Out my window

[ron ll]

My office is on the ship canal just outside the Locks in Seattle. I setup a camera in the window that I can trigger from my desk when something interesting floats by. So I'll try to upload a few here. Here is the first one.

I love these boats.

[Peerie Maa]

Nice idea, good result. Kudos.

[Yeadon]

You're living a good life, Ron.

[rogue]

Neat!

[ron ll]

This one is called, Mist Cove.

[TerryLL]

The Mist Cove is a beauty. She's based on the French minesweeper Liseron, but is modern construction in aluminum. The Boat Company runs several of this type of boat up the Inside Passage, frequent visitors in Sitka when I was there.

[Soundbounder]

I'm going to enjoy this thread

[Garret]

Me too!

[ron ll]

It might be hard to keep up. They aren't all as pretty as these, and sometimes I don't see any for a while.

Sunward

[ron ll]

Engine, don't fail me now.

[P-man]

nice! thanks.

[Tom Robb]

We take visitors to the locks to see the sights and have never seen the like.
Thanks.
An office overlooking the locks? How lucky is that? And how do you get anything done?

[ron ll]

We take visitors to the locks to see the sights and have never seen the like.
Thanks.
An office overlooking the locks? How lucky is that? And how do you get anything done?

It's not exactly overlooking the Locks, but rather a few hundred yards downstream nearer where the canal enters Shilshole Bay. I can't actually see the Locks. And who says I get anything done? Am I suppose to?

[johnw]

Nice thread!

[Boatguy1972]

Best thread ever and a very awesome idea

[62816inBerlin]

My office is on the ship canal just outside the Locks in Seattle. ... .

As my father-in-law would have said "jammy beggar!"

Let's see some sailing wood!

Cheers,

Gernot H.

[Bruce Keefauver]

FYI The Vanisee is one of the old halibut schooners with a newish (probably aluminum) house.

[Canoeyawl]

Built in 1913 and skippered by Per Odegaard

I love these boats.

[Lew Barrett]

Halibut fleet should be interesting!

[TerryLL]

Keep that camera rolling. I know most of the boats in the Southeast troll fleet and many of the longliners. It'll be good to see them again.

[Figment]

oh that Vansee is just right!

(many thanks for the thread)

[ron ll]

Beautiful weekend but I wasn't in the office so nothing new this morning. But I'll upload a shot of another halibut schooner that I took from here last year just because these are such beauties. Raining today, not sure what or when I will capture next.

Aleutian (from last year)

[ron ll]

Here's another from last week. Don't know anything about it but it looks wooden. It was small and far away so res it pretty fuzzy. Sorry I haven't caught any sailboats yet.

[BETTY-B]

The Mist Cove is a beauty. She's based on the French minesweeper Liseron, but is modern construction in aluminum. The Boat Company runs several of this type of boat up the Inside Passage, frequent visitors in Sitka when I was there.

A good friend of mine was the engineer on the Liseron. They sure have done a great job converting her. There's another one that has been converted to being a ferry up in BC. MV UCHUCK. The house is moved way way back.

[Bobcat]

A good friend of mine was the engineer on the Liseron. They sure have done a great job converting her. There's another one that has been converted to being a ferry up in BC. MV UCHUCK. The house is moved way way back.

Great photo, Dan

[BETTY-B]

Great photo, Dan

I stole it, Doug. :- (

[Bobcat]

I stole it, Doug. :- (

Dan, no worries, I just stole it from you

[ron ll]

They're not all going to be pretty wood boats. But to me there is a type of beauty in the workboats as well.

Bella K

[Garret]

They're not all going to be pretty wood boats. But to me there is a type of beauty in the workboats as well.

Bella K

Indeed!

[ron ll]

Just a red tug so far this morning. Traffic has been light the last few days.

[32Woodie]

Love this thread so I'm gonna post here so as I don't miss anything beautiful floating by ... <thanks>

[ron ll]

Army Corps of Engineers log picker keeping our navigation free of floating hazards.

Puget

[Garret]

Army Corps of Engineers log picker keeping our navigation free of floating hazards.

Puget

Slackers! I don't see any jetskis on the deck.....

[ron ll]

Plumduff

[ron ll]

Norsel

[Bobcat]

I really like this thread.

(I may have to bring my boat through the locks during the work day and see I show up...)

[ron ll]

I really like this thread.

(I may have to bring my boat through the locks during the work day and see I show up...)

Odds wouldn't be good. I miss a lot of boats when I'm not at my desk. But it's fun, kind of like fishing. Never know what I'm going to catch. I can't see them coming so I have to react fast when they are in front of the window. Many have gotten away, only to see their stern disappearing past the frame.

[Bobcat]

Odds wouldn't be good. I miss a lot of boats when I'm not at my desk. But it's fun, kind of like fishing. Never know what I'm going to catch. I can't see them coming so I have to react fast when they are in front of the window. Many have gotten away, only to see their stern disappearing past the frame.

How do you know I would spend a day with the wifi on, steam back and forth in front of your window until the photo gets taken?

[ron ll]

How do you know I would spend a day with the wifi on, steam back and forth in front of your window until the photo gets taken?

Go for it. Hope I'm not out of the office that day.

[Bobcat]

Go for it. Hope I'm not out of the office that day.

Me too.

[ron ll]

Every day there are certain workboats that go out in the morning and return in the afternoon. This one I believe is called, Maritime Instructor. Altho I've seen it around for years, I really don't know anything about it. I assume it is a merchant trainer of some sort. Maybe someone else here knows more.

Maritime Instructor

[Bobcat]

Every day there are certain workboats that go out in the morning and return in the afternoon. This one I believe is called, Maritime Instructor. Altho I've seen it around for years, I really don't know anything about it. I assume it is a merchant trainer of some sort. Maybe someone else here knows more.

Maritime Instructor

She's part of the fleet at the Seattle Maritime Academy up near the Ballard Bridge

[Lew Barrett]

Here's another from last week. Don't know anything about it but it looks wooden. It was small and far away so res it pretty fuzzy. Sorry I haven't caught any sailboats yet.

Stephens.

[Lew Barrett]

Plumduff

Plumduff (not the first boat this owner named that) was built by Admiralty Marine and is, despite appearances, actually a wooden boat!

[ron ll]

Plumduff (not the first boat this owner named that) was built by Admiralty Marine and is, despite appearances, actually a wooden boat!

I remember the other Plumduff (were there two or three?). The one I remember was kind of a tall and graceful tuna tower type. Sorry I didn't get a better picture of this one, I almost missed it.

[ron ll]

I'm ashamed to say I can't id this one. I thought I knew most of the Ted Geary fantails, but the lack of name and the "D" on the stack throw me. Not Malibu, Canim, Olympus, Sobre las Olas, someone help me out. (And is it a Ted Geary design?) But a beauty none the less.

(later) Aha. Deerlap?

[Recycled]

Every day there are certain workboats that go out in the morning and return in the afternoon. This one I believe is called, Maritime Instructor. Altho I've seen it around for years, I really don't know anything about it. I assume it is a merchant trainer of some sort. Maybe someone else here knows more.

Maritime Instructor

This is one of the old 82' "Point" series patrol boats from the USCG. There were several based around Puget Sound. I did a two-week tour on the one in Port Angeles as a Sea Scout in the 70s.

[BETTY-B]

(later) Aha. Deerlap?

Nope. MV DISCOVERY

http://www.alaskacharters.com/abouttheboat.htm

[ron ll]

Nope. MV DISCOVERY

http://www.alaskacharters.com/abouttheboat.htm

Way to go Dan! Thanks. Is it a Ted Geary?

[BETTY-B]

Sure looks like it. But I'm not seeing much at all except that it was built for a William Morris at San Pedro, CA in 1931.