIME, LIVE-IN GIRLFRIEND) CRUISED THE WATERS OF PUGET SOUND IN THEM.
HE BOUGHT THE OLD COLUMBIA RIVER TUG “LOUIE” AND HE BOUGHT A LORIMER DIESEL
AND SET IT IN THE BOAT BUT COULD NEVER QUITE GET IT HOOKED UP AND RUNNING. HE BOUGHT THE
70 FOOT TUG “ORA ELWELL” FROM DUNLAP, TOWED HER TO SEATTLE WITH THE BONNIE LASS
AND SHE SUNK ON HIM SO HE HAD IT TIED UP UNDER THE AURORA BRIDGE. HE RAISED HER
AND SOLD HER TO ME. IT WAS ON THE LAKE FOR YEARS AS A LIVE ABOARD AFTER I SOLD HER.
HE WAS A BAR FIGHTER AS WELL – THEY CAME FROM NEAR AND FAR TO CHALLENGE JIM AND HE TOOK THEM ALL.
MY SON, ERIK, WAS GETTING PICKED ON BY SOME FELLOWS IN SCHOOL SO I MADE A DEAL
WITH JIM TO TEACH ERIK HOW TO HANDLE HIM SELF. THEY USED AN EMPTY HOUSEBOAT THAT I HAD,
LAID DOWN A BUNCH OF MATS AND WENT AT IT FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS. NO ONE EVER BOTHERED ERIK
EVER AGAIN AND WE HEARD SOME WONDERFUL STORIES OF KIDS THAT TRIED. JIM AND LOU WENT
WITH US IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT TUGBOAT RACES. IN THE EARLY 80s JIM HELPED MARGIE KEEP HER VOLKSWAGON ‘HERBIE’ RUNNING AND THEY TOO BECAME FAST FRIENDS. JIM KEPT TRACK OF US AND WAS ALWAYS
POPPING UP OUT OF THE BLUE TO BS US. IT WAS ALWAYS FUN. HE ALWAYS SENT ME LOTS OF PHOTOS
AND NEAT STUFF. I PROBABLY MET JIM IN ABOUT 1945 SO THAT COMES OUT TO 68 YEARS.
WE DO MISS HIM, HE WAS AN ORIGINAL. HERE ARE A FEW PHOTOS OF HIS LIFE.
 JIM HUCKINS 1931 LIVING ON EWING STREET.  JIM HUCKINS SAILOR FOR THE COAST & GEODEDIC SURVEY AT A CIVILIAN BAR IN ADAK, ALASKA 1950.  JIM AND HIS WIFE BETTY ABOUT 1951.  JIM AND HIS WIFE BETTY IN DOWNTOWN SEATTLE 1951.
 "BONNIE LASS" HE BOUGHT HER IN 1955 FOR $500. AND THEN INSTALLED A PACKARD 8 GAS ENGINE.  JIM IS AT THE MIC AND AL PARKER IS PLAYING THE PIANO. WERE THEY HAVING FUN.!!!!!!!!!!!
 HERE IS A SHOT OF THE "ORA ELWELL" IN 1942 TAKEN BY JOE WILLIAMSON. AFTER JIM BOUGHT HER IN 1962 FROM DUNLAP HE TOWED HER TO SEATTLE WITH THE BONNIE LASS THAT TOOK A LOT OF TALENT BECAUSE SHE WAS A BIG HEAVY BOAT.
 NEWS PAPER ARTICLES ABOUT JIM BUYING THE "ORA ELWELL" AND HER SINKING ON HIM IN1962.  JIM'S TUG THE "LOUIE" 1971. AFTER JIM SOLD HER SHE SANK IN LAKE WASHINGTON.  JIM AND HIS LORIMER DIESEL.  JIM AT THE WHEEL I THINK IN THE "LOUIE"  JIM IN FRONT OF THE REAL AFRICAN QUEEN, I BELIEVE, AT A SEATTLE BOAT SHOW.  1989 JIM LAYING A WREATH AT CAPE GAS PLANT, BUOY 13, FOR HIS DAD'S 100TH ANIVERSARY. THAT'S WHERE WE WILL SCATTER JIM'S ASHES.
 JIM AND "HUNKY DORY" ANOTHER ONE OF HIS BOATS.  LOU MILLER & JIM THEY WERE TOGETHER FOR I THINK 34 YEARS. PHOTO 2004  2006 JIM STANDING IN FRONT OF "SANDMAN'S" HOUSE IN OLYMPIA.  IN LA CONNER ON THE BLUEBERRY, LOU, JIM AND MARK. MARGIE FREEMAN PHOTO.  2003 JIM IN FREMONT BOAT OFFICE ADMIRING HIS NEW TUGBOAT. MARGIE FREEMAN PHOTO.  2003 JIM & MARK IN LA CONNER - NOTICE JIM'S MUSTACHE & BEARD. MARGIE FREEMAN PHOTO..  LAST PHOTO OF JIM WITH MARGIE I TOOK THIS ON OCTOBER 9 2012. BOB RICHARDSON, OUR MAN IN COOS BAY, SENDS ON THESE PICTURES.
 JERRY WHITE'S "MARIINE RETRIEVER" CHARGING ALONG. BOB RICHARDSON PHOTO.  GUS BEAUDRY ON THE "COOS BAY" ON A NASTY DAY. BOB RICHARDSON PHOTO  HENRY TEAGARDEN WITH SURVEYOR ON TUG "BLANCO". BOB RICHARDSON PHOTO.
 BOB SAYS THE SOLID FLOOR FEELS GOOD AFTER WATCHING THE SHIP COME OVER THE ROUGH BAR. BOB RICHARDSON PHOTO.  "NORTH BEND" & "TECLUTSA". BOB RICHARDSON PHOTO. SCOTT SCHOCH, OUR MAN IN COSMOPOLIS, RUNS A TUG FOR DUNLAP.
 K-SEAs NOW KIRBY'S TUG "PACIFIC CHALLENGER" IN THE OLD COLORS. SCOTT SCHOCH PHOTO.  WESTERN'S "TRIUMPH" LAST TIME WE SAW HER SHE WAS IN THE ICE. SCOTT SCHOCH PHOTO.  DUNLAP'S "TAURUS". SCOTT SCHOCH PHOTO.  WESTERN'S "FLYER" PUSHING A BARGE INTO SHILSHOLE. SCOTT SCHOCH PHOTO.
 EX EX-U.S.NAVY TUG AND COAST GUARD CUTTER THE “COMMANCHE”. SCOTT SCHOCH PHOTO.
STAN WILLHIGHT, OUR MAN IN WHIDBEY ISLAND, SENDS IN THESE BEAUTIFUL
BLACK & WHITE PHOTOS.
 4-6-1988 U.S.NAVY "YTB 768" IN THE LOCKS. STAN WILLHIGHT PHOTO.  1-21-1988 CROWLEY'S "SEA RANGER" IN GUEMES CHANNEL. STAN WILLHIGHT PHOTO.  CAMPBELL TOWING'S "LEONARD M" COMING DOWN THE DUWAMISH RIVER JUST PASSING THE RR BRIDGE. STAN WILLHIGHT PHOTO.  EX-TACOMA TUG & BARGE BOAT THE "FALCON" OUT OF WATER IN PORT TOWNSEND. STAN WILLHIGHT PHOTO.  EX-U.S.ARMY TP "TIGERHORSE". WAS SHE THE "TARTAR"? STAN WILLHIGHT PHOTO. OTHER PHOTOS THAT PEOPLE HAVE SENT IN -THANK YOU!
 1991 JOHN KOBANUK OF CANIM LAKE, BC BUILT THESE 2 MODELS AND SEVERAL OTHERS. SHE IS THE CNR #2 AND THE BARGE CNR 10. JOHN KOBANUK PHOTO.
 "BALLANTYNE STRAITS" AND "HARKEN LOGGER" MAKING A TURN BELOW NEW WEST BRIDGE WITH 8200 CUBIC METERS OF LOGS. SENT IN FROM GORDON MACKENZIE TAKEN BY MATT PIDUTTI.  "NATIVE CHIEF" SENT IN BY ART ANDERSON.  CANADIAN MODEL OF THE "TYEE" SENT IN BY RON BURCHETT, HE THINKS THAT THE "LORNE AND THE TYEE" ARE SISTERS. THANKS RON.
 1-26-2013 MODEL OF A CRUISE A HOME TYPE BOAT THAT TOM STEVENS IS BUILDING. TOM STEVENS PHOTO.
 A RAIL ROAD THAT KEITH STERNBERG IS BUILDING HE BUILDS THE STEAM ENGINES TOO.
 FIRE BOX ON STEAM LOCOMOTIVE. KEITH STERNBERG PHOTO.
 GRANT SNYDER'S "PEGGY" (EX -"PEGGY FOSS") WORKING ON WAVE BUOY AT NEWPORT, OREGON.
 "PEGGY " WORKING ON THE SAME PROJECT. PICTURES SENT IN BY GRANT SNYDER
 "PEGGY" WORKING ON ANOTHER CALM DAY. MY EXPERIENCE IS THAT THE WIND NEVER STOPS BLOWING ON THE OREGON COAST.
 "ARTHUR FOSS" TOWING A CRIB ON A FOGGY MORNING. I DON'T KNOW WHO TOOK THE PICTURE BUT IT'S OUT OF MY COLLECTION.
 THIS IS A LETTER THAT NORTHWEST SEAPORT SENT OUT ABOUT THE "ARTHUR FOSS".
WANTED:
OLD OR NEW SNAPSHOTS AND PHOTOS OF TUGBOATS. SEND THEM TO ME AND I CAN SCAN THEM AND RETURN THEM TO YOU GOOD AS NEW. DON’T RISK SOME ONE THROWING AWAY YOUR TUGBOAT PHOTOS.
WANTED:
WOOD, OLD-STYLE ROWING SKIFF 12 TO 14 FEET LONG. MARGIE SAYS I NEED THE EXERCISE.
 LOOKING FOR A SKIFF KINDA LIKE THIS BUT NOT BRAND NEW.
THANKS TO ALL WHO SENT IN PHOTOS AND TALL TALES SO THAT I CAN SHARE THE HISTORY ONE PHOTO AT A TIME.
MARK & MARGIE FREEMAN, CAPTAINS ERIK & TOM, AL, SANDY, TRACEY, PEANUT, BRYCE, JOE AND THE THREE CATS, RAZ, BATMAN & BRAVEHEART.
 TUG "VAMOOSE"
 - MARK & JACK McCRARY GETTING A PEELER LOG READY TO ROLL DOWN THE BEACH IN TRIANGLE COVE.
WEATHER — I HAVE NEVER SEEN SO MUCH RAIN. IT GOT SO DARK OUT THAT A LOT OF THE PHOTOS DID NOT TURN OUT. THEN IT BLEW SE AND THEN WESTERLY - TYPICAL STORM PATTERN FOR OUR AREA. IT BLEW SO HARD ONE NIGHT THAT IF WE DID NOT HAVE A FENCE AROUND A FLOAT IN FRONT OUR HOUSEBOAT WE WOULD HAVE LOST THE TABLE AND CHAIRS. THEY WERE ALL TIED TOGETHER AND TARPED AND LAST SEEN WAS HEADED WEST. OF COURSE THE WEATHER HERE IS VERY MILD COMPARED TO THE REST OF THE COUNTRY AND WE WILL KEEP IT THAT WAY. OF COURSE NOW IT WILL GET CLEAR & COLD.
THE POOR “KULLUK”, SHELL OIL’S BIG DRILLING RIG, WENT ASHORE ON KODIAK ISLAND WHILE BEING TOWED BY THEIR 20,000 PLUS H.P. TUG “AIVIQ”. SEEMS LIKE THE TUG LOST 3 OF ITS 4 MAIN ENGINES (CATS OVER 5400 H.P. EACH; MAYBE FROM DOWN FLOODING THE VENTS.) WE GOT TO SEE A VIDEO ON YOUTUBE AND IT SHOWED HUGE WAVES FLOODING THE WHOLE AFT DECK, THE BULWARKS LOOKED 10 OR 12 FEET HIGH AND SHE WOULD FILL UP WITH EACH BIG WAVE. SHE IS A HUGE TUG, ICEBREAKER ETC. AND IS 360 FEET LONG – JUST BUILT. BOB LETTS SENT ME A LIST OF TUGS AND OTHER VESSELS THAT WERE STANDING BY OR HELPING OUT: “AIVIQ” PRIMARY ANCHOR HANDLING, ICE BREAKER AND TUG, “ARCTIC ENDEAVOR” OIL SPILL VESSEL; “NANUQ” OIL SPILL VESSEL; ”SISUAQ” OIL SPILL VESSEL; “JOHN BRIX” TUG; “PERSEVERANCE” TUG, SUPPLY VESSEL; ”ENDURANCE” TUG; “OCEAN WAVE” TUG; “VIGILANT” TUG; “WARRIOR” TUG; ”CORBIN FOSS” TUG; “POINT OLIKTOK” TUG; ”GUARDSMAN” TUG; “LAUREN FOSS” TUG; ”DBL 79″ OIL BARGE; “KLAMATH” BARGE; ”BARGE 180-1″; ”ARCTIC SEAL” LANDING CRAFT; ”NUNANIQ” LANDING CRAFT AND SUPPLY VESSEL. CROWLEY SENT THEIR BRAND NEW 10,000 H.P. ”OCEAN WAVE” JUST BUILT IN THE GULF. FOSS MARITIME’S TWO TUGS ARE 8200 H.P. EACH.
THEY GOT THE “KULLUK” OFF AND TOWED HER INTO A SMALL BAY ON KODIAK ISLAND. THE “KULLUK” DRAWS 61 FEET OF WATER AND IS ABOUT 266 FEET IN DIAMETER. YOU CAN’T SAY THAT SHELL DID NOT RESPOND TO THE PROBLEM. SHE WAS HEADED SOUTH FOR REPAIRS WHEN THINGS WENT AWRY.
 THE "KULLUK" IN TOW BY THE "AIVIQ" LEAVING SEATTLE HARBOR TO GO NORTH. RIC SHREWSBURY PHOTO.
 CROWLEY'S BRAND NEW 10,000. H.P. TUG "OCEAN WAVE" SCANNED FROM THE CROWLEY CALENDAR. PHOTO FROM BOLLINGER SHIPYARDS WHO BUILT HER AND THREE MORE SISTERS ARE ON THE WAYS.
 "LAUREN FOSS" SHE AND HER SISTER TUG THE "CORBIN FOSS" BOTH HAVE 8200 H.P. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 "CORBIN FOSS" AND THE "LAUREN FOSS" HAVE COME FULL CIRCLE BOTH WERE BUILT UP THE DUWAMISH RIVER BY PETE WOECK AT HIS SHIPYARD AND WERE NAMED "MILDRED W & DEBORAH W". THEY WERE NEVER FINISHED AND BOTH WERE 150 FEET LONG. BOTH WERE SOLD BY THE BANKRUPTCY COURT AROUND DECEMBER OF 1988. I LOST TRACK OF THEM BUT THEY WERE COMPLETED AND FOSS BOUGHT THE TWO OF THEM.. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
ANOTHER VESSEL GOT IN TROUBLE OUT IN THE ALUETIANS: THE NORTHLAND SERVICES TUG “POLAR WIND” JUST ARRIVED AT THE FOSS SHIPYARD IN SEATTLE FOR REPAIRS. HER BARGE WENT ASHORE AND WHILE TRYING TO RECONNECT TO IT SHE WENT AGROUND AND KNOCKED OFF ONE Z DRIVE AND HAD A LINE IN THE WHEEL BUT THEY GOT HER OFF AND BOYER TOWED HER TO TOWN. THE WEATHER HAS BEEN SO BAD THAT THEY HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET HERE SINCE THE MIDDLE OF DECEMBER AND JUST ARRIVED ON ABOUT THE 10TH THEY HAD TO HIDE OUT IN CORDOVA. THE “WASP” TOWED HER INTO FOSS AND WE SHIFTED THE STEAM CRANE FOSS 300 TO MAKE THE PICKS TO PLACE THE CRADLE IN THE FLOATING DRYDOCK SO THAT THEY COULD ROLL HER OFF INTO THE YARD. LIKE MY BROTHER-IN-LAW PAT STOPPELMAN USED TO SAY ‘BAD WEATHER AND BAD LUCK WILL GET YOU EVERY TIME.’
 "POLAR WIND". ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO.
ENOUGH OF THAT KIND OF NEWS. WE HAD A REALLY NICE CHRISTMAS; MARGIE ALWAYS DECORATES THE TREE WITH FLASHING LIGHTS AND LOTS OF HANGING GOODIES AND WE STRING LIGHTS UP OUTSIDE SO IT IS A LOT OF FUN. MARGIE GOT ME A LITTLE U. S. NAVY STEAMER RIGHT OUT OF SAND PEBBLES… I CAN SEE STEVE MCQUEEN ON HER. SHE EVEN HAS A LEWIS GUN ON THE BOW. I HAVE IT IN MY OFFICE COME BY AND SEE IT. IF YOU WANT ONE KING & COUNTRY MAKES THEM IN HONG KONG.
WE GOT OUR GENERIC CALENDAR IN. WE MADE 1200 THIS YEAR AND BY THE TIME THEY ARE MAILED OUT I NEVER WANT TO SEE ANOTHER ONE, BUT I SURE ENJOY MAKING THEM. WE HAVE BALLARD PRINTING MAKE THE SPECIAL ONES THAT HAVE A DIFFERENT PHOTO ON EACH PAGE FOR LIMITED RUNS. I GOT HELP FROM VAN TO MAIL THEM OUT IN BETWEEN TOW JOBS, SO I CAN’T REALLY COMPLAIN THIS YEAR . WE HAVE RECEIVED SEVERAL NICE THANK YOU NOTES AND THAT REALLY MAKES IT WORTHWHILE.
KARL HOUSE BROUGHT ME BY A BUNCH OF TUGBOAT PHOTOS WHICH I SCANNED INTO THE HARD DRIVE AND WILL GIVE THEM BACK TO HIM. THANKS KARL! I AM ALWAYS LOOKING FOR TUGBOAT PICTURES – SNAP SHOTS ARE FINE I JUST SCAN THEM IN THEN I CAN GIVE BACK THE ORIGINAL PHOTO.
NICE ARTICLE ON RON BURCHETT AND HIS FAMILY IN BC SHIPPING NEWS I WILL PUBLISH A COPY OF IT IF I CAN GET PERMISSION TO USE IT.DFS
THE KIDS PUSHED THE LAST OF THE DRAGGERS OUT OF TOWN AND NOW THEY HAVE TO PUT THE BOATS AFLOAT SHOW TOGETHER AND THAT IS QUITE AN UNDERTAKING. THE SHOW RUNS JANUARY 25 THRU FEBRUARY 3, 2013.
JAY NIEDERHAUSER SENT ME A NOTE THAT I GOT THE NUMBER OF TUGS CROWLEY BUILT THAT WERE LIKE THE “JUPITER” INCORRECT. NOW I HAVE TO FIND THE EMAIL TO GET IT RIGHT. HELP!
 MARK IN 1956, ON LIBERTY FROMTHE COAST GUARD, RUNNING THE TUG "JOHN L. C." FOR HIS DAD. 2013-01-03
 CHRISTMAS CARD THAT BOB TANDECKI MADE SHOWING A WORLD WAR I SHIPPING BOARD TUG. I THINK THAT IT IS CROWLEY'S "HUMACONNA" THANKS BOB.
 OUR TREE AT HOME - A FRASER PINE THIS YEAR. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO
THAT’S NOT STEVE McQUEEN. MARGIE FREEMAN PHOTO.
 SAILOR AND LEWIS GUN. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 SAILORS AND THEIR 30.06 SPRINGFIELDS. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 MARGIE WITH DISH WITH HER NAME ON IT. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 BRAVEHEART IN HIS PERCH. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 RAZ IN HIS FAVORITE LAP. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 THIS IS ONE REASON THAT WE HAVE LIVEABOARD MOORAGE CUSTOMERS: SEVERAL SETS OF EYES ARE BETTER THAN ONE SET. MARGIE AND I CAUGHT THIS BOAT SINKING ON OUR WAY TO WORK IN THE JEEP AND TOM AND OUR CREW GOT HER PUMPED OUT. ANOTHER 30 MINUTES AND IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN ANOTHER STORY. WE HAVE A 24 HR PHONE AT 206 632 0151 AND WE CAN SUPPLY A MASSIVE RESPONSE IN JUST MINUTES. IF YOU ARE NOT SURE THAT SOMETHING IS WRONG CALL ANYWAY ---- KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN AS YOU WALK BACK AND FORTH ON OUR DOCKS - THIS IS YOUR HOME TOO. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 OUR GOOD FRIEND CHUCK FOWLER DROPPED BY TO SAY HELLO ON HIS WAY TO A MEMORIAL SERVICE. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 ONE OF THE SAN FRANCISCO TUGS WORKING ON THE NEW FLOATING BRIDGE, WE ALWAYS RUN BEHIND THE BIG BOYS AND NEVER CROSS OVER IN FRONT. FUN TO GET PHOTOS LIKE THIS ON THE WAY TO WORK. MARGIE FREEMAN PHOTO
 JUST GOING TO WORK WHEN THE KIDS CAME BY WITH THE "REBECCA IRENE" ON A SUNNY BUT COLD DAY. MARGIE FREEMAN PHOTO.
 HERE THEY ARE JUST GOING UNDER THE AURORA BRIDGE. SHE IS A VERY LARGE VESSEL DRAWING 22 FEET OF WATER. MARGIE FREEMAN PHOTO.
 AL WYLIE GOT THIS ON HIS PHONE CAMERA WHEN HE WAS OVER AT OUR HOUSEBOAT. IT IS THE "DIXIE" TOWING THE "CAPE GREIG" OVER TO NORTHLAKE SHIPYARD.
 OLD BADGE BEFORE THE COAST GUARD WAS FORMED.
2012-11
 CAPT. ERIK & CAPT. TOM WITH NEW SAFETY STICKER FOR THE "GENERAL LEE". THEY ALSO GOT ONE FOR THE "DIXIE". WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT YOU HAVE HAD THE COAST GUARD ONBOARD AND THEY HAVE INSPECTED YOUR TUG FOR HAVING ALL THE NECESSARY EQUIPMENT ON BOARD TO MEET THEIR REQUIREMENTS. IT'S AS CLOSE AS YOU CAN GET TO BEING AN INSPECTED TUG. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 OUR TUGS STANDING FAST FOR O'HARA'S "CONSTELLATION" AT LAKE UNION DRYDOCK. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 O'HARA'S "ENTERPRISE" IN DRYDOCK AT LAKE UNION DRYDOCK. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
2012-12-04
 BATMAN READY TO GET YOU. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 ERIK WITH HIS BIRTHDAY CAKE AND HIS WIFE HEIDI. MARGIE FREEMAN PHOTO.
 MORE BIRTHDAY PARTY TOM,MISS BLUE,MARGIE AND MARK. ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 STILL AT THE BIRTHDAY PARTY. AL IS FULLY ENTERTAINED. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 "CONSTELLATION" COMING UP THE SHIP CANAL WITH "DIXIE & GENERAL LEE". MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
RIC SHREWSBURY OF WESTERN TOWBOAT SENT ME THESE OLD PHOTOS.
 "DIXIE & GENERAL LEE" UNDOCKING "COURAGEOUS" FROM FOSS DRYDOCK. RIC SHREWSBURY PHOTO.
 OUT IN THE STREAM WITH THE "COURAGEOUS".RIC SHREWSBURY PHOTO.
 RIC & BOB'S "TRIUMPH" IN THE ICE IN ALASKA. RIC SHREWSBURY PHOTO.
 MY "STANDFAST" CHARGING ALONG IN SEATTLE HARBOR. RIC SHREWSBURY PHOTO.
 HERE ARE MARGIE & I ON THE "SPITFIRE". RIC SHREWSBURY PHOTO.
 HERE IS "DIXIE" TOWING OUR OLD BOAT THE "VIRGINIA V". RIC SHREWSBURY PHOTO. THERE IS NOT MUCH MORE FUN IN LIFE THAN GETTING PICTURES OF YOUR BOATS THAT SOMEONE ELSE TOOK. THANKS RIC FOR THINKING ABOUT US.
2012-11-27
 TOM & ERIK TOWED THE "BLUE MOON" FROM PIER 91 TO FISHERMEN'S TERMINAL. HERE THEY ARE INSIDE THE LOCKS AND TURNING HER AROUND. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 "DIXIE & GRACE" WITH "BLUE MOON". MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 CAPT. ERIK & "GRACE" YARDING ON BOW OF "BLUE MOON" TURNING HER AROUND. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO. HI STAN! HOW DO YOU LIKE MY BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOS?
 VAN DOING A GOOD JOB OF DECKING. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 "WEST POINT" HAS THE BACK END OF THE RED DOG MINE BARGE UNDER CONTROL. ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 RIC YACHTING IT ON HIS "WESTERN STAR". ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 "GRACE" ON HEAD END OF "BLUE MOON" AT PIER 91. TOM BULSON PHOTO.
 "GRACE" WITH TOWLINE OUT PULLING ON "BLUE MOON" TOM BULSON PHOTO.
 KEITH STERNBERG SWINGING THE COMPASS ON THE "DIXIE". TOM BULSON PHOTO.
 "HORNET" ALONGSIDE "DIXIE" SHE, LIKE THE "GRACE", WERE FOSS HARBOR BOATS. TOM BULSON PHOTO.
 "JEEP & GENERAL LEE" TOWING A NEW HOUSEBOAT AT FOSS. TOM BULSON PHOTO.
 "GENERAL LEE" ASSISTING "BLUE NORTH" INTO STABBERT YACHT AND SHIP DRYDOCK. TOM BULSON PHOTO.
 "LESLIE FOSS" HAS BEEN CHARTERED TO TRADEWINDS TOWING. TOM BULSON PHOTO.
2012 (DEC) MY SCANS
 SNAPPER CARSON'S "CRANE". DAD BOUGHT HER SURPLUS & SNAPPER MADE A SALMON TENDER OUT OF HER. THIS PHOTO AROUND 1994.
 RUSS GIBSON AND DOC (IN HAT) ON BOARD "CRANE" WHEN THEY BOUGHT HER IN 1960. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 "SHELIKOF" AT KNUDSONS COVE?. THE PRISON AT McNEIL'S ISLAND BUILT 3 OF THESE BOATS DURING WWII. THE "SHELIKOF" WAS BOYER'S BOAT THE "ON-TIME". BOYER CHANGED THE NAME TO THE "GEORGEANN H". HE SOLD HER AND SHE BECAME THE "SHELIKOF" AND I DON'T KNOW THE NAME OR NAMES OF THE IN BETWEEN OWNERS. SNAPPER BOUGHT HER AND RENAMED HER THE "BEHMER" AND OPERATED HER IN SE ALASKA. I RAN INTO HER AT KNUDSON'S COVE BECAUSE SNAPPER AND DENNIS DIAMOND WERE BUDDIES AND DENNIS BOUGHT THE TUG "A-1" FROM ME. WE RAN INTO HIM WHEN WE TOOK THE "BLUEBERRY " TO SE ALASKA. ROBIN PATERSON AND I BOUGHT THE T-89 ONE OF THE 3 BOATS AFTER IT WAS DECLARED SURPLUS, IT WAS CALLED THE"HOH" WHEN THE UW OPERATED HER. WE SOLD HER AND SHE BECAME THE "DUTCHMAN" A YACHT AND IS STILL RUNNING. DID I MISS ANYTHING?
 "BEHMER" AS SHE LOOKED IN 1995.
 "BEHMER" WITH A DOUBLE WIDE RAFT IN TOW.  STORY ABOUT THE PRISON BOATS FROM THE MAY 1943 PACIFIC MOTOR BOAT MAGAZINE. 
 BOYER'S "ON-TIME". RAY KRANTZ PHOTO.
 "T-89" BECAME THE "HOH" FOR THE UW.
 "T-89" IN U.S. ARMY COLORS. WASN'T SHE PRETTY - EVEN CURTAINS IN THE SALON.
 - “HOH” WHEN ROBIN AND I HAD HER FOR SALE AT FREMONT BOAT. NOTICE THE TUG “A-1″ WITH THE BUFF LOWER HOUSE, SHE IS THE ONE THAT DENNIS BOUGHT FROM ME. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 MARK & ROB AND THEIR NEW SUPLUS BOAT. MARGIE FREEMAN PHOTO.
OUR MAN IN COSMOPOLIS, SCOTT SCHOCH, IS A SKIPPER FOR DUNLAP. THIS TIME HE SENDS PICTURES OF THE “SWINOMISH” MAKING THE PASS WITH A LARGE LOG RAFT WITH OTHER DUNLAP TUGS ASSISTING.
 "SWINOMISH" LINING UP FOR THE PASS. SCOTT SCHOCH PHOTO.
 OFF TO THE RIGHT IS THE "PORT GARDNER" GOT TO GET HER PAST GOBLER'S KNOB. SCOTT SCHOCH PHOTO.
 LOTS OF WHEEL WASH - THE PASS IS ALWAYS TOUGH. PAT STOPPELMAN, MY BROTHER-IN-LAW, ONCE TOWED A LOG RAFT THRU DECEPTION PASS WITH THE "WESTERN STAR" IN THE FOG AND NO RADAR, WOW! SCOTT SCHOCH PHOTO.
 JUST OFF CORONET BAY AND SOMETHING LET GO THATS WHAT THOSE WONDERFULL SMALL TUGS DO: FIX THINGS IN A HURRY. SCOTT SCHOCH PHOTO.
 NOW THAT YOU ARE THRU THE PASS THE NEXT SET OF PROBLEMS PRESENT THEMSELVES: DO YOU HAVE ENOUGH TIDE AND CURRENT TO GET YOU TO THE NEXT POINT? ON THE CHART THEY CALL IT STRAWBERRY PT. BUT ALL THE LOG TOWERS USED TO CALL IT STICK PT. BECAUSE YOU WERE ALWAYS STUCK. YOU HAD TO BE PAST IT TO KEEP GOING SOUTH BEFORE IT STARTS TO EBB. THE NEW HIGH POWERED BOATS MAY NOT HAVE A PROBLEM BUT TOTHE OLD BOATS WITH 10 HP TO A SECTION IT WAS A REAL FACTOR. SCOTT SCHOCH PHOTO.
BOB RICHARDSON, OUR MAN IN COOS BAY, SENT US A LOT OF PHOTOS OF THAT HILLY COUNTRY. THANKS BOB.
 CAPT. BOB AT THE WHEEL.
 BIG SWELL RUNNING - THE SHIP IS DIPPING HER ANCHOR. BOB RICHARDSON PHOTO.
 TUG "COOS BAY" AND 20 FOOT WAVES. BOB RICHARDSON PHOTOS.
 COOS BAY PILOTS GEORGE WALES AND CHARLIE YATES. BOB RICHARDSON PHOTOS.
OUR MAN ON WHIDBEY ISLAND, STAN WILLHIGHT, SENDS MANY MORE PHOTOS. CHECK OUT OUR LITTLE TREAT FOR HIM AT THE END OF HIS PHOTOS.
 1-8-1986 CHADWICK LOG PATROL BOAT AT GLENDALE. STAN WILLHIGHT PHOTO.
 10-15-1987 CENTENNIAL LION AT STEVESTON B.C. STAN WILLHIGHT PHOTO.
 12-10-1987 "JAMES T. QUIGG" AT SEATTLE, SHE NOW IS DUNLAP'S "ROSARIO". STAN WILLHIGHT PHOTO.
 12-5-1987 KNAPPTON'S "TACOMA". I THINK SHE IS IN THE EAST WATERWAY IN SEATTLE HARBOR. STAN WILLHIGHT PHOTO.
 "BILL CLARK & PORTLAND" BOTH KNAPPTON TUGS. STAN WILLHIGHT PHOTOS.
 10-21-1987 GREAT PICTURE OF CROWLEY'S "JUPITER & PUERTO NUEVO" RUNNING TOGETHER DOWN THE WEST WATERWAY. WOULD IT HAVE BEEN FUN TO GET A PICTURE RUNNING LIKE THIS BUT CRANKED ON? WHAT A SWELL THEY WOULD THROW. STAN WILLHIGHT PHOTO.
 I NAMED THIS TUG MODEL FOR STAN WILLHIGHT FOR FINDING ME THIS MODEL, BUYING IT AND THEN GIVING IT TO ME FOR MY BIRTHDAY! AND THANKS FOR ALL THE TUG PHOTOS THAT YOU GIVE ME FOR PUBLICATION. THIS WAS A MODEL OF THE "CHERYL ANN" I CHANGED IT AROUND QUITE A BIT INCLUDING CUTTING THE BOTTOM OFF. THE DESIGNER PUT A DRAGGER HULL ON A TUG SUPERSTRUCTURE . THIS WAS THE MODEL THAT WE USED TO RUN BACK AND FORTH IN A BIG MUD PUDDLE AT GRAYS HARBOR LIFEBOAT STATION DURING LUNCH BREAK IT HAD TWO D CELLS AND AN ELECTRIC MOTOR. EVERYONE HAD FUN RUNNING IT. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO..
 ANOTHER PICTURE OF THE "STAN WILLHIGHT". SHE WAS A REAL TUG IN LOS ANGELES AND THEY MADE THE TV SERIES 'WATERFRONT' WITH PRESTON FOSTER AS THE CAPTAIN AND HE DID A RESPECTABLE JOB. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 I STILL HAVE TO DO A FEW THINGS TO FINISH THE MODEL. I COULD NOT BUY THE RIGHT SIZE OF 20 POINT LIGHTS SO GARY KING MADE ME UP A BUNCH. HE ALSO MADE ME SOME CLEATS AND BITTS. IF YOU WANT SOMETHING MADE OUT OF PLASTIC, HE IS YOUR MAN. I AM LOOKING FOR ANOTHER "CHERYL ANN" MODEL AND IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE TO ME HOW RUN DOWN IT IS I JUST RUN IT OVER TO MY 'SHIPYARD' AND TELL THE GUYS (ME) TO FIX IT. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO. NICE ARTICLE WAS PUBLISHED ON RON BURCHETT AND HIS FAMILY IN THE BC SHIPPING NEWS.
 STORY BY SHIPPING NEWS
WANTED !!!!!!!!!!!!!
OLD OR NEW TUGBOAT SNAPSHOTS OR PICTURES IN ANY CONDITION. I CAN BUY THEM FROM YOU OR COPY THEM AND RETURN THEM TO YOU.
I AM LOOKING FOR A CHERYL ANN MODEL, ANY CONDITION.
THANKS TO ALL WHO SENT IN PHOTOS AND TALL TALES SO THAT I CAN SHARE THEM WITH YOU ONE PHOTO AT A TIME. HISTORY LIVES ON! I REALLY ENJOY PUTTING OUT THE NEWSLETTER AND THE CALENDAR. I GET SO MANY NICE NOTES AND I HAVE FUN FINDING PHOTOS FOR PEOPLE .
HAVE A GREAT NEW YEAR FROM FAIRTIDE MARK & MARGIE, CAPTAINS ERIK & TOM, AL, SANDY, TRACEY & PEANUT, BRYCE, VAN AND THE THREE CATS BRAVEHEART, RAZ AND BATMAN.
 "VAMOOSE"
PAT STOPPELMAN, MY BROTHER-IN-LAW, CROSSED OVER THE BAR ON NOVEMBER 18, 2012. PAT WENT TO SEA FOR MOST OF HIS LIFE STARTING IN AS ASSISTANT ENGINEER ON A 180 HP FAIRBANKS- MORSE IN THE CANNERY TENDER ”ALCO”. HE WAS A TOP FLIGHT BOATMAN AND TUGBOAT CAPTAIN WHETHER HE WAS RUNNING A 26 FOOT TUG OR THE 125′ ”POLAR STAR” TOWING HUGE NORTHLAND BARGES TO ALASKA. YOU ALWAYS KNEW THAT HE WAS THE CAPTAIN AND HE KNEW WHAT HE WAS DOING.
PAT TAUGHT ME A LOT ABOUT TUGS AND TOWING. I WORKED FOR PAT AND TOWED FOR PAT AND HE IN TURN WORKED AND TOWED FOR ME. I HAD TONS OF RESPECT FOR HIS KNOWLEDGE. BEST OF ALL WE HAD A GOOD TIME DOING THINGS. WE ALWAYS HAD A LAUGH WHETHER WE WERE SALVAGING A LOG SPILL OR GETTING READY TO GO TO FRIDAY HARBOR. I THINK THE FUNNIEST TIME WE HAD WAS WHEN HE CAME AS ENGINEER FOR ME WHEN I WAS BRINGING THE TUG ”MANILA” HOME AFTER BUYING HER IN EVERETT. SHE HAD A 60 HP ATLAS BUT THE FUN PART WAS THE STORIES AND LAUGHS WE HAD THE WHOLE TRIP. THIS STORY IS ABOUT PAT AND HIS BOATS AND HIS LIFELONG LOVE OF THE SEA. BRAVO ZULU PAT.
CAPTAIN MARK FREEMAN
 PAT TESTING OUT THE NEW SURPLUS 6-71 GM IN HIS TUG "WESTERN STAR" REPLACING A 100 H.P. FAIRBANKS-MORSE "CO" SEMI-DIESEL.
 CANNERY TENDER "ALCO" AFTER THE 1964 EARTHQUAKE SHE IS ON THE BEACH NEAR SEWARD, ALASKA. PAT DIDNT QUITE MAKE THE GRADATION CEREMONY FROM HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE THE BOAT WAS LEAVING FOR ALASKA AND HE WAS ASSISANT ENGINEER IN 1942.  HERE IS PAT AT MARITIME SCHOOL IN CALIFORNIA IN 1943.  PAT'S FIRST SHIP AFTER MARITIME SCHOOL THE "BARBARA C" AN OLD STEAM SCHOONER. HE WENT TO THE SOUTH PACIFIC ON HER AS AN ABLE-BODIED SEAMAN. ON WATCH ONE NIGHT HE SAW A TORPEDO GO UNDERNEATH HER - WASN'T HIS TIME AS IT DIDN'T EXPLODE. HE SPENT 13 MONTHS ON HER TAKING WAR CARGO BETWEEN AUSTRAILA AND NEW GUINEA. ON THE WAY TO AUSTRAILA SHE WAS SO SLOW THAT THE CONVOY THAT SHE WAS IN LEFT HER AND SHE WAS REPORTED OVER DUE AND LOST. GOOD NEWS, IT WASN'T TRUE.
 AFTER PAT GOT BACK FROM THE SOUTH PACIFIC HE SERVED ON THE "CUBITS GAP" A V4MA1 CLASS TUG. A LOT OF THEM HAD TWO 1100 H.P. ENTERPRISE DIESELS AND WERE 185 FEET LONG. 
- PAT SERVED ON THE U.S. ARMY TRANSPORT SERVICE TUG “COL. ALBIN BARCLAY”. SHE HAD A 1440 H.P. ALCO SULTZER DIESEL. LATER SHE BECAME THE “ANDREW FOSS” AND THEN THE “PACHENA”.
S
 PAT ALSO SAILED ON THE U.S. ARMY TUG LT 376 WHICH BECAME THE "BARBARA FOSS". SHE WAS A MIKI.  HERE IS A PHOTO OF THE U.S.ARMY ST-415. SHE WAS A SISTER TO THE ST-410 WHICH PAT SERVED ON. LATER HE WOULD OWN THE "PACIFIC FOAM" WHICH ALSO WAS AN ST TUG.
 AFTER WWII ENDED PAT SAT FOR HIS 3RD MATE UNLIMITED TICKET AND THEN HE MADE 3 0R 4 TRIPS TO THE FAR EAST ON THE "WAYNE VICTORY" - QUITE A JUMP FROM BEING A KID ON A CANNERY TENDER TO A HUGE BIG CARGO SHIP. WELL DONE PAT.
 AFTER THE WAR PAT BOUGHT THE KETCH "VERDA" WHICH WAS AT FREMONT BOAT CO. HE AND UNCLE ED TOOK OFF FOR NEWPORT BEACH CALIFORNIA BUT THE FORMER OWNER, REX BARTLETT, HAD CUT THE SAIL RIG DOWN AND SHE WOULD NOT SAIL IN THE OCEAN. SO THEY CAME BACK TO SEATTLE.
 PAT ENJOYING THE NICE WEATHER WITH HIS TAHITI KETCH THE "VERDA" 1947.
 TUG "TOOTS" - PAT BOUGHT HER FROM WALLY HANLON. SHE HAD BEEN A SALMON TROLLER AND HAD A 40 H.P. PALMER GAS ENGINE. THAT GOT PAT STARTED IN THE TUGBOAT BUSINESS AROUND 1947.
 THE "VAMOOSE": PAT BOUGHT HER FROM RAY STICKLER IN 1948. SHE WAS 40 FEET LONG AND HAD A 55 H.P. ATLAS IMPERIAL DIESEL WHICH SWUNG A 40 X 24 WHEEL AT 400 RPMS. SHE WAS A GOOD LOOKING SMALL TUG BUILT ON THE WILLIPA BY SMITH AND LAUDERBACK IN 1912.
 BYRON FISH DID A LITTLE NEWS ITEM ON PAT & MERRY IN THE SEATTLE TIMES.
 PAT & MY SISTER MERRY WERE MARRIED IN JULY OF 1949.
 PAT & MERRY ON THE BOW OF THE "VAMOOSE" IN 1949.
 THE "VAMOOSE" ON A DOUBLE WIDE LOG TOW IN SARATOGA PASSAGE.
 THE "MAY": PAT'S LOG PATROL JERKBOAT. I WENT DECKING FOR PAT ON THE "VAMOOSE & MAY" ON A CHRISTMAS VACATION ON A BIG LOG PATROL TRIP OUT OF UTSALADY AND I LEARNED THE LOG SALVAGE BUSINESS IN ONE TRIP. PAT WAS A GREAT TEACHER. SHE WAS 26 FEET LONG AND HAD A 40 H.P. GRAY MARINE FOR POWER.
 PAT PULLING PILING AT SETH GREEN'S FOR MY DAD WITH THE "VAMOOSE". I'M ON DECK NEXT TO THE HOUSE HELPING.
 "VAMOOSE" UP THE WEST WATERWAY GETTING READY TO TOW BOOMSTICKS.
 "VAMOOSE & ROSE" TOGETHER IN STILL HARBOR. MERRY STOPPELMAN & BOB SHREWSBURY WERE THE BEST OF FRIENDS AND PAT & BOB DID MANY JOBS TOGETHER. THE "ROSE" HAD A 65 H.P. UNION. THEY WOULD TOW LOG RAFTS TOGETHER FROM KENMORE TO STIMSON MILL IN BALLARD AND AS THEY WENT BY YOU COULD HEAR BOTH HEAVY DUTY EXHAUSTS IN AND OUT OF SYNC.
 PAT & MERRY AND THEIR FRIEND BOB SHREWSBURY WERE ALWAYS LOOKING AT TUGS TO BUY. PAT & MERRY ARE ON BOARD THE "NOREEN" AND THE SAME COMPANY HAD THE "WESTERN STAR" FOR SALE.
 MERRY & BOB SHREWSBURY ON THE "WESTERN STAR" WHICH PAT & MERRY BOUGHT. SHE HAD A 100 H.P. FAIRBANKS-MORSE "CO" SEMI-DIESEL AND WOULD MAKE PAT A GOOD TUGBOAT SO THAT HE COUOLD HANDLE LARGER LOG RAFTS AND BARGES. 1950
 SEPT.1952 PAT & MERRY & HOWARD.
 "WESTERN STAR & VAMOOSE" LYING AT McCARTY'S MARINA. I WAS PRESENT WHEN PAT & BOB STARTED UP THE "CO" AND IT RAN AWAY... BOY WAS THAT EXCITING!
 "WESTERN STAR" & RAY STICKLER'S "KLATAWA" PULLING ON 22 SECTIONS OF LOGS IN SARATOGA PASSAGE.
 "WESTERN STAR" MAKING UP A TOW IN DEEP BAY ON LUMMI ISLAND.  "WESTERN STAR": SHE WAS A GOOD BOAT FOR PAT. SHE WAS BUILT IN 1920 AND WAS 52 FEET LONG.
 SEPT. 1952 PAT WITH HOWARD ON "WESTERN STAR"
 PHOTO TAKEN AT MILLER'S BAY FROM LEFT TO RIGHT MARK, PAT HOLDING SCOTT, HOWARD STANDING IN FRONT OF MOTHER, DAD , PAULA AND MERRY.
 "METEOR" IN NOME. PAT BOUGHT HER IN 1955 WHEN SHE WAS LAID UP. SHE WAS 75 FEET REGISTERED LENGTH AND BUILT IN 1900. SHE HAD A PAIR OF 110 H.P. WASHINGTON - ESTEP HEAVY DUTY DIESELS AND WAS A VERY ABLE BOAT. PAT TOWED LOGS ON THE SOUND, BARGES TO ALASKA AND POINTS ON THE WEST COAST OF WASHINGTON AND OREGON. HE SOLD HER IN 1961.
 A GOOD PHOTO OF PAT'S NEXT TUG THE "ARLYN NELSON" AND THE "METEOR" LYING AT FANTASY LAND.
 "ARLYN NELSON" WHEN AMERICAN OWNED HER. SHE WAS BUILT AT SUNRISE BEACH IN 1914 AND HAD A 90 H.P. ATLAS. PAT BOUGHT A 150 H.P. WASHINGTON IN PIECES AND REBUILT IT IN GRANDMA FITZ'S GARAGE. IT WAS VERY MUCH A SUCCESS AND WAS A 5 CYLINDER DIRECT REVERSIBLE AND DID IT SOUND GOOD. IT WOULD TALK TO YOU.
 THE "ARLYN NELSON" WITH LOG TOW IN DECEPTION PASS WITH TOMMY HUDEN'S "PEERLESS" ASSISTING AND THE RODGERS BROTHERS ON THE TAIL END OF THE RAFT. PAT BOUGHT THE "ARLYN NELSON" IN 1961 AND SOLD HER IN 1963.
 THE "PACIFIC FOAM" AFTER PAT SOLD HER TO DUNLAP. SHE WAS BUILT AS A U.S. ARMY ST AND HAD A DMM 400 H.P. ENTERPRISE MEDIUM SPEED. PAT BOUGHT HER FROM A MILL IN KETCHIKAN AND RAN HER TO SEATTLE. HE DID A LOT OF TOWING FOR JIM HAAGEN OF NORTHLAND MARINE LINES OF THE FREIGHT BARGES TO SE ALASKA. SHE WAS 72 FEET AND PAT BOUGHT HER IN 1963 AND SOLD HER IN 1965.
 THE "SKOOKUM LOGGER": FRANK WOLF BUILT HER TO TOW LOGS IN SHELTON. PAT BOUGHT HER FROM LLOYD FRANK IN 1966 AND WAS SHE A HOT ROD. 45 FEET LONG AND A D343 CAT FOR POWER 325 H.P. I WENT DECKING FOR PAT AND WE TOWED A SMALL DREDGE INTO LA PUSH AND WE MADE 8 KNOTS WITH IT, WOW!
 THE "SKOOKUM LOGGER" IS LYING AT THE TUG PIER AT FREMONT BOAT.
THE “SNAFU” 34 FT TUG 671-GM WITH 3:1 GEAR AND NO PHOTO OF HER.
ALSO I DON’T HAVE PHOTOS OF THE “FREDDY & HENRY” – THEY WERE LANDING BARGES THAT
PAT BOUGHT AND SOLD. HE ALSO RAN THE “CHRISTY R” FOR US AND HE CHARTERED
THE TUG “DWARF” FROM US FOR LOG TOWING.
 HERE IS JACK McCRARY STANDING ON THE BOW OF DAD'S "CHRISTY R". PAT USED HER AT STIMSON MILL IN BALLARD. SHE HAD A 140 H.P. CHRYSLER ROYAL GAS ENGINE ON A 4 1/2:1 GEAR.
 THE "DWARF" 45 FEET LONG AND A 6-71 GM 165 HP WITH A 4-1/2 TO 1 GEAR. HERE SHE IS TOWING OUR SALVAGE BARGE THE "GUZZEL"
 "FRITZY": 30 FEET LONG POWERED WITH AN 844 BUDA 140 H.P. AL LIESKI BUILT HER IN PORT ORCHARD. DANDY LITTLE STEEL TUG. PAT RENAMED HER THE "KOBUK" AND DID LOCAL TOWING.
 'FOSS NO. 19" UNDERWAY OFF DUNGENESS SPIT. PAT BOUGHT HER FROM FOSS LAUNCH & TUG IN 1965 BUT HE HAD TO SEE THEIR GENERAL MANAGER, PAUL PEARSON, BECAUSE THE FRONT OFFICE WOULD NOT SELL IT TO HIM. PAT ASKED PAUL 'WHEN HAVE I EVER TAKEN A JOB FROM YOU THAT YOU WANTED?' THE ANSWER WAS 'NEVER'. AND PAUL SOLD HIM THE BOAT.
 HERE SHE IS AS THE "KIOWA" (EX- FOSS NO 19). PAT TOOK OUT THE ENTERPRISE AND PUT A D343 CAT ON A 5:1 GEAR IN HER AND WOULD SHE MAKE KNOTS. HE TOOK HER NORTH AND GEORGE BAGGEN BOUGHT HER IN 1966.
 "INVERNESS" IN THE LOCKS WITH A NORTHLAND MARINE LINES BARGE. PAT GOT HER IN 1966 AND SHE COULD HAVE BEEN A TRADE IN ON THE "KIOWA "; SHE HAD A 220 H.P. SUCK AND BLOW ATLAS.
 HERE IN THIS PHOTO PAT IS TAKING HIS WHOLE FAMILY NORTH TO ALASKA TO LIVE AND TOW UP THERE. THEY ARE ON THE "INVERNESS" WAITING FOR THE LOCKS. THEY RETURNED TO SEATTLE IN1969 AND HE SOLD THE BOAT IN 1970.
 PAT & MERRY AT NORTHLAND'S TERMINAL ON THE SHIP CANAL.
 PAT'S BUSINESS CARD.
 PAT GOT OUT OF THE TUGBOAT BUSINESS AND STARTED SALMON TROLLING AND BUYING AND SELLING BOATS. HERE IS HIS TROLLER THE "ILA" AT FREMONT BOAT. TUG "MANILA" IN THE BACKGROUND.
 ANOTHER SALMON TROLLER HE HAD WAS THE "ISABEL".
 "ISABEL" JUST PASSING OUR HOUSEBOAT.
WE HAVE LOST ANOTHER LINK WITH THE PAST WITH PAT LEAVING US,
NO MORE GOOD JOKES AND FUN ABOUT OLD TUGS.
GOODBYE, PAT.
WE HAVE SOME MOORAGE FOR YEAR-ROUND BOATS….AND ONE BOAT THE “ON-TIME” FOR CHARTER FOR LAKE UNION CRUISES…..CAPTAINS TOM & ERIK HAVE SEVERAL TUGBOATS THEY USE FOR YOUR TOWING NEEDS.
WANTED OLD MARINE DIGEST MAGAZINES CIRCA 1920 TO 1950. ALSO WANT PHOTOS OF THE TUG “MANILA” , LOG TOWING PHOTOS, RAY KRANTZ PHOTOS AND MORE INFO ON THE “HOWKAN” GOING ASHORE IN 1947 AT BINOUGH BAY. WE BUY OLD PHOTOS!!!!!!
 OUR STEAM TUG LOGO THANKS TO BILL GARDEN AND JOHNNY ADAMS.
 "ARTHUR FOSS" NEEDS YOUR HELP. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 - OUR MAN IN SEATTLE - MARK – IS LOOKING A LITTLE THIN AFTER HIS BRAIN TUMOR OPERATION IN 1981. ROB PATERSON PHOTO.
MARK”S WEATHER REPORT: ITS BEEN A REAL NICE FALL ALTHOUGH THE RAINS SET A RECORD IN THE FIRST PART OF OCTOBER, WE HAVEN’T HAD ANY REALLY BAD WIND STORMS BUT THEY ARE COMING.
SO THAT BRINGS US TO THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN THE MARINA:
WE GO THRU THE MARINA AND RE-TIE ALMOST EVERY BOAT HERE – AND WE ALSO PUT OUT EXTRA LINES. IF YOU SEE A STRANGE LINE ON YOUR BOAT WITH A DOUBLE MARKER OF BLUE TAPE THAT IS A LINE WE PUT OUT SO PLEASE DO NOT TAKE THEM OFF. IF YOU USE YOUR BOAT, PLEASE PUT THEM BACK ON. THIS GIVES PEACE OF MIND TO YOU – AND TO US WHEN WE DON’T HAVE TO GET OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT WHEN IT’S BLOWING HARD. KEEP YOUR BOAT TIED TIGHT TO THE DOCK; IF YOU HAVE A BUNCH OF SLACK IN YOUR LINES IT WILL LET THE BOAT SURGE IN THE BIG GUSTS AND YOU HAVE EVERY CHANCE OF BREAKING A LINE OR PULLING OUT A CLEAT. PLEASE PUT ONLY ONE HALF HITCH ON THE DOCK CLEATS AND DON’T TIE UP YOUR BOAT WITH ONE LONG LINE. OUR CREW THANKS YOU!
STABBERT YACHT & SHIP BOUGHT THE “PATHFINDER” FROM CROWLEY AND WE GOT TO TOW IT TO THEIR DRYDOCK IN BALLARD. SHE RAN AGROUND ON BLIGH REEF AT VALDEZ, ALASKA. I BELIEVE AROUND THE SAME PLACE THE EXXON VALDEZ RAN AGROUND SPILLING MILLIONS OF GALLONS OF OIL. SHE IS ONE OF CROWLEY’S “INVADER” CLASS TUGS WITH 7200 H.P.IN TWO BIG EMDs. ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL TUGS! PHIL SPAULDING DESIGNED THEM AND PROVED THAT YOU COULD BUILD A TRADITIONAL, GOOD LOOKING TUG OUT OF STEEL. CROWLEY BUILT 25 OF THEM, IF I REMEMBER RIGHT.
CAPTAIN BLIGH OF THE “BOUNTY” IS STILL WITH US: SUPERSTORM SANDY SUNK THE SAILING VESSEL “BOUNTY” AND DROWNED THE SKIPPER AND A RELATION TO MR. CHRISTIAN. OUR PRAYERS GO TO OUR EAST COAST FOLKS DAILY. WHAT A MESS!
WE HAD A GREAT HALOWEEN. MARGIE, HEIDI AND ERIK TOOK THEIR DAUGHTER, MARINA MAY, TRICK OR TREATING IN FREMONT AND THEN HAD HER BOBBING FOR APPLES - WHICH SHE HAD NEVER DONE. IT WAS FUNNY AND TOUCHING – AND SHE ACTUALLY GOT ONE! THANKS TO ALL THE FREMONT BUSINESSES THAT MADE SUCH A FUN DAY FOR SO MANY FAMILIES.
DE WHITTIER STOPPED BY FOR A VISIT AND WE GOT TO SEE THE FAMOUS PARROT THAT SHE AND PETE HAD. IT RIDES ON HER SHOULDER- WHAT FUN.
JOE TIFFANY WENT TO SCHOOL FOR US AND GOT HIS COMPETENT SHIPYARD PERSON PAPERS FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IT WAS A 3 DAY SCHOOL. NOW HE IS STARTING TO WELD ON THE GATOR AT THE CSR BOATYARD.
WE SOLD THE “FATHOM” A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO AND TONY JUST FINISHED HAVING BAKKETUN & THOMAS SHIPWRIGHTS DO THE REPAIR WORK TO HER. SHE WAS OUT OF WATER AT SAM LeCLERCQ’S COMMERICAL MARINE ON THE SHIP CANAL – WHAT A WONDERFUL FACILITY. SAM IS BUILDING A BRAND NEW 58 FOOT LIMIT SEINER. QUITE A SIGHT INSIDE HIS SPACIOUS BUILDING. BAKKETUN & THOMAS ARE ALSO DOING THE REPAIRS TO THE TUG “EXCALABAR” - MARGIE’S OLD BOAT – AT THEIR PLANT.
STABBERT YACHT & SHIP HAVE RENAMED THEIR MARY ANN CRANE BARGE FOR MY OLD FRIEND DAVE UPDIKE, THEY ALSO HAVE A SEINE SKIFF NAMED FOR ANOTHER OLD FRIEND OF MINE. THEY CALL IT THE LOGAN FOR DOUG LOGAN. BOTH MEN SPENT THEIR LIVES WORKING, BUYING AND SELLING AND FIXING UP OLD BOATS. GREAT CHOICE OF NAMES.
ERIK AND I ATTENDED A FREE FOR VETERANS BREAKFAST AT THE BALLARD ELKS ON SUNDAY. JOE, WHO WORKS FOR US, WAS MASTER OF CERMONIES AND RECEIVED A VERY NICE SHADOW BOX SHOWING A PHOTO OF HIM WHEN HE WAS A MARINE AND ALL HIS AWARDS AND MEDALS. ALONG WITH ALL THAT FUN, THE BREAKFAST WAS GREAT.
MARGIE HAS BEEN ATTENDING A MARINA CONFERENCE AT LA CONNER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS PUT ON BY THE NORTHWEST MARINE TRADE ASSOCIATION. WELL ATTENDED AND LOTS OF GOOD INFO!
I SHOWED A PHOTO FROM STAN WILLHIGHT OF A BIG TUG NEAR ASTORIA AND NEITHER ONE OF US KNEW THE NAME; HOWEVER GUIDO FROM GERMANY SENT ME AN EMAIL AND SAID THE TUG WAS THE “THUNDER” AND MAIN IRON WORKS OF HOUMA, LA HAD BUILT HER AS HULL NO. 273. HER OTHER NAMES WERE “DAVID P. GUIDRY” AND SHE IS NOW CALLED THE “SHARON DeHART”. THANKS FOR THE INFO!
RON BURCHETT STOPPED BY ON ONE OF HIS WHIRLWIND TRIPS AND WORKED ON MY NEW RC TUG THE ”O. H.’DOC’ FREEMAN” . SHE WAS NAMED THE “SOUTHHAMPTON” AND I REPAINTED HER IN FREEMAN TUG COLORS. WE ENDED UP GETTING 4 OF THE TUGS FROM WALMART: ONE WENT TO RON, ONE TO MISS BLUE, ONE TO ERIK (HAPPY BIRTHDAY!) AND ONE TO ME. WHAT FUN. AS SOON AS IT MAKES THE WATER I WILL HAVE MORE PICTURES TO SHARE.
THE WORD ON THE STREET IS THAT HOWARD (STEVE TATE’S SON-IN-LAW) BOUGHT THE TUG “SUSAN H” FOR A VERY GOOD PRICE. GREAT BOAT! BOYER HAD PROTHERO BUILD HER IN 1947. I PICKED UP MY FIRST LOG SPILL FOR BOYER. THE “SUSAN H” CAME AROUND PILOT POINT WITH 24 SECTIONS AND THE SE WIND GOT HER AND SHE SPILLED ABOUT 70 LOGS. I WAS BEACHCOMBING OVER BY INDIANOLA AND BOYER CAME OVER ON THE ON-TIME AND GOT ME AND THE “JERKMORE” AND UP WE WENT TO GET HIS LOGS BACK. BOY DID I LEARN FROM BOYER ABOUT LOGS.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST TWO OF MY OLD TUGS WERE ON CRAIGS LIST FOR SALE. MY OLD “STANDFAST” NOW CALLED THE “FOX” FOR $40,000 AND THE “A-1″ FOR $35,000.
 HERE'S AN OLD ONE 1939 FROM LEFT TO RIGHT FIRST GIRL UNKNOWN NEXT MY SISTER, MERRY, MY MOTHER, MAY, AND LITTLE MARK AGE 5.
 OLD FREMONT BOAT ABOUT 1939. ON THE FAR LEFT IS THE "SUQUAMISH" AND NEX TO HER IS THE "SPEEDER". BEHIND HER, I THINK, IS THE HOUSE OFF THE STEAMER "ATLANTA" AND I THINK THE SCOW UNDER IT IS THE "ROSE NO. 10". NOT SURE WHAT THE NICE YACHT IS ON THE RIGHT.
 BATMAN READY FOR LUNCH. MARGIE FREEMAN PHOTO.
 NOW HERE IS A CAST OF CHARACTERS, JOE MAMA,CAPTAIN ERIK AND THE BOSS MARGIE.
 MARK & RICHARD SURVEYING THE LATEST YARD PROJECT. MARGIE FREEMAN PHOTO.
 MARK & MARINA MAY BEING SILLY. MARGIE FREEMAN PHOTO.
 RON BURCHETT WIRING THE NEW BOAT. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 "O.H. 'DOC' FREEMAN" - PRETTY, BUT WILL SHE FLOAT? MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 JOE THE WELDER IN HIS MARINE CORP WATCH CAP. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 BRYCE OUR SUPER VARNISHER ON THE "BLUEBERRY". MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 "GENERAL LEE AND DIXIE" WITH THE "PACIFIC STAR" IN TOW BOUND FOR ALASKA BOAT CO. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 "DIXIE" JUST CLEARING THE FREMONT BRIDGE WITH THE "PACIFIC STAR". MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 "COOS NO. 6" PUSHING A CONSTRUCTION BARGE. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 TWO OF WESTERN'S TUGS UNDER THREATING SKIES. MARGIE FREEMAN PHOTO.
 "CAPE HORN" IN DRY DOCK AT FOSS. MARGIE FREEMAN PHOTO.
 A LITTLE RAINBOW OVER MY LIGHTHOUSE. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 DE DROPPED BY TO SAY HELLO WITH MAX. MARGIE FREEMAN PHOTO.
 "GRACE & DIXIE" UNDER A DARK SKY - BATTEN THE HATCHES DOWN MATEY. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 WE FINALLY MADE IT TO ANACORTES. "QUILCEDA & SKAGIT" LAYING AT THE DOCK BOTH EX-DUNLAP BOATS. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 "NICOLE-CAROLYN" WHAT'S HER STORY... A DRUM SEINER? MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 MARGIE - ONE OF MY BETTER MOVES - 28 YEARS OF MARRIAGE COMING UP. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 "TERILYN" ONE OF THE 4 TUGS FROM SAN FRANCISCO BROUGHT IN TO WORK ON THE NEW FLOATING BRIDGE. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 "ISLAND STORM" WITH ONE AHEAD GOING TO NORTHLAKE SHIPYARD. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 CORPORAL JOE AND HIS NEW SHIPYARD COMPETENT PERSON CERTIFICATE. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 OUR MISS BLUE, BOY IS SHE A BIG HELP. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 PEANUT -I LOVE THE SWEATER - MISS BLUE'S DOG. MISS BLUE'S PHOTO.
 'DIXIE" WITH "FIERCE ALLEGIANCE" ALONGSIDE HEADED FOR NORTHLAKE SHIPYARD. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 "FIERCE ALLEGIANCE" INTO THE SUN. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 NEW SIDE DECK FOR THE "EXCALIBAR" AT BAKKETUN & THOMAS. MARGIE FREEMAN PHOTO.
 NEW STERN DECK FOR THE "EXCALIBAR". MARGIE FREEMAN PHOTO
 "FATHOM" BEING REPAIRED AT SAM LeCLERCQ'S SHIPYARD BY BAKKETUN & THOMAS.
 JOHN THOMAS HELPING TO PUT A PLANK IN THE "FATHOM". MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 JOHN THOMAS AND MARK HAVING A HIGH LEVEL CONFERENCE. MARGIE FREEMAN PHOTO.
 SAM LeCLERCQ AND MARK TALKING ABOUT HIS NEW SEINER THAT HE IS BUILDING. MARGIE FREEMAN PHOTO.
 "CAPE DECISION" - NEAT BOAT. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 "GENERAL LEE & DIXIE" MAKING UP TO THE STABBERT CRANE BARGE "UPDIKE" TO TOW UP INTO FISHERMEN'S TERMINAL TO LIFT A CRANE OFF THE "A-J". MARGIE FREEMAN PHOTO.
 "GENERAL LEE" STARTING UP THE CHANNEL WITH THE "UPDIKE". MARGIE FREEMAN PHOTO.
 YOU CAN SEE HOW NARROW THE CHANNEL IS THAT THEY HAVE TO THREAD THRU. MARGIE FREEMAN PHOTO.
 ALONGSIDE "A-J". MARGIE FREEMAN PHOTO.
 STARTING TO PICK THE CRANE OFF THE "A-J". ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 TONY CAME BY TO SAY HELLO WITH THE "FATHOM" BACK IN THE WATER. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 TONY LOOKS RIGHT AT HOME ON HIS NEW SEINER. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 JOE ON VETERANS DAY WITH HIS AWARDS SHADOW BOX - HE LOOKS PROUD AS PUNCH. ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 - MARK ON VETERANS DAY. HE LOOKS PROUD AND HAPPY. MARGIE FREEMAN PHOTO.
 BATMAN IN HIS FAVORITE PERCH. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 "DIXIE" WITH "PATHFINDER" ALONGSIDE HEADED FOR STABBERT YACHT & SHIP. ERIK CAUGHT THE SPACE NEEDLE JUST RIGHT.
 "DIXIE" SHIFTING "REBECCA IRENE". ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 "DIXIE" SHIFTING "BLUE NORTH" AT STABBERT'S. ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 CAPTAIN RIC SHREWSBURY ON THE "HORNET". WE ASSISTED HIM OUT THRU THE LOCKS WITH THE "FOSS 300". ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 "DIXIE" TAILING "FOSS 300" THRU THE LOCKS FOR THE "HORNET". ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 "ON-TIME" UNDER THE BALLARD BRIDGE.ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 "DIXIE" WITH "ALASKA ROSE". ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 "DIXIE" WITH "BLUE NORTH" ALONGSIDE. ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 "DIXIE" SHIFTING EX-USCG BUOY TENDER "CACTUS" INTO BIG SHED AT STABBERT'S. ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 "ISLAND GUARDIAN" - IS IT A MODEL OR THE REAL THING? PHOTO FROM RON BURCHETT.
 WHAT'S THIS? A FLOATING PUMPKIN BEING PUSHED BY TWO TUGS OR IS ONE ANOTHER PUMPKIN? PHOTO FROM RON BURCHETT.
 NOW WHAT? DOES THE TUG HAVE HANDS OR IS IT A PUMPKIN CAPTAIN? PHOTO FROM RON BURCHETT.
 TUG "CALEB" IN BELLINGHAM. PHOTO BY JIM GOSSAGE.
OUR MAN IN LADYSMITH, MICHAEL DEAN, SENDS MANY TUGBOAT PHOTOS.
 CANADIAN TUGS IN COAL HARBOR. MICHAEL DEAN PHOTO.
 "NUMAS WARRIOR & RENEGADE" AT PORT McNEIL. MICHAEL DEAN PHOTO.
 "SEASPAN COMMODORE" AND LOG BARGE. MICHAEL DEAN PHOTO.
 "SEA IMP XI" AND BARGE. MICHAEL DEAN PHOTO.
 "RAPID PROVIDOUR & VICTORY V". MICHAEL DEAN PHOTO.
 "SEASPAN KING". MICHAEL DEAN PHOTO.
 "SEASPAN KING" AND LOG BARGE. MICHAEL DEAN PHOTO. THANKS MICHAEL.
HERE ARE SOME MORE PHOTOS THAT NICK AND PAT BROWER TOOK
ON THEIR TRIP TO ALASKA. SAD TO SAY NICK IS NO LONGER WITH US.
 WESTERN'S "OCEAN NAVIGATOR" NICK BROWER PHOTO.
 AND THE BARGE THAT SHE IS TOWING THE "TAKU PROVIDOR". NICK BROWER PHOTO.
 "WESTERN TITAN" AND HER HUGE BARGE. NICK BROWER PHOTO.
 TUG "MICHAEL" AND HER BARGE AT KETCHIKAN. NICK BROWER PHOTO.
 BOYER'S "EDITH OLSON" AT KETCHIKAN. NICK BROWER PHOTO.
 ANOTHER VIEW OF THE "EDITH OLSON" NICK BROWER PHOTO.
 IT'S NOT THAT I LIKE SMALL TUGS... HERE AGAIN IS THE "EDITH OLSON'. NICK BROWER PHOTO.
OUR MAN ON THE FRASER RIVER, MIKE WRIGHT, SENDS THESE PHOTOS.
 "SEASPAN TEMPEST' AND TWO CHIPPERS ON THE FRASER. MIKE WRIGHT PHOTO.
 "PACIFIC FORCE" AND ONE DUSTY ON THE FRASER. MIKE WRIGHT PHOTO.
OUR MAN IN EVERETT, TOM STEVENS, SENDS THESE PHOTOS.
 TUG "MARSK MASTER" TOWING A LARGE TANK. IS IT A MODEL? TOM STEVENS PHOTO.
 THREE SMIT TUGS TOWING THE SAME TANK? TOM STEVENS PHOTO.
OUR MAN IN COOS BAY, BOB RICHARDSON, SENDS IN THESE PHOTOS.
 "TECLUSTA" NEGOTIATING RR BRIDGE WITH "COOS BAY" & "NORTH BEND" IN BACKGROUND. BOB RICHARDSON PHOTO.
 GEORGE WALES TRYING OUT NEW BOW THRUSTER ON "BLANCO". BOB RICHARDSON PHOTO.
OUR MAN IN NEW WESTMINSTER, GARY KING, SENDS IN THESE PHOTOS.
 LOOKS LIKE THE QUEENS OWN STEAM LAUNCH. GARY KING PHOTO.
 SHE LOOKS LIKE THE 'HMS VICTORY'. THINK OF THE HOURS AND DAYS OF WORK THAT WENT INTO BUILDING HER. GARY KING PHOTO.
 NOW HERE IS A REAL PARTY TUG "ENDLESS SUMMER". GARY KING PHOTO.
OUR MAN ON WHIDBEY ISLAND, STAN WILLHIGHT, SENDS IN THESE WONDERFUL
BLACK & WHITE PHOTOS. THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT THIS ART
FORM THAT I REALLY LIKE THANKS STAN~!!!
 7-16-1987 "MALOLO" STAR MARINE'S BOAT. SHE HAD A D-343 CAT AND WOULD SHE PULL. DUNLAP RAN HER FOR YEARS AND SHE WAS ALWAYS A GREAT LOG BOAT. SHE WAS LOST IN ALASKA AFTER GREG SOLD HER. STAN WILLHIGHT PHOTO.  ANOTHER VIEW OF THE "MALOLO" IN THE LOCKS. STAN WILLHIGHT PHOTO.
 5-1987 "STERLING" DICK TIMMERMAN BOUGHT HER ON THE EAST COAST AND RAN HER, I THINK, CLEAR INTO TEXAS AND THEN SHIPPED HER THE REST OF THE WAY. IT WAS A GREAT ONCE OF A LIFETIME CRUISE THRU THE INLAND WATERWAYS. SHE BECAME A PART OF TINY TANKERS AFTER SHE GOT HERE. STAN WILLHIGHT PHOTO.
 7-16-1987 "CAROL FOSS" HAS THE "DOROTHY FOSS" IN TOW IN THE LOCKS. STAN WILLHIGHT PHOTO.
 11-6-1986 "JUPITER" IN THE SWINOMISH SLOUGH. CROWLEY BUILT 3 OF THESE. THE OTHER 2 WERE THE "APOLLO" AND "HERCULES". THE "HERCULES' NOW BELONGS TO DUNLAP. SCOTT SCHOCH SAYS SHE REALLY MOVES LOG RAFTS. STAN WILLHIGHT PHOTO.
 "NAKEEN" SOME WHERE IN ALASKA. I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT HER ANY IDEAS? STAN WILLHIGHT PHOTO. THANKS STAN.
 "SUSAN H" BUILT 1947 BY PROTHERO BOAT CO. ON LAKE UNION FOR BOYER HALVERSON. POWER WAS A 240 H.P. WASHINGTON HEAVY DUTY. HERE I CAUGHT HER GOING BY OUR HOUSEBOAT ON LAKE UNION WITH A TOW OF LOGS. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
THANKS TO ALL WHO SENT IN PHOTOS AND TALL TALES SO THAT I CAN SHARE THEM WITH YOU ONE
AT A TIME. HISTORY LIVES ON AND I SURE ENJOY PUTTING OUT THIS BLOG OR NEWS LETTER. WE ARE
ALWAYS LOOKING FOR OLD BOAT & SHIP PHOTOS AND I HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO PART WITH REAL
MONEY FOR THE RIGHT OLD PHOTOS. THINK OF THAT - AND YOU THOUGHT THAT I WAS A CHEAPSKATE.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING FROM FAIRTIDE MARK AND MARGIE, CAPTAINS ERIK & TOM, AL, SANDY,
TRACEY & PEANUT, JOE, BRYCE, SEAN AND THE THREE CATS INDY, RAZ AND BATMAN AND MAYNARD -
DAVE UPDIKE’S PET SEA GULL - BUT THAT’S ANOTHER STORY.
WE HAVE MOORAGE FOR YEAR-ROUND BOATS…. AND ONE BOAT THE ON-TIME FOR CHARTER FOR LAKE UNION CRUISES….AND CAPTAINS TOM & ERIK HAVE SEVERAL TUGBOATS FOR YOUR TOWING NEEDS.
WANTED OLD MARINE DIGEST MAGAZINES AROUND 1920 TO THE END OF WW II…ALSO WANT PHOTOS OF THE TUG “MANILA” AND MORE INFORMATION ON THE GROUNDING OF THE “HOWKAN” IN 1947.
 OUR STEAM TUG LOGO THANKS TO JOHNNY ADAMS AND BILL GARDEN.
 FREMONT BOAT MARKET IN 1939 THE TUG "PHILIP KELLY" IS TIED UP ON THE END OF DOCK 5 AND I DON'T KNOW THE NAME OF THE FREIGHTER. YOU CAN JUST SEE THE BOW OF OUR FERRY THE "AIRLINE" IN THE FOREGROUND.
 OUR MAN IN SEATTLE A YOUNG 15 YEAR OLD MARK AND HIS DAD "DOC" STANDING ON THE TUG "MIZPAH" PHOTO BY MAY FREEMAN.
MARK’S WEATHER REPORT: RAIN AND BLOW; THE SOUTHEASTERS ARE HERE AND IN BETWEEN WE ARE REALLY SPOILED BY THE WONDERFUL FALL. WE HAVE TAKEN FULL ADVANTAGE AND HAVE BEEN PAINTING AND FIXING EVERY DAY THAT THE SUN HAS BEEN OUT….WE MAY JUST GO SOUTH FOR THE WINTER. CAPT.ERIK JUST WENT THRU THE WHOLE MARINA TIGHTENING LINES AND PUTTING OUT EXTRA LINES TO MAKE IT AS SECURE AS POSSIBLE. I LEARNED THAT TRICK DURING THE COLUMBUS DAY STORM IN 1962 WHEN IT BLEW 100 MILES AN HOUR HERE, THE BLOW RUINED THE LAST 150 FEET OF DOCK 1; BUT WE HAD NO DAMAGE TO ANY OF THE BOATS TIED UP HERE. I HAD A 148 FOOT FREIGHTER THE “FRED PARR” TIED UP AT THE END OF DOCK 4 AND JUST BEFORE THE BLOW HIT JIM VALENTYNE AND I SET HER ANCHOR OUT WAY TO THE SOUTH…WOW!!!
I RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM CAPTAIN RON IHLE WHO IS RESTORING A 63 FOOT AVR THAT WAS STATIONED AT CG COOS BAY FROM 1945 INTO THE 1950′s. HER NUMBER WAS CG-63034 AND RON IS LOOKING FOR PHOTOS AS WELL AS INFORMATION. SEND IT TO ME IF YOU HAVE ANY INFO AND I WILL FORWARD IT TO HIM. RON IS A TUG SKIPPER IN SAN FRANCISCO.
 CHUCK FOWLER SENT ALONG THIS PHOTO OF A 63 FOOT ASR THAT THE COAST GUARD HAD. IT IS CG-63039 AND THE PHOTO CAME FROM CG MUSEUM SEATTLE. THANKS CHUCK. NW SEAPORT HAD A LITTLE SUNDAY SEPT. 30 GET TOGETHER AT SOUTH LAKE UNION – IT WAS CALLED GOLD RUSH TUGBOATS AND FEATURED THE TUGS “ARTHUR FOSS” AND “ELMORE”. IN 1898 BOTH TUGS CARRIED FREIGHT AND PASSENGERS TO THE KLONDIKE FROM SEATTLE. DEE MEEKS BROUGHT THE “ELMORE” DOWN FROM PORT LUDLOW. THE “ARTHUR FOSS” WAS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC WITH PAT HARTLE GREETING THE FOLKS. ADRIAN LIPP STARTED UP THE BIG DIRECT REVERSIBLE WASHINGTON DIESEL SO EVERY ONE COULD LISTEN TO HER VOICE. ALL THE HEAVY DUTYS SPEAK THE SAME LANGUAGE AND WHISPER THE SAME GREETING. ASK ME. AROUND 400 PEOPLE BOARDED THE “ARTHUR FOSS” SO IT WAS A NICE TURN OUT. THE TUG “RELIABLE” CAME TO THE MEET AND MARGIE AND I BROUGHT THE “BLUEBERRY”. THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, OTTO LOGGERS, INVITED CHUCK FOWLER TO SELL AND AUTOGRAPH COPIES OF OUR BOOK “TUGBOATS ON PUGET SOUND”. CHUCK WAS ACCOMPANIED MY HIS WIFE, KARLA, AND KAE PATERSON SO IT WAS A VERY FESTIVE AND SOCIAL AFTERNOON.
AFTERWARDS THE FIVE OF US WENT OVER TO LOUIE’S CHINESE RESTRURANT IN BALLARD FOR A GRAND FEED. TUESDAY OTTO CAME OVER TO MY OFFICE AND TOLD ME THAT HE HAS A MATCHING GRANT OF $25,000 TO DO SOME MINOR REPAIRS TO THE “ARTHUR FOSS”. SO NW SEAPORT IS LOOKING FOR FUNDS SO THAT THEY CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE GRANT. THEY ARE ALSO LOOKING FOR A LONG TERM SOLUTION TO THE VARIOUS PROBLEMS THAT GO ALONG WITH OWING A NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK – THE “ARTHUR FOSS”. SHE IS PROBABLY THE ONLY TUG THAT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC WHICH THEY CAN GO ABOARD AND ACTUAL FEEL AND LISTEN TO A REAL TUG; ALL THE REST ARE BEHIND HOMELAND DEFENSE BARBED WIRE AND GATES EXCEPT FOR THE VISITING ON TUGBOAT RACE DAYS.
RON BURCHETT AND FRIEND JOHN PINEAU FROM NANAIMO WENT TO THE FALL REGATTA OF THE INLAND NAUTICAL SOCIETY AT RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA. RON HAD GARY KING’S “TIGER SUN”, THE ”JACKIE B”"AND THE “ALAN B ” WITH HIM AND WON ALMOST ALL THE EVENTS AND THE COMMENT ON THEIR WEB SITE WAS THAT THEY HOPED THAT THE CUSTOMS WERE NOT CHARGING DUTY ON ALL THE AMERICAN MADE PLAQUES THAT RON TOOK OVER THE BORDER WITH HIM. RON WON FIVE EVENTS OUT OF SEVEN AND GARY KING WON BEST SCALE WORKBOAT WITH HIS “TIGER SUN” IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY AND HE WASN’T EVEN THERE !!
TOM AND ERIK HAVE RENAMED THE NEW TUG THE “GATOR”. I WOULD HAVE CALLED IT SOMETHING LIKE THE “GENERAL GRANT” BUT I AM OLD SCHOOL. SHE IS OUT OF WATER NOW AT CSR IN BALLARD AND THE REBUILD IS ABOUT TO START. RON BURCHETT DROPPED BY AND WE TOOK HIM DOWN TO LOOK AT THE ‘WRECK’. HE, ERIK AND TOM GOT INTO A LONG CHAT ABOUT HOW TO DO THIS REBUILD. THEY ARE GATHERING UP ENGINES AND GEARS, ETC.FOR IT. TOM HAS WELDED UP A NEW BOW BITT AND TOW BITT - DOUBLE CRUSIFORM STYLE OF COURSE. THE TOW BITT IS NICE AND LOW TO KEEP THE TOWLINE ATTACH POINT CLOSER TO THE DECK THAN THE OLD BITT BECAUSE THEY WILL BE DOING SHIP HANDLING WITH HER AND THE TOW LINE ALWAYS LEADS STRAIGHT UP. MARGIE AND I THEN TALKED RON INTO A DINNER AT {LOUIE’S, OF COURSE}. IT DIDN’T TAKE MUCH TALKING, MIND YOU. WE ALL HAD A GOOD TIME AND RON TOOK OFF FOR A MEETING IN MT. VERNON AND THEN HOME TO VANCOUVER, CANADA. RON HAS FORGOTTEN MORE ABOUT BOATS THAN MOST PEOPLE WILL EVER KNOW. I WROTE THE MUSEUM AT MYSTIC TO GET THE PLANS FOR THE “GATOR” AND TWO OTHER BILL GARDEN DESIGNED BOATS THAT WE HAD – THE “JERKMORE” AND THE “JOURNEYMAN”. THEY HAVE MOST OF THE PLANS WHEN BILL WAS WORKING IN THE STATES BEFORE HE MOVED TO CANADA.
 CANNERY TENDER "HOWKAN" AGROUND IN 1947 BUT WHERE?.
 JIM HUCKINS AND MARGIE WE TOOK OUR OLD TIME LAKE UNION FRIEND, JIM, {1948} TO BREAKFAST IN MARYSVILLE. THEN WENT OVER TO HIS PLACE AND HAD A GREAT TIME - LOTS OF GOOD BS ABOUT OLD TIMES. JIM OWNED THE TUG "LOUIE" AND HIS DAD WAS A VERY FAMOUS DEEP SEA DIVER. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 WE SHIFTED THE COURAGEOUS INTO DRYDOCK AT FOSS. ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 "DIXIE" SHIFTING "PACIFIC MARINER" AT PACIFIC FISHERMEN. ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 RICHARD MACFARLAND LONG TIME MOORAGE CUSTOMER IS CHIEF MATE ON AN INSPECTED PASSENGER CARRY VESSEL AND WE ARE PROUD OF HIM FOR GETTING THE JOB. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 POSTER BOARD ADVERTIZING GOLD RUSH TUG BOATS. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 CAPTAIN DEE MEEKS OF THE "ELMORE". MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 THE "ELMORE" GOLD RUSH TUG. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 "ARTHUR FOSS" THE OTHER GOLD RUSH TUG. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 PAT HARTLE AND CHUCK FOWLER. MARGIE FREEMAN PHOTO.
 CHUCK FOWLER AND MARK FREEMAN. MARGIE FREEMAN PHOTO.
 OTTO LOGGERS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR NORTHWEST SEAPORT. MARGIE FREEMAN PHOTO.
 "BLUEBERRY" AT THE GOLD RUSH TUG EVENT. MARGIE FREEMAN PHOTO.
 "RELIABLE" JUST LEAVING THE EVENT. SHE WAS AN ST. MARGIE FREEMAN PHOTO.
 KARLA & CHUCK FOWLER AT DINNER. MARGIE FREEMAN PHOTO.
 MARK & MARGIE AT DINNER. CHUCK FOWLER PHOTO.
 KAE PATERSON & KARLA FOWLER. MARGIE FREEMAN PHOTO.
 WE CAUGHT THE "ELMORE" ON THE WAY TO WORK. MARGIE FREEMAN PHOTO.
 "GATOR" STRIPPED OUT READY FOR THE REBUILD. MARGIE FREEMAN PHOTO.
 RON BURCHETT & TOM BULSON IN VERY SERIOUS CHAT ABOUT THE FUTURE FOR THE "GATOR". MARGIE FREEMAN PHOTO.
 WHERE DO WE START????. MARGIE FREEMAN PHOTO
 BRAVEHEART LIKES DRAWERS. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 ROBERT FRANCIS AND THE "SNAPPER". MY DAD, DOC, BOUGHT HER SURPLUS FROM THE COAST GUARD - SHE WAS A CG MOTOR WORKBOAT. HE SOLD HER TO DR. ERICKSON WHO IN TURN SOLD HER TO ROY BEARDEEN WHO SOLD HER TO BILL FRANCIS WHO FIXED HER UP. BILL DIED AND HIS SON CHARLIE GOT HER AND THIS IS HIS SON ROBERT. I THINK THAT LEWIS NASMYTH DID THE DESIGN WORK - LEWIS OWNED THE "FATHOM. MARGIE FREEMAN PHOTO.
 MANSON TUG "HARRY M" WITH PONTOON FOR NEW BRIDGE. LISA HAUG SENT ME THE PHOTO - THANKS LISA! MANSON BOUGHT OUR PUSH BOAT SEVERAL YEARS AGO THE FREMONT 105 AND RENAMED HER THE "LISA M".
 "PETER H" SHORTENED UP TO 26 FEET. RICHARD SEABORN IS DRIVING. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 RICHARD PUSHING HIS 110 FT SEA & SHORE CONSTRUCTION SCOW. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 "GUN-MAR" IN DRYDOCK AT NORTHLAKE SHIPYARD. MARGIE FREEMAN PHOTO.
 "TUSITALA" BY WALTER P MILLER FROM HAROLD HUYCKE COLLECTION.
 TOM BULSON LOOKING AT OLD TUGS AT RASMUSSENS IN 1995. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 TOM LOOKING AT A LANDING BARGE AT MARINE POWER IN 1995. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 TOM STILL LOOKING AT OLD BOATS THIS TIME A WESTERN WILLAMET BOAT AT RASMUSSENS IN 1995. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 MORE OLD TUGS IN 1995. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 MARGIE LOOKING AT A PUSH BOAT AT RASMUSSENS IN 1995. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 MARK CRAWLING AROUND ON A FUNNY OLD BOAT IN 1995. MARGIE FREEMAN PHOTO.
OUR MAN ON WHIDBEY ISLAND, STAN WILLHIGHT, SENT ME THIS LETTER ABOUT HIS YOUTH WHICH I AM SHARING WITH YOU; IT IS QUITE A STORY. HE ALSO SENT ON THESE GREAT BLACK
AND WHITE PHOTOS, WHICH I JUST LOVE.
 11-6-1986 PANTHER IN THE SWINOMISH SLOUGH. STAN WILLHIGHT PHOTO.
 TUG "COOS BAY" BY DAVID W RICKIE. I SENT THIS ON TO BOB RICHARDSON FOR A LITTLE HISTORY. 2-23-22 STAN WILLHIGHT COLLECTION.
 CANADIAN TUG CHARLES H CATES # 2. 4-9-87. STAN WILLHIGHT PHOTO.
 CATES # 20. I HAVE THE STEAM ENGINE OUT OF THE CATES NO. 9 AND IT STANDS ABOUT 9 FT TALL. 4-9-87 STAN WILLHIGHT PHOTO.
 CATHERINE FOSS OFF PORT TOWNSEND. SHE STARTED HER LIFE AS THE PACIFIC MASTER FOR PACIFIC TOWBOAT IN EVERETT. 5-87 STAN WILLHIGHT PHOTO.
 TOM CROWLEY'S "SEA WITCH" I THINK THEY HAD A 2000 HP ENTERPRISE IN HER. 5-18-87 STAN WILLHIGHT PHOTO.
OUR MAN AT LARGE TOM BLACKWOOD SENDS US PHOTOS
FROM LONDON & WALES.
 THAMES RIVER TUG IN FRONT OF BIG BEN. TOM BLACKWOOD PHOTO.
 RNLI LIFEBOAT "ALFRED ALBERT WILLIAMS" IN FRONT OF THE BRIDGE TAVERN, NEAT STUFF. TOM BLACKWOOD PHOTO.
 TUG "FORCEFUL" AMD BEHIND HER IS THE "SOUTHWEST LADY". TOM BLACKWOOD PHOTO.
 "JACK JAMES" AND "GUY JAMES" WITH NEAT HOUSING BEHIND THEM. TOM BLACKWOOD PHOTO.
OUR MAN IN BALLARD BILL FOUNTAIN SENDS THESE PHOTOS.
 SHAWN PAYING CLOSE ATTENTION. BILL FOUNTAIN PHOTO.
 "DIXIE" AND "GENERAL LEE" SHIFTING KIRBY TUG "NAKOLA" IN BALLARD. BILL FOUNTAIN PHOTO.
 "DIXIE" AND "GENERAL LEE" SHIFTING "ALUETIAN LADY" IN THE FOG IN BALLARD. BILL FOUNTAIN PHOTO.
 ANOTHER SHOT OF THE "DIXIE" AND THE "ALUETIAN LADY". THANKS BILL.
THESE ARE SOME MORE PHOTOS FROM THE DAVE UPDIKE
COLLECTION. FROM OUR OTHER MAN IN BALLARD
STEVE HUMPHRIES.
 HAROLD GRAHAM RECEIVING AN HONORARY LIFE MEMBERSHIP FROM THE PUGET SOUND MARITIME HISTORICAL SOCIETY. I DON'T KNOW ALL THE PEOPLE BUT 2ND FROM THE LEFT IS HAROLD AND 4TH FROM THE LEFT IS JIM VALENTYNE AND ON JIM'S LEFT SIDE IN THE GLASSES IS, I THINK, JOSHUA GREEN.
 TUG "APOKAK" AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE THIS IS. DAVE UPDIKE COLLECTION.
 TUG "SALVAGE CHIEF" LAYING IN THE SURF WORKING THE "YORKMAR" OFF THE BEACH JUST NORTH OF THE GRAYS HARBOR ENTRANCE. DAVE UPDIKE COLLECTION.
OUR MAN IN La CONNER, NEPHEW SCOTT STOPPELMAN
SENDS ON THESE PHOTOS WHEN HE WAS TUGBOATING.
 "TEEKALET II" HELPING HOLD A HOODS CANAL PONTOON WITH WESTERN TUGS. SCOTT STOPPELMAN PHOTO.
 WESTERN TUGS FROM LEFT TO RIGHT "SAN FRANCISCO-WASP-ALASKA MARINER-OCEAN MARINER". PHOTO BY SCOTT STOPPELMAN.
 WESTERN'S "OCEAN MARINER". SCOTT STOPPELMAN PHOTO.
 HERE THEY ARE COMING AT YOU FROM LEFT TO RIGHT "SAN FRANCISCO--WASP-ALASKA MARINER-OCEAN MARINER". SCOTT STOPPELMAN PHOTO.
 TUG "KOBUK" IN ALASKA. PAT SCOTT'S DAD BOUGHT HER FROM AL LIESKI WHO BUILT HER AS THE "FRITZY" SHE HAD AN 844 BUDA OF 140 HP. SCOTT STOPPELMAN PHOTO.
OUR MAN IN VANCOUVER. BC - RON BURCHETT – SENDS ON MORE PHOTOS
OF BRAtt’s SISTER THE “SUNCOR V”.
 "SUNCOR V" CHARGING ALONG ON THE FRASER RIVER. SHE IS NOW BACK IN ALBERTA WORKING IN THE OIL FIELDS. RON BURCHETT PHOTO.
 PUSH OFF BETWEEN TWO BRAtt's. RON BURCHETT PHOTO.
 "BEN FRANKLIN REINAUER" EAST COAST ATB BUILT WITH NO CURVED PLATES. RON BURCHETT PHOTO.
MORE PHOTOS FROM THE NICK BROWER COLLECTION WHEN NICK
AND PAT WENT TO ALASKA A FEW YEARS BACK. NICK PASSED AWAY
A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND WE ALL MISS HIM..
 I THINK SHE IS THE "NORTH ARM PROWLER"?. NICK BROWER PHOTO.
 HERE IS HER BARGE THAT SHE IS TOWING. NICK BROWER PHOTO.
 SMALL CANADIAN TUG AND BARGE. NICK BROWER PHOTO.
 SMIT TUGS "SMIT CLYDE-SMIT STAR-SMIT DAWN-BALLANTYNE STRAITS" - ALL AT PIER SIDE AND I THINK THAT THEY ARE IN PRINCE RUPERT. NICK BROWER PHOTO.
OUR MAN AND WOMAN IN COOS BAY, BOB & GINNA RICHARDSON
SENDS ON PHOTOS FROM THAT HILLY COUNTRY.
 CHIP SHIP LEAVING COOS BAY WITH THE TUG "COOS BAY" ESCORTING HER. BOB RICHARDSON PHOTO.
 "DORINE BRUSCO". BOB RICHARDSON PHOTO.
 "EDWARD BRUSCO". BOB RICHARDSON PHOTO.
 EITHER THE "JACK OR EDWARD BRUSCO" WITH A BIG LOG BARGE. BOB RICHARDSON PHOTO.
 "HENRY BRUSCO" ENTERING COOS BAY WITH LOG BARGE. BOB RICHARDSON PHOTO.
 "HENRY BRUSCO" ISNT SHE A BEAUTY. BOB RICHARDSON PHOTO.
 "JACK BRUSCO" BOB RICHARDSON PHOTO.
 "NATOMA OR NAVAJO" SAUSE TUG LEAVING COOS BAY RIGHT OUT IN FRONT OF BOB'S HOUSE. BOB RICHARDSON PHOTO.
CLIFF CENTER SENDS PHOTOS OF HIS TUG THE “RELIABLE” AND
THE “FOX” (WHICH IS MY OLD TUG THE “STANDFAST”). THE
“RELIABLE” BELONGED TO PHIL SHIVELEY, BOTH ARE U.S.ARMY ST
TUGS WHICH CAME WITH A 100 HP KALENBERG OR AN
1879 BUDA OF 171 HP AND YOU CAN PUT A 48 INCH
PROPELLER ON THEM. THE “STANDFAST ALSO HAD A
MONKEY RUDDER BECAUSE SHE WAS ON THE
COLUMBIA RIVER. THANKS FOR THE PHOTOS CLIFF.
 "RELIABLE" ALONGSIDE A GENERAL CRANE BARGE. CLIFF CENTER PHOTO.
 "RELIABLE" WITH TOW. CLIFF CENTER PHOTO.
 "FOX" IN FOREGROUND "RELIABLE" IN BACK. THE "FOX" LOOKS GOOD WITH THE GRAY LOWER HOUSE MY SECOND TUG THE "JERKMORE" HAD A LOWER HOUSE IN GRAY ONCE AND DUNLAP USED TO HAVE A GRAY LOWER HOUSE. CLIFF CENTER PHOTO.
KEITH STERNBERG OLD TIME FRIEND LIVES ON LOPEZ
ISLAND AND SWINGS COMPASSES FOR A LIVING. HE
ALSO DOES A LOT OF STEAM ENGINES & EQUIPMENT REPAIRS
AND BUILDS AND CASTS EQUIPMENT. I WOULD CALL HIM
MULTI-TALENTED AND VERY GOOD AT WHAT HE DOES.
 KEITH SWINGING COMPASS ON THE "RAINIER" KEITH STERNBERG PHOTO.
 KEITH IS ON THE BRIDGE OF A EXXON- MOBIL TANKER CYPRESS AHEAD. KEITH STERNBERG PHOTO.
 HERE IS A STEAM ENGINE THAT KEITH IS WORKING ON. KEITH STERNBERG PHOTO.
THANKS TO ALL WHO SENT IN PHOTOS AND TALL TALES SO THAT I
CAN SHARE THEM ONE AT A TIME – HISTORY LIVES ON.
FAIRTIDE MARK AND MARGIE, ERIK, TOM, AL, SANDY, TRACEY,
BRYCE, JOE, SEAN, PEANUT AND THE THREE CATS
BRAVEHEART, RAZ AND BATMAN.
WE HAVE MOORAGE FOR YEAR AROUND BOATS …AND ONE BOAT THE “ON-TIME” FOR CHARTER FOR LAKE UNION CRUISES… AND TOM & ERIK HAVE SEVERAL TUGBOATS FOR YOUR TOWING NEEDS. WE SOLD THE “FATHOM” TO TONY WHO WILL TAKE REALLY GOOD CARE OF HER AND APPRECIATES ALL THE FINE WORK THAT LEWIS DID TO HER. THE WOODEN BOAT MAGAZINE PUBLISHED A SPECIAL MAGAZINE ON MOTORBOATS AND THE “FATHOM” WAS THE SECOND BOAT FEATURED.
THE FOSS CUP WAS VERY MUCH OF A SUCCESS UNDER CLOUDY SKIES.
WANTED: OLD MARINE DIGEST MAGAZINES IN THE TIME PERIOD FROM 1920′s THRU WW II. QUESTION: WHERE IS BINOUGH BAY, WHERE THE CANNERY TENDER “HOWKAN” WENT ASHORE WITH HER FISH SCOW IN TOW IN 1947? WANTED: PHOTOS OF TUG “MANILA”.
 "HOWKAN" ASHORE BUT WHERE?
 "HOWKAN" SOMEONE SHOULD KNOW WHERE THIS IS?
 OUR LOGO THANKS TO BILL GARDEN AND JOHNNY ADAMS.
 OUR MAN ON OR IN? LAKE UNION CAPT. MARK.....A FEW YEARS BACK.
BIG NEWS: ON THE 20th OF SEPTEMBER, MARK CELEBRATED 53 YEARS AND MARGIE GOT HER 33rd YEAR IN AT RUNNING FREMONT BOAT COMPANY! NO BIG PARTIES THIS YEAR, JUST NOSES TO THE GRINDSTONE AS USUAL. SO WE PATTED ONE ANOTHER ON THE BACK, GOT A BIG KISS AND WENT ON WITH THE DAY – BRAVO ZULU! INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT DOC FREEMAN BOUGHT FREMONT BOAT FROM CAPT. WEBSTER ON THE 20th OF SEPTEMBER, 1928. CAN’T SAY ANYTHING BUT THAT CAPT. WEBSTER STARTED FREMONT BOAT IN 1916 – AND FREMONT TUG IN 1915…COMING UP ON A CENTURY NOW!
MARK’S WEATHER REPORT – CHANGING TO FALL BUT STILL WARM ENOUGH TO GET THE VARNISH TO DRY.
MARGIE AND I HAD A QUICK TOW THE OTHER NIGHT, MARGIE LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW AND THERE WAS ONE OUR MOORAGE CUSTOMERS SKULLING HIS SAILBOAT WITH HIS RUDDER WITH POOR WIND. HE WAS UNAWARE THAT ONE OF THE BRIDGE PONTOONS WAS BEING TOWED THRU THE FREMONT BRIDGE AND HE WAS RIGHT IN THE WAY! WE JUMPED IN THE “JEEP” AND GOT A LINE ON HIM AND TOWED HIM OUT OF THE WAY AND INTO HIS MOORAGE SPACE. FREE TOWING IS NOT A PART OF YOUR MOORAGE CONTRACT BUT RESCUE WORK IS OK. WE ARE ALWAYS GLAD TO HELP OUT – IT IS ALWAYS MORE FUN TO BE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF WHAT EVER IS HAPPENING.
THE BOYS – TOM AND ERIK - HAVE BEEN VERY BUSY PUTTING THE BOATS AFLOAT SHOW TOGETHER IN SOUTH LAKE UNION. THAT IS A REAL INTENSE UNDERTAKING FROM USING A BIG CRANE TO PUT ALL THE FLOATS INTO THE WATER; TOWING THEM TO THE SITE; ASSEMBLING THEM INTO A LARGE FLOATING DOCK; TYING UP ALL THE YACHTS; THEN TAKING IT ALL APART AND GETTING ALL THE FLOATS OUT OF WATER, VERY LABOR INTENTSIVE AND HARD WORK . HOWEVER THE NORTHWEST YACHT BROKERS ASSOCIATION, THAT PUTS ON THE EVENT, IS SO GREAT TO WORK WITH THAT IT MAKES THE WHOLE OPERATION FUN AND INTERESTING.
KYLE STUBBS SENT IN INFO ON MY QUESTION ABOUT ONE OF STAN WILLHIGHTS’ PHOTOS OF THE “HARVEY B” WHICH I HAD NEVER SEEN. SHE WAS BUILT IN 1973 BY BOLLINGER AS A SUPPLY BOAT THE “PORTILLA”. SHE HAD SEVERAL NAMES INCLUDING “HARVEY B” AND “SB5″…. WHICH I THINK WAS SILVER BAY TOWING AND TODAY SHE IS CALLED THE “MUZON” AND I HAD HER PICTURE IN MY MARCH 21, 2012 BLOG….SMALL WORLD THANKS KYLE!
THE FOSS CUP WAS VERY MUCH A SUCCESS. KEITH SCHERMERHORN WRITES THAT THERE WERE 35 BOATS REGISTERED AND MORE THAN 85 MODELS ON DISPLAY. THE WINNER OF THE 2012 FOSS CUP WAS TROY WATERS. I GOT GREAT PHOTOS SENT TO ME BY GARY KING, RANDY AND LINDA FLODQUIST AND KEITH SCHERMERHORN. THANKS EVERYONE!
MARGIE AND I LOVE TO GO TO GARAGE SALES BECAUSE YOU ALWAYS FIND THE UNEXPECTED. WE WERE ABLE TO BY A BLACK AND WHITE PHOTO OF THE FULL RIGGED SAILING SHIP “TUSITALA”. IT WAS FROM HAROLD HUYCKE WHO I KNEW FROM THE PUGET SOUND MARITIME HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND HAD BEEN A GIFT TO GEORGE STENSLAN. WE WOUND UP GETTING A GLIMPSE OF GEORGE’S “BOAT ROOM” FROM HIS SON WHICH FEATURED MODELS AND HALF MODELS BUILT BY HIM – VERY IMPRESSIVE AND SUCH NICE FOLKS.
RON BURCHETT SENT IN PICTURES OF THE NEW “BRAtt” WHICH I THINK IS GOING TO THE OIL FIELDS IN ALBERTA, CANADA.
ERIK’S WIFE, HEIDI, SENT IN PHOTOS THAT A FRIEND TOOK AT THE LOCKS OF THE “NANCY M” BRINGING THRU A PONTOON FOR THE NEW BRIDGE. THANKS HEIDI!
MARKUS WALBAUM SENT IN A GROUP OF PHOTOS FROM THE JOHN WAYNE MOVIE ”McQ” PART OF WHICH WAS FILMED AT FREMONT BOAT. I SAW JOHN WAYNE SHOOT A SUSPECT BY THE BIG DOLPHIN ON DOCK 4 RIGHT IN FRONT OF CAPT. FRANK MORGANS BOAT ”RALJON”. I WAS EVEN IN THE MOVIE AS AN EXTRA BUT YOU’D NEED SEARCH FOR ME.
THE BOYS - TOM AND ERIK – BOUGHT A NEW TO THEM TUG. SHE IS CALLED THE “TARTAR” AND WAS DESIGNED BY MY FRIEND BILL GARDEN AND BUILT BY CENTRAL SHEET METAL IN 1958. SHE HAS A 165 HP GM 6-71 WITH A 3-1 GEAR AND SWINGS A 40″ WHEEL. SHE WAS BILL GILBERT’S BOAT OF GILBERT PILEDRIVING CO. AND THEY BOUGHT IT FROM SEABORN PILEDRIVING CO. I FOUND THE PLANS FOR HER IN MY 1957 SCRAP BOOK AND I WILL EMAIL MYSTIC MUSEUM AND SEE IF THEY HAVE THE ORIGINAL PLANS FOR HER. OF COURSE TOM AND ERIK REMOVED THE HOUSE BECAUSE IT WAS JUNK AND THE ENGINE MAKES A BIG NOISE THUNK THUNK THUNK BUT THAT IS HOW MOST OF OUR BOATS STARTED OUT. THEY REBUILD THEM INTO VERY NEAT TUGBOATS.
WE HAVE A NEW TO US TV SHOW: : THE CATS FROM HELL” … IT IS BETTER THAN “WARRIORS OF THE GREAT LAKES”.
OLYMPIA TUGBOAT RACE RESULTS FROM THE OLYMPIAN. OUR CONGRATULATIONS!
HEAT 1 LARGE TUG CLASS.
1. “GALENE. 2. “HOLLY ANN. 3. R.W. CONFER.
HEAT 2. HARBOR TUG CLASS.
1. PARTHIA. 2. CAYOU. 3. RELIABLE. 4. FOX.
HEAT 3 SMALL TUG CLASS.
1. MAGGIE B. 2. CEDAR KING. 3. SAND MAN. 4. JOE. 5. THEA BELLE. 6. SKILLFULL.
 "NANCY M" IN THE LOCKS WITH BRIDGE PONTOON. PHOTO FROM HEIDI FREEMAN.
 "NANCY M" WITH HER NEW PUSH KNEES. PHOTO FROM HEIDI FREEMAN.
 "NANCY M" MAKING THE BALLARD BRIDGE WITH BRIDGE PONTOON. BILL FOUNTAIN PHOTO.
 "NANCY M" IN THE LATE EVENING SUN. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 GREAT PICTURE TAKING WEATHER. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 "SOLANA" PUSHING A GENERAL CRANE. MARGIE FREEMAN PHOTO.
 "QUAIL" AND "SKAGIT" AT ANACORTES GOING OUT THE CHANNEL AT CAP SANTE FOR THE WORK BOAT RACE. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 "DIXIE" TOWING HOUSEBARGE ON PUGET SOUND ON A CALM DAY. ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 "DIXIE" SHIFTING KIRBY'S "JOHN BRIX". ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 MARGIE AND BRAVEHEART (aka INDY). MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 "DIXIE" SHIFTING "BLUE ATTU" AT STABBERT YACHT & SHIP. ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 TONY JUST BOUGHT THE "FATHOM" FROM MARK. MARGIE FREEMAN PHOTO.
 JOSH AND CAPT. TOM BORROWING THE "JEEP". MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 "DIXIE" & "GENERAL LEE" SHIFTING FAMOUS CRABBER "WIZARD" INTO DRYDOCK AT NORTHLAKE SHIPYARD. ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 "JEEP" & "GENERAL LEE" SHIFTED "MARITIME INSTRUCTOR" AT PACIFIC FISHERMEN.
 "DIXIE" & "GENERAL LEE" SHIFTED "BARANOF" INTO DRYDOCK AT FOSS SHIPYARD. SHE WAS A 180 FOOT COAST GUARD BUOY TENDER WITH AN ICEBREAKER BOW. ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 "DIXIE" SHIFTING "ALUETIAN LADY" OUT OF NORTHLAKE SHIPYARD. MARGIE FREEMAN PHOTO.
 "GENERAL LEE" TOWING NEW TUG "TARTAR" HOME. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 1957 PLANS OF "TARTAR" FROM PACIFIC WORKBOAT MAGAZINE OUT OF MY 1957 SCRAPBOOK. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 "DIXIE" SHIFTING "ALUETIAN LADY". BILL FOUNTAIN PHOTO.
 "DIXIE" SHIFTING "NORTH SEA". BILL FOUNTAIN PHOTO.
 TWO BRAtts. RON BURCHETT PHOTO.
 "SUNCOR V" "BRAtt" BEHIND HER. RON BURCHETT PHOTO.
 SEE THE WINCHES ON THE BACK DECK FOR MAKING UP PUSH STYLE. RON BURCHETT PHOTO.
 FOSS TUGS AT THE FOSS CUP. GARY KING PHOTO.
 HEAVY TOW FOR THE "TIGER SUN". GARY KING PHOTO
 RON BURCHETT SPENT MOST OF THE DAY IN THE POOL. RANDY FLODQUIST PHOTO.
 CROWLEY'S "CENTURION" GREAT BOATS. RANDY FLODQUIST PHOTO.
 A MIKI TUG. RANDY FLODQUIST PHOTO.
 GARY KING AND HIS NEW LIFE RING OFF EITHER THE "HAROLD W" OR THE " ROBERT W". RANDY FLODQUIST PHOTO. RANDY & LINDA MUST HAVE SENT ME A 100 PHOTOS OF THE FOSS CUP, THANKS YOU!
OUR MAN ON N NORTHLAKE, TOM BLACKWOOD SENT PICTURES OF 3 OF OUR BOATS
JUST PASSING UNDER THE AURORA BRIDGE.
 "GRACE", "DIXIE" AND "ON-TIME" RACING DOWN THE SHIP CANAL. TOM BLACKWOOD PHOTO
 "ON-TIME" OFF OUR DOCKS. TOM BLACKWOOD PHOTO.
MORE OF DAVE UPDIKES PHOTO COLLECTION FROM STEVE HUMPHRIES.
 "RICHARD HOLYOKE" FAMOUS TUG LAID UP BY BELLINGHAM TUG & BARGE. HERE SHE IS LYING AT SETH GREENS MARINE WORKS WHERE TILLICUM MARINA IS TODAY. UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER COULD BE A JOE WILLIAMSON.
 "LEE-RUSS" WAS HER OLD NAME. SHE WAS A MINESWEEPER THAT DAVE CONVERTED, HE INSTALLED A 150 HP ATLAS ON ONE SIDE AND A 180 HP FAIRBANKS ON THE OTHER SIDE. HERE SHE IS IN THE MENHADEN FISHERIES. UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER.
 WELL KNOWN PICTURE OF THE "SALVAGE CHIEF" ANCHORED IN THE SURF GETTING READY TO PULL ON THE GROUNDED "YORKMAR". UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER.
 STEAM TUG "CHARLOTTE" ON LAKE WHATCOM. UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER.
MORE PHOTOS OF NICK AND PAT BROWER’S TRIP TO SE ALASKA.
 CANADIAN COAST GUARD BOAT "POINT HENERY". NICK BROWER PHOTO.
 "TAURUS" WITH NORTHLAND BARGE. NICK BROWER PHOTO.
 DUNLAP'S "TAURUS" NICK BROWER PHOTO.
 NORTHLAND SERVICES BARGE. NICK BROWER PHOTO.
 BOYER TUG THE "BILLY H" NAMED FOR BOYERS FIRST TUG. NICK BROWER PHOTO.
OUR MAN ON WHIDBEY ISLAND, STAN WILLHIGHT, SENDS ON THESE GREAT BLACK
AND WHITE PHOTOS. I REALLY LIKE THE BLACK AND WHITE MEDIUM.
 UNNKOWN TUG AT ASTORI. PLEASE HELP I.D. HER. 4-3-1986. STAN WILLHIGHT PHOTO.
 DUNLAPS "SWINOMISH" SHE WAS AN US ARMY ST. DAVE UPDIKE BOUGHT HER AS THE "BRONCO" AND BROUGHT HER UP THE COAST FROM CALIFORNIA. DUNLAP REBUILT HER PUT IN A CAT AND CHANGED THE HOUSE AND PUT A KORT NOZZLE ON HER 7-18-1986. STAN WILLHIGHT PHOTO IN BALLARD.
 "NORTHERN WARRIOR" 2-20-1986. STAN WILLHIGHT PHOTO.
 CANADIAN TUG "CHIEFTAIN III" AT DECEPTION PASS BRIDGE WITH LOG TOW 8-16-1986. STAN WILLHIGHT PHOTO.
 "CHIEFTAIN III" LOG TOW 8-16-1986. STAN WILLHIGHT PHOTO.
 WESTERN'S "ALASKA MARINER" 7-10-1986, STAN WILLHIGHT PHOTO.
 "MARTHA" 7-1-1986 WAS A MARINE LOGISTICS BOAT. STAN WILLHIGHT PHOTO.
OUR MAN IN COOS BAY, BOB RICHARDSON, SENDS ON THESE PHOTOS.
 "OREGON ESCORT" NEW SUPER TRACTOR ASD TUG OF COOS BAY TOWING.7500 HP. HELL OF A SHIP ASSIST TUG. BOB RICHARDSON PHOTO.
 "PEACOCK" RETIRED COLUMBIA RIVER BAR PILOTS BOAT AT ASTORIA COLUMBIA RIVER MARINE MUSEUM. BOB & VI TOOK A LITTLE TRIP UP THE COAST TO GET THIS SHOT. BOB RICHARDSON PHOTO.
 ANOTHER SHOT OF THE "OREGON ESCORT" SURE GETS FOGGY OUT. BOB RICHARDSON PHOTO.
 DUNLAPS "MIKE O'LEARY" TOWING DUSTY ENTERING COOS BAY. BOB RICHARDSON PHOTO.
 DULAPS "MIKE O'LEARY" UP CLOSE. BOB RICHARDSON PHOTO.
 COOS BAY TOWING SOLD THE "EMPIRE" TO JERRY WHITE AND THEY RENAMED IT "OCEAN ?????" I WILL GET THE REST OF THE NAME NEXT ISSUE. BOB RICHARDSON PHOTO.
- TUG “COOS BAY”. BOB RICHARDSON PHOTO.
 A CLOSE UP SHOT OF THE "OREGON ESCORT". BOB RICHARDSON PHOTO.
MARKUS WALBAUM SENT MARGIE THESE PHOTOS OF FREMONT BOAT CO.
WHERE PART OF THE MOVIE “McQ” WAS SHOT IN1974.
 AN AD FOR McQ.
 FREMONT BOAT IN 1974.
 JOHN WAYNE IN FRONT OF OUR OFFICE.
 JOHN WAYNE WAS A GOOD SHOT. THE MOVIE PEOPLE WERE HERE FOR ABOUT 3 DAYS AND WE ALL HAD FUN.
THANKS TO ALL WHO SENT IN PHOTOS AND TALL TALES . FALL HAS BEEN DELAYED JUST A LITTLE BIT SO ENJOY THE WARM DAYS.
FAIRTIDE MARK AND MARGIE, ERIK, TOM, AL, SANDY, TRACEY, PEANUT, JOE, BRYCE AND THE 3 CATS
BRAVEHEART (INDY) ,RAZ AND BATMAN – JOSH WENT TRAWLING OUT OF DUTCH.
WE HAVE MOORAGE FOR YEAR-ROUND BOATS AND ONE BOAT FOR SALE …AND ONE BOAT, THE “ON-TIME”, FOR CHARTER FOR LAKE UNION CRUISES… AND TOM & ERIK HAVE SEVERAL TUGBOATS WAITING TO BE DISPATCHED.
REMINDER: THE FOSS CUP IS IN BELLEVUE ON SATURDAY AUGUST 18th.
WANTED: OLD MARINE DIGEST MAGAZINES 1920′s THRU WORLD WAR II.
QUESTION: WHERE IS BINOUGH BAY THE CANNERY TENDER “HOWKAN” WENT ASHORE THERE IN 1947?
 "HOWKAN" ASHORE BUT WHERE IS IT?.
 OUR LOGO THANKS TO BILL GARDEN MARK’S WEATHER REPORT: IT’S TOO HOT.
I SEE POPE AND TALBOT’S OLD TUG THE “PT PIONEER” IS FOR SALE IN CANADA FOR $ 169,000. SHE IS NOW CALLED THE PACIFIC PIONEER AND IT LOOKS LIKE THEY FIXED HER UP REALLY NICE AND SPENT A LOT OF MONEY ON HER. WHEN SHE WAS BUILT SHE HAD A 260 HP WASHINGTON AND WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE SUCCESSOR TO BOYER’S “SUSAN H”. FRANK PROTHERO BUILT BOTH OF THEM ON LAKE UNION.
WE GOT TO SEE THEM BRING IN THE FIRST BRIDGE PONTOON FROM GRAYS HARBOR - QUITE A SIGHT! MANSON’S “PETER M” DID THE TOWING FROM GRAYS HARBOR AND WE WATCHED HER ON THE AIS COME UP THE COAST AT A LITTLE BETTER THEN 4 KNOTS. SHE WAS DOWN TO 2.5 KNOTS OFF POINT WILSON ON THE EBB. THE “NANCY M” AND THE “MUD CAT” BROUGHT THE PONTOON IN THRU THE LOCKS WITH WESTERN’S “WASP” HELPING HER MAKE THE SHARP CORNERS. THEY STOPPED OUTSIDE THE LOCKS AND A GENERAL CRANE BARGE REMOVED THE DEEP SEA GEAR. THE 2ND PONTOON CAME IN TUESDAY MORNING BUT IT WAS A MUCH SMALLER ONE. THE “NANCY M” IS THE EX “SHELLEY FOSS” - SO FAR MANSON HAS PUT A SET OF CONTOLS ON TOP OF THE PILOT HOUSE BUT I EXPECT A TOWER IS IN HER FUTURE; AND, THEY BUILT A HUGE SET OF PUSH KNEES FOR HER. DON HOGUE, A MOORAGE CUSTOMER AND LONG TIME FRIEND, DESIGNED HER FOR FOSS. DON ALWAYS KIDS ABOUT FOSS LETTING AN 18 YEAR OLD KID DESIGN HER BUT SHE HAS BEEN A REAL SUCCESS. THEY ARE A LITTLE LATE IN THE YEAR FOR OUTSIDE TOWING OF BRIDGE PONTOONS. WHEN I WAS RUNNING MOTOR LIFEBOATS FOR THE COAST GUARD AT WESTPORT THE BIG SWELL CAME ON ABOUT THE MIDDLE OF AUGUST. I WOULD COME OFF LIBERTY AND TAKE THE 1600 TO DARK BAR PATROL AND I WOULD KNOW THAT IT HAD ALL CHANGED AND WINTER WAS JUST AROUND THE CORNER.
MARGIE’S SISTER, ELLEN, CAME A-VISITING FROM NEW JERSEY AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE GOT TO DO WAS FIRE UP THE “BLUEBERRY” AND GO WATCH THE BLUE ANGELS. THEY FLEW LOW ENOUGH OVER US SO THAT WE COULD SEE THEIR FACES. MARGIE ALWAYS REMARKS THAT THE NOISE THAT THE JETS MAKE IS THE SOUND OF FREEDOM AND I THINK THAT SHE IS DEAD ON. WE ALSO GOT A TOOT ON THE WHISTLE FROM A MANSON CRANE BARGE AS WE THREADED OUR WAY THRU ALL OF THE FLOATING EQUIPMENT JUST SOUTH OF THE WEST SIDE OF THE 520 BRIDGE. WHAT FUN! OLD TIME STUFF – FLASHING DECK LIGHTS AT NIGHT, TOOTING THE WHISTLE, ALL GOOD STUFF ON THE WATER. YOU DON’T SEE MUCH OF THAT ON SHORE, MOST NIGHTS WHEN THE “ISLAND BREEZE” COMES IN WITH HER HUGE GRAVEL BARGE MARGIE GOES OUT AND GIVES THEM A BIG WAVE AND UNLESS THEY ARE REAL BUSY WITH TRAFFIC WE GET A WAVE BACK; OR A SEARCHLIGHT FLASHES IF IT’S AFTER DARK. IT’S KINDA LIKE DRIVING ON LOPEZ ISLAND AND EVERY ONE WAVES.
ALSO CAPT. TOM AND CAPT.ERIK TOOK THE FOSS 300 STEAM CRANE BARGE DOWN TO THE NEW MUSEUM IN THE SOUTH END OF LAKE UNION TO INSTALL A WONDERFUL OLD TIME CLOCK. LATER THEY TOWED THE FOSS 300 INTO BALLARD TO PUT A COUPLE OF VERY LARGE DOCUMENTED VESSELS INTO THE WATER. THE FIRST ONE WEIGHED 140 TONS AND SO NESS BROUGHT ONE OF THEIR CRANES TO THE SITE SO THAT THEY COULD SHARE THE LOAD WITH THE 300. RISKY BUSINESS BUT IT ALL WENT JUST LIKE CLOCK WORK.
THEY WERE SHIFTING THE “ELSBETH III” AT STABBERT’S AND SHE IS A VERY INTERESTING OCEAN GOING TUG. SHE IS BUILT REAL HIGH IN THE BOW BUT IS SHALLOW DRAFT SO THAT SHE CAN GET IN AND OUT OF THESE THIN SPOTS AND TRIPPLE SCREW WITH THREE MITSUBISHI DIESEL ENGINES.
RIC SHREWSBURY HAS SOLD THE “FEARLESS” AND THE NEW OWNERS DROPPED BY TO SAY HELLO. THEY KEEP HER IN STEAMBOAT SLOUGH BEHIND EVERETT.
THERE IS A BRAND NEW TV SHOW ON CALLED ‘GREAT LAKES WARRIORS’. IT IS ALL ABOUT TUGBOATING ON THE GREAT LAKES. THE SET OF LAKES IS ALL FRESH WATER BUT IT CAN GET VERY ROUGH VERY QUICKLY AND BECOME A VERY NASTY PLACE. UNFORTUNATELY THIS IS A REALITY SHOW AND THE PRODUCERS HAVE TWISTED NORMAL TOWING INTO WHAT THEY THINK IS A SCARY, FUN-TO-WATCH TV SHOW. HOWEVER, IT IS FUN TO SEE ALL THOSE TUGS CHARGING AROUND. OUR DEFINITION OF TUGBOATING IS DAYS OF BOREDOM PUNCUATED BY MOMENTS OF SHEER TERROR.
 WE CAUGHT THE DANIELLE HEADED OUT. SHE BRINGS IN THE BOOM STICKS FOR THE SEAFAIR LOG BOOM. MARGIE FREEMAN PHOTO.
 CAPT. MARK ON THE "BLUEBERRY" JUST UNDER THE UNIVERSITY BRIDGE AND IT SHOWS IT ON THE GPS. ON HIS WAY TO WATCH THE BLUE ANGELS. MARGIE FREEMAN PHOTO.
 BIG MANSON CRANE BARGE SPUDDED DOWN AT WEST END OF 520 BRIDGE. MARGIE FREEMAN PHOTO.
 "NANCY M" LAYING IN LAKE WAHINGTON. MARGIE FREEMAN PHOTO.
 ELLEN, ROBERT FROM CANADA AND DUSTY ON THE BLUEBERRY. MARGIE FREEMAN PHOTO.
 AL COULD NOT TAKE THE PRESSURE. MARGIE FREEMAN PHOTO.
 NEW MUSEUM OF HISTORY AND INDUSTRY IN SOUTH LAKE UNION. THERE IS THE CLOCK THAT THE FOSS 300 PUT IN POSITION. ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 RIC SHREWSBURY RUNNING THE "FLYER". ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 "ELSBETH III" AT STABBERT YACHT AND SHIP. ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 SHIFTING THE "PACIFIC STAR" AT STABBERT YACHT AND SHIP. ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 "DIXIE" UNDOCKING "AKUTAN" AT NORTHLAKE SHIPYARD. ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 "GENERAL LEE" TOWING THE YACHT "THE GOOD TIMES" IN FROM ELLIOT BAY MARINA. ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 CAPTAIN BILL FOUNTAIN ON THE OIL BOAT "SARINA". ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 "DIXIE" HAS SHIFTED "FOSS 300" TO BALLARD TO UNLOAD. ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 "FOSS 300" IN POSITION NEXT TO BIG VESSELS ON SHORE. ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 STARTING TO RIG SLINGS. ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 GOT HER IN THE SLINGS AND HEADED FOR THE WATER. ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO
 SHE IS WET ON ONE END BUT SAFE NOW. ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 THIS PHOTO SHOWS HOW THE TWO CRANES HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER. ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 THE SMALLER VESSEL IS HEADED FOR THE WATER. ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 THAT'S REALLY SCARY - HALF OVER LAND, HALF OVER WATER. ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 SAFE IN THE WATER. ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 BIG STEVE WRESTLING A SLING ON THE "FOSS 300". HE GOT THE BEST OF IT. ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 MIKE SHERLOCK, SUPER BOSS. ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 HERE ARE THE TWO VESSELS TOGETHER. ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 "GENERAL LEE AND JEEP" TOWING HER HOME. ERIK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 ISN'T SHE A BEAUTY. MARGIE FREEMAN PHOTO.
 CAPT. TOM IN HIS NEW GIVEAWAY BOAT HE DOESN'T PASS UP GOOD FREE STUFF. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
NEXT: PHOTOS OF THE FIRST BRIDGE POONTON COMING IN.
 BIG, ISN'T IT? AND IT SEEMED LIKE AT WAS AS LONG AS THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE FREMONT BRIDGE AND THE AURORA BRIDGE. MARGIE FREEMAN PHOTO.
 THE "MUD CAT" HAD THE HEAD END. MARK FREEMAN PHOTO.
 "WASP" WAS THE ASSIST BOAT. HERE SHE IS GOING UP TO THE HEAD END TO HELP TURN THE TOW AT CAPE GASPLANT. MARGIE FREEMAN PHOTO.
 ANOTHER PICTURE OF THE "MUD CAT" GOING BY OUR HOUSEBOAT. MARGIE FREEMAN PHOTO.
 MANSON'S "NANCY M" PUSHING EASY. MARGIE FREEMAN PHOTO.
 ANOTHER VIEW OF THE "NANCY M". MARGIE FREEMAN PHOTO.
 THEY GO BY PRETTY FAST EVEN AT LOW SPEEDS. MARGIE FREEMAN PHOTO.
OUR MAN ON WHIDBEY, STAN WILLHIGHT, SENDS MORE TUGBOAT PHOTOS FROM HIS GREAT COLLECTION.
 MIKI "POLAR SEA" AND "NORTHERN WARRIOR" 2-20-86. STAN WILLHIGHT PHOTO.
 4-17-86 PHIL SHIVELEY'S "RELIANCE" LAYING AT EWING STREET MOORINGS. STAN WILLHIGHT PHOTO.
 4-17-86 DUNLAP'S "TAURUS" IN THE SHIP CANAL. STAN WILLIGHT PHOTO.
 4-3-86 GREG MAGNUSON'S "MALOLO". SHE WAS A DUNLAP BOAT FOR YEARS REALLY PULLED GOOD WITH A 343 CAT. HERE SHE IS JUST PASSING UNDER THE RR BRIDGE OUTSIDE THE LOCKS. STAN WILLHIGHT PHOTO.
 5-8-86 "JUPITER" AT PORT ANGELES. SHE BECAME SEA COAST"S "CHINOOK" AND I HAVE HER NAME BOARD ON MY HOUSE BOAT THANKS TO DAVE WELLS. AFTER ISLAND BOUGHT HER THEY RENAMED HER THE"ISLAND BREEZE" AND SHE PUSHES A GRAVEL BARGE PAST OUR HOUSE ONCE A DAY. STAN WILLHIGHT PHOTO.
 4-24-86 "HARVEY B" IN BELLINGHAM AND I HAVE NEVER SEEN HER PLEASE SEND INFO TO ME. STAN WILLHIGHT PHOTO.
OUR MAN IN COOS BAY, BOB RICHARDSON, SENDS ON THESE RECENT SHOTS OF ACTIVITY IN COOS BAY.
 "COOS BAY" CAPT. RUSSELL WRIGHT HEADED TO SEA TO TAKE THE PILOT CHARLEY YATES OFF A SHIP. BOB RICHARDSON PHOTO.
 FOREDECK OF "OREGON ESCORT". BOB RICHARDSON PHOTO.
 OUR COAST GUARD AT WORK OUTBOUND. BOB RICHARDSON PHOTO.
 DUNLAP'S "SNOHOMISH", TOWLINE OUT, HEADED NORTH. BOB RICHARDSON PHOTO.
 DUNLAP'S "SNOHOMISH" AND DUSTY HEADED OUT. BOB RICHARDSON PHOTO.
 TUG "COOS BAY" AND FREIGHTER "IVS KITE". BOB RICHARDSON PHOTO.
THANKS TO ALL WHO SENT IN PHOTOS AND TALL TALES.
FALL IS ON THE WAY; WHEN WE GO TO WORK WE CAN FEEL THAT COLD
WESTERLY BLOWING UP THE SHIP CANAL.
FAIRTIDE MARK, MARGIE, ERIK, TOM, AL ,SANDY, JOSH, TRACEY,
PEANUT, JOE, BRYCE AND THE 3 CATS INDY, RAZ AND BATMAN.
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