Out my window

[Lew Barrett]

Ah......big Dutch deepsea tug conversion? Has Dennis got himself a new boat?

That's the one. My favorite (of course) of his and I presume he still has it, but haven't seen it lately.









An interesting day to be heading out; I'd keep the antenna down if I were on her! The sunshine in this picture is deceptive! A strange weather day here.

[ron ll]

I think that pic might have been yesterday Lew. They don't always get posted immediately.

[Halobates]

Tug Parthia, a beauty and fast!

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[SV Papillon]

WTF Aqua man??????

[Garret]

There are lots of these in tourist destination down south. Boat with ~50' of hose connected to a harness the person wears. Substantial pump(s) on the boat sends high pressure water to the suit & the person has controls to run it like a tethered jetpack.

I woulda done it in Key West, but it was $250 for 1/2 hour!

[ben2go]

WTF Aqua man??????

At first, I thought it was a PS depicting someone with explosive diarrhea.Then I saw the hose,and realized it was the water jet pack.

[ron ll]

Gotta love the halibut schooners. This one is "Eclipse", we may have seen her before but that's okay. She is so bright and white she overexposed the picture.

[TR]

It looks as though Eclipse may be heading out after Tuna. That's probably what the trolling poles (alongside the main mast) are for. They'll be a couple of tuna pullers (hydraulic shives) on the aft rail. If you look at the first picture in this thread you'll see a Halibut Schooner actually rigged for longlining. Key indicators are the pile of orange "bladders" on top of the bait shack, and the "highflyers" (weighted poles with flags) in the forward rigging. Eclipse is missing this gear which marks each end of a longline set. Plus she's missing a couple of guys sitting on the main hatch filing hooks, when longlining there are thousands involved and each must be razor sharp when they reach the fishing grounds.

[ron ll]

Malibu

[SV Papillon]

What's the story on Malibu see her a bit

[johnw]

Ted Geary design, if I recall correctly.

[ron ll]

What's the story on Malibu see her a bit

Designed by Ted Geary, built by Blanchard in 1926. A few years ago it grounded to 45 degrees and was holed (hole the size of a bathtub). The insurance company called it totalled. But the owner, John Jacobi, decided to save her and she has been rebuilt to her current beautiful condition.

More at http://community.seattletimes.nwsour...=pacificpnwl07

[Lew Barrett]

Malibu kept every good craftsman (including Bakkatun and Thomas) in town busy during her rebuild. I think she is one of the most attractive of the Geary fantails, a rarefied class of vessels indeed. She went hard to ground when her new captain cut a corner coming out of Deer Harbor entering San Juan Channel, a place that looks safe but has seriously ugly rocks just below the surface, sometimes hidden at higher low tides. It's a common spot for groundings, but well known and not one a professional should get caught out by.

[TR]

Just to be contrary Lew, I'll say Blue Peter is the best looking of the big Geary motoryachts........

Everything in proportion, yes the covered aft deck on Malibu is nice but it could be moderated a bit. Two proper masts, a nice pulling boat in the davits, and better house/hull freeboard proportions all add up.........

[Garret]

I could make do with either.....

[ron ll]

I could make do with either.....

Except Blue Peter is now owned by PACCAR and the Pigott family. I liked it better when McCurdy owned it.

[ron ll]

[Garret]

Except Blue Peter is now owned by PACCAR and the Pigott family. I liked it better when McCurdy owned it.

But if I owned her - that wouldn't be an issue for me, now would it?

As if I need another too big for me boat.......

[Lew Barrett]

Just to be contrary Lew, I'll say Blue Peter is the best looking of the big Geary motoryachts........

Everything in proportion, yes the covered aft deck on Malibu is nice but it could be moderated a bit. Two proper masts, a nice pulling boat in the davits, and better house/hull freeboard proportions all add up.........

I wouldn't argue, always a favorite. Nice thing about BP was the folks on board, too. Regardless which is best.... I will say....they are a hell of a class!
(And I did say of the 'bu....one of my favorites!). Blue Peter really is outstanding in every way. You have a hell of an eye, and she'd be my pick too, for many reasons, but I think almost everybody feels that way. Blue Peter was the flagship for many years.

[Lew Barrett]

That is Wahoma, 1939, 50 foot Monk design, built by the same guy who built Rita (1938), Lakewood Boat Company. Twin V drive Crowns, 50 feet and 13 foot and a bit in beam, she is commodious inside. Previously owned by the Holmes family now owned by George and Bunny Rollins, she has been in Seattle the whole time. Like Rita, served in the CG during WWII. she really does look like a later boat to me in many ways. On her way north for at least a month.

[ron ll]

Nice thing about BP was the folks on board, too.

Yes, the McCurdys were delightful people.

[ron ll]

That is Wahoma,... On her way north for at least a month.

Not starting a voyage on a Friday I see.

[Dryfeet]

ca6b4dc7.jpgBlue Peter sorta reminded me of my Command in a Alaska a couple weeks ago. It's the Catalyst of Friday Harbor. (Still with its original engine too!)

[Dryfeet]

http://i1080.photobucket.com/albums/...r/ed488524.jpg

Okay, it's a bigger pic but still haven't mastered the posting part yet.

[P-man]

don't attach photos. choose "from url", paste the address in the window, uncheck the box that says something about referencing files remotely and click ok. or you can copy the "img code" directly from photobucket and paste it directly in the text area.

[Dryfeet]

This was the view 'out my window' a couple weeks ago.[IMG][/IMG]

[Durnik]

Designed by Ted Geary, built by Blanchard in 1926. A few years ago it grounded to 45 degrees and was holed (hole the size of a bathtub). The insurance company called it totalled. But the owner, John Jacobi, decided to save her and she has been rebuilt to her current beautiful condition.

More at http://community.seattletimes.nwsour...=pacificpnwl07

Total that beautiful boat?? That's got to be a sin & ought to be a crime! Glad John Jacobi felt so, too.

Concerning the dueling yachts, I'm with Garret - "I could make do with either....." ;-)

but I'll have to say Blue Peter is absolutely beautiful.. for a stink pot, of course.. ;-)

Still lookin', still -

enjoy - in'
bobby

ETA: Dryfeet, you have a tough life.. ;-)

[Lew Barrett]

ca6b4dc7.jpgBlue Peter sorta reminded me of my Command in a Alaska a couple weeks ago. It's the Catalyst of Friday Harbor. (Still with its original engine too!)

I know the Catalyst; she gets around. Another boat in a somewhat similar vein is Westward. Although she doesn't have the elevated pilot house, she's suited to the same sort of duty and tastes. We're really working our way through the Geary fantails now! What did we miss? Canim? I hasten to add (before Tad corrects me!) that Catalyst is not a Geary design! But these are all big boats for big boys.

[Lew Barrett]

Not starting a voyage on a Friday I see.

Retired. It has some benefits, mainly that you can leave on Thursday. I'll try to recall what the other benefit is and when I remember, I'll post it here.

(Oh I remember; it has to do with not having to deal with people who resemble a particular body orifice).

[ron ll]

Not sure they were Geary fantails, but I remember Sobre las Olas, and Principia. Does anyone else remember these?

[BETTY-B]

Not sure they were Geary fantails, but I remember Sobre las Olas, and Principia. Does anyone else remember these?

http://forum.woodenboat.com/showthre...d-this-weekend

[ron ll]

http://forum.woodenboat.com/showthre...d-this-weekend

That's pretty funny, except for the sadness of an aging mind.

[ron ll]

"Plumduff"
We've seen her before (post #34) but worth another look. She's a wooden boat.

[ron ll]

My postings to this thread are slowing a little for a couple of reasons; it's summer and I've been away from the office more. Plus a lot of the traffic is repeats of boats we have seen already.

And speaking of repeats, here is "Olympus" again. Similar picture to before, but maybe just a little better lighting as she passed this morning.

[Durnik]

Hope you're enjoying your summer.. & glad you're back! ;-)

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder & all, and thus this beholder, while finding naught to like about Plumduff, is _very_ happy to see Olympus again. You know you're ruining me.. ;-)

enjoy
bobby

[ron ll]

I'll have to agree with you on Olympus over Plumduff. Perhaps an unfortunate juxtaposition.

[johnw]

"Plumduff"
We've seen her before (post #34) but worth another look. She's a wooden boat.

If I had a piece of soft pine and a sharp knife, I could whittle you a better looking boat. And if I had that much wood and that much money, well...

[Lew Barrett]

If I had a piece of soft pine and a sharp knife, I could whittle you a better looking boat. And if I had that much wood and that much money, well...

Admiralty Marine, if I recall 67 (?) feet and probably a dozen or so years old now, maybe a bit more. And to draw on an old phrase, you could probably carve a better looking one out of a banana but that's to our antiquarian tastes, which I do share. Clearly her owner liked the idea and he's the one that needs the pleasing. She made a big splash and hit all the local covers when she was commissioned.

[ron ll]

"Equator". To my eye, a pretty boat.

[TR]

Equator is a purse seiner, built in 1923 at the Andersen yard in Gig Harbour. Apparently she is longer than the Alaska 58' limit and thus only fishes Washington State waters.

[Lew Barrett]

You know Tad, I don't believe for a minute that you know every one of these boats off the top of your head, so I think NAs have some tricks that we mere mortals don't know!

Are you going to be in Victoria this year, and if not, why not?

[TR]

You know Tad, I don't believe for a minute that you know every one of these boats off the top of your head, so I think NAs have some tricks that we mere mortals don't know!

Are you going to be in Victoria this year, and if not, why not?

Not omnipotent at all Lew, I'm an old guy and have to look stuff up.......and make corrections as I go. But I have a big library I like to use, and a lot of shreds of memories.......

Rob Abernathy has asked me speak at the show, I don't know the schedule or venue, I'll probably talk on Traditional BC Boats. So I should be there.....

[Lew Barrett]

Good man, Abernathy. If you are coming, I would love to meet you.

[ron ll]

Not omnipotent at all Lew, I'm an old guy and have to look stuff up.......and make corrections as I go. But I have a big library I like to use, and a lot of shreds of memories.......

Hi Tad:
Any chance you have any record of an H.C. Hansen (or Hanson) who designed mostly workboats and an occasional yacht? (I assume not as you probably saw my other thread on this.)

[ron ll]

Another one of the anti-pirate tanker escorts bound for the Middle East. The production manager for the company that builds these comes into our morning coffee shop and he was describing this boat just this morning. 58' composite floating fuel tank, it carries 1700 gallons of fuel for a range of 2000 miles. It is gyro stablized and loaded with electronics. It has two Yanmar 480's (or something like that) and surface-piercing props. When asked the speed, he says 40 knots. But something in his smile when he says that tells me it is capable of more. This company also builds some high speed chase boats as well as unmanned high speed reconnaissance drone boats.

[TR]

Ron,

I was assuming everyone knows what I know.......H.C. was Harold Cornelius Hanson 1892-1975, mostly commercial vessels but a significant number of pleasure boats. He worked for Ted Geary and was partners with Leigh Coolidge, and went on his own around 1928. A amazing draftsman, he drew very quickly in ink on linen without even preliminary sketches. He was a pioneer of welded construction on the West Coast. A large collection of his drawings are at the Whatcom Museum in Bellingham.

[ron ll]

Ron,

I was assuming everyone knows what I know.......H.C. was Harold Cornelius Hanson 1892-1975, mostly commercial vessels but a significant number of pleasure boats. He worked for Ted Geary and was partners with Leigh Coolidge, and went on his own around 1928. A amazing draftsman, he drew very quickly in ink on linen without even preliminary sketches. He was a pioneer of welded construction on the West Coast. A large collection of his drawings are at the Whatcom Museum in Bellingham.

See, bad assumption, I didn't know that. Now any chance you know anything of his double-ended cutter "Pilgrim"?

Thanks

[johnw]

I don't have the kind of view you do, but this came by yesterday:



I believe it's a Thomas Colvin design. Usually, I see them under power.

[ron ll]

Still a sweet view. Quartermaster Harbor?

[John Bell]

I don't have the kind of view you do, but this came by yesterday:



I believe it's a Thomas Colvin design. Usually, I see them under power.

I think that one is under power as well. You're batting 1.000!