March 15, 2010
Red letter day on the 15th – I made 76 years young and our good friend, Lodo, made 80 on the 13th!
This coming Saturday our long-time friend, Jim Huckins, will be 81 and I will just get in trouble if I give out the other ages.
Lodo is our cruising partner from Canada. He survived WWII and the Nazis in Holland and emigrated to Canada. He and Daphne are going back to Holland to celebrate the liberation on its 65th anniversary.
My old friend Jim Huckins was always a Lake Union Type and very salty. We are all lucky to still be here. We’re all getting to the age where we add the two digits together – so I just turned 13! Margie’s not sure if I get to act like 13 though.
In the last blog, I mis-named the PACIFIC PATROIT. I called it the AMERICAN PATRIOT . So sorry, all wrong, bad me.
Thanks to Don Medforth our man in Nanimo and Bob Richardson our man in Coos Bay for more tug boat photos but I am going to have to start doing 4 blogs a month to get all the photos out. Deep Sea Tom gave me about 500 photos from past jobs that we have just done and Keith Sternberg sent me a great picture of the MARTIN D… I better get my you know what in gear.
Speaking of typing jobs I have really been working on the new book “Lifeboat Station Sailor” I am in over 21,000 words so I just want you to know that I haven’t been just lying around drinking mint julips giving Capt Erik orders.
SEPT 1957 MARK RUNNING MLB INVINCIBLE TO SEATTLE FROM GRAYS HARBOR.
Understand that our old tug the STANDFAST has been sold again. A navy fellow came up to Captain Deep Sea Tom in Everett when we had the DIXIE up there last week and inquired if she was one of our old boats. Deep Sea said “Yes, Capt. Mark bought her in 1972 and ran her up the coast and she was the mainstay of our fleet for a long time.” Evidently he had just purchased her and was going to get in touch with me… any one know his name and address? Capt. Deep Sea Tom likes working in Puget Sound and the DIXIE is just as snug as bug in a rug. Capt Towline Erik and I have been taking care of the fresh water work with the GRACE when Tom is out in the salt water. GRACE will pull about 2/3 of what DIXIE pulls so GRACE has no trouble keeping up with the fresh water tows.
KEEGAN ALWAYS WORE FUNNY GLASSES. HE KINDA LOOKS LIKE LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE...
RAZ MA TAZ HAVING A GOOD TIME.
NEWLY BUILT DUTCH PILOT BOAT AT KVICHAK.
WESTERN GIANTS
TOWLINE ERIK ON THE GRACE SHIFTING KELLY MAE TO PACIFIC FISHERMAN.
GRACE AND LANDING CRAFT KELLY MAE.
GRACE (EX-GRACE FOSS) WAITING FOR THE BALLARD BRIDGE.
TUG GRACE - CAPT. TOWLINE ERIK LIKES TO RUN HER.
CAPT. MARK WORKING ON HIS NEW BOOK - I'M SURPRISED, NOT MAD.
AMAK USED TO HAVE A 160 HP ATLAS IMPERIAL.
CACTUS (EX-USCG) WILL BE CUT UP FOR SCRAP BY STABBERT.
BLUE BALLARD JUST BEFORE TOWLINE ERIK SHIFTED HER OUT OF DOCK. ON HER VISOR IT SAYS FREE BALLARD.
K-SEA'S PARAGON.
COMANCHE AT FOSS MARITIME.
CRAIG AND SANDRA FOSS.
RUBY XIV WITH RED STACK AND 300 HP WASHINGTON AT EWING ST.
THE WESTWARD; DAD BOUGHT HER SURPLUS AFTER WWII AND RAY STICKLER RAN HER UP THE COAST FOR US FROM CALIFORNIA.
GRACE WITH A LITTLE BONE IN HER TEETH.
TOWLINE ERIK AND GRACE PUSHING ON THE STABBERT DRYDOCK.
YELLOW ROSE BEING ROLLED OUT FOR LAUNCHING AT KVICHAK.
DIXIE SHIFTING FOSS 300 OVER FOR LAUNCHING YELLOW ROSE.
FOSS 300 GETTING SLINGS INTO POSITION FOR THE BIG LIFT.
FOSS 300 MAKING LIFT OF YELLOW ROSE.
FOSS 300 HEADED FOR THE WATER WITH YELLOW ROSE.
KVICHAK LATEST - THE YELLOW ROSE - BUILT FOR THE HUSTON PILOTS.
Pictures in the blog are of the CROWLEY tug PATHFINDER going by our front door towed by the CROWLEY Tractor Tug CHIEF. You will notice that her windows are boarded up for the trip down from Valdez. She ran up on Bligh Reef while scouting for ice. And damaged her bottom. Probably headed for Lake Union Drydock?
CROWLEY'S CHIEF TOWING PATHFINDER.
PATHFINDER GOING PAST OUR HOUSEBOAT ON LAKE UNION.
I am looking for a plastic model of the tug Cheryl Ann either still in the kit or built and I don’t want the one that was priced at $1,000.00. I have 2 that I built but have use for a third one. She and Preston Foster were the lead in a old TV series that took place in Long Beach. Any condition is OK old and tired would be just fine.
SAM FOSS. STAN WILLHIGHT PHOTO.
Margie says we have some open moorage available call her at 206 632 0152.
FAIRTIDE MARK
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