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Tag Archives: 2009
Craigslist find!
So, I’m back from Minehead, UK after a grueling week at the All Tomorrow’s Parties festival there. I saw very little music over the 5 days here, other than the band I was tour managing, My Bloody Valentine. Such is the glory of working in the “music industry”.
I was wrapping up the accounts [...]
Getting crazy with the primer
So while I have been in the forward tank so much lately installing the bow thrusters, I decided to start putting a bit of Amercoat 235 light grey primer on top of the green Dimecote inorganic zinc primer. Just to brighten the place up!
Doesn’t that really make the rivets and ribs look great? [...]
Mounting the saddles
It was a gorgeous day out in the shipyard on Sunday with a stunning sunset.
I spent most of the day finishing off the guards on the starboard side bowthruster penetrations and installing the saddles. I used 5200 sealant and bronze hardware to mount the bronze saddle to the steel tunnels. I made sure [...]
Shipspotting on the web
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Port side bowthruster guards
Now that the flanges are finished, I thought it might be a good idea to put some sort of guard on both sides of the tunnels. I toyed with the idea of welding tabs and then bolting in these horizontal bars, but that seemed like excessive work. I decided in the end to [...]
Welding on the flanges
So I want to beef up the area where the tunnel tubes meet the hull plating so I am installing a doubler flange on each penetration. I had cut the tubes so they extended roughly 1/2 inch past the hull plating on each side. I then took some 3/8 inch thick plate and [...]
Blast and primer the tunnel tubes
I primed the tubes and prepped the area where the flanges will be welded on using an inorganic zinc primer called Dimetcote.
Cutting in the saddles for the bowthruster
Boy has the weather changed quick! 40 degrees F today with overcast skies and sprinkles. Just a taste of what is to come.
Today I cut in the saddles for the bow thrusters into both tunnels. First is to make a template on paper of the cut (taped up on the steel in [...]
Double piercing – more bowthruster installation
So here is the first tunnel cut flush to the hull.
And here is what it looks like inside the forward tank looking down through the manhole. Everything looks to be lined up and square with the internal frames.
Now to start the next one. This one has to be a minimum of 14″ forward [...]
Piercing the nose
So I have been saving up to put in another steel order. I have four main projects that need more steel:
- the bowthruster: I need 14 inch pipe to make the tunnel
- the pipe raceway: I need two 15 foot long sections of flat plate and lots of angle
- the keel cooler: I need [...]
Getting the shaft
So maybe you have noticed this 2001: A Space Oddity-like monolith that has been rising out of the center of the main deck in some of the other pictures?
It is the shaftway to conceal (and deaden the noise of) the piping for the engine exhausts and all the pipes that will eventually go from the [...]
Livet – an 1901 Dutch Canaller
So this very nice dutch canal boat, Livet is in the yard. She was in for some bottom work and a repaint. Looking on the web to find out about the vessel, I came across a post on the Tugster blog here all about her. She had previously been moored in the [...]
Working my way forward
I am working my way forward on the starboard side. I’m going to need some more 3/16″ 7018 welding rod soon! I’ve gone through three 50 pound containers in the last week.
Ring around the rosey
So I have been working my way around the stern – rewelding all the TC bolts. These are the hardest ones as they are virtually overhead. This is where the rudder post goes up through the hull. Only a few left to go in this area and then I can move back [...]
Ride a historic boat on the Hudson on Sept 5th
On September 5 from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. , The North River Historic Ship Society will host the Great North River Historic Ship Rally on Pier 84 in Hudson River Park (44th Street and 12th Avenue) . Three historic vessels: the 102-year-old tug Pegasus, the fireboat John J. Harvey and tug Cornell will offer free public [...]
Sizing a bow thruster
I am considering putting in a bow thruster. This is a small propeller in a tunnel that is mounted in the nose of the boat. It allows you to push the bow to either side. Since this tugboat only has a single screw, it is going to be tricky to dock, especially with a wind [...]
More TC bolt welding today
I am still working my way around the starboard side stern quarter. It is slower going as it gets to be more overhead welding and there are more TC bolts per square foot. I found a TC bolt that had no weld on it at all! Most of these TC bolts have an existing single [...]
Another day welding
Sundays are the quietest days at the shipyard as all the regular workers are off. So no sandblasting or forklifts running around. I am getting to the stern on the starboard side of the hull now. And the hull is going to start to slope back so I will start to have to do more [...]
Welding the TC bolts
I used TC (Tension Control) bolts in lieu of rivets where I have replaced the wrought iron plate with steel plate. Then have a nice rounded head that looks like a button head rivet and they are threaded so I could use a large pneumatic impact hammer to tighten them down. I forgot how many [...]
What was NYC 13 doing in the 1960’s? Getting into collisions!