ON THURSDAY, THE cargo ship Alaska moored to the Port of Port Angeles’ Terminal 3 to take on a load of logs for export to China.
The 616-foot ship was launched earlier this year from the Shin Kurushima Dockyard in Japan and made her maiden voyage to the United States in April.
I daresay before 2016 runs its course, we will see Alaska in Port Angeles again.
Trawler, tender tied up
On Tuesday, Arctic Fjord a 253-foot Factory Stern Trawler, moored to the Port of Port Angeles’ Terminal 1 North to take on fuel.
A Factory Stern Trawler is a type of fish processing vessel that has its own onboard facilities for processing and freezing its own catch.
Tuesday also saw the Coast Guard buoy tender Henry Blake in Port Angeles Harbor.
The 253-foot vessel is based in Everett, and her primary mission is the maintenance of the 235 aids to navigation in the Puget Sound area and along the coast of Washington.
Henry Blake is a Keeper Class cutter, of which there are 14 and all of which are named after lighthouse keepers.
Henry Blake is the name of the first keeper of the New Dungeness Lighthouse.
Marooned mariner
Platypus Marine, the full-service shipyard, yacht-repair facility and steel-boat manufacturer on Marine Drive in Port Angeles, hauled out Jamie Marie.
She is an 80-foot commercial fishing boat that ran aground in the early morning hours of May 23 in Ocean Shores.
About 24 hours later, with the help of a couple of tugs and a high tide, the vessel was freed from her predicament and now sits on the hard while personnel paint the bottom, replace the cutlass bearing and the keel cooler, and assess the need for possible future maintenance and repair needs due to her out-of-water experience.
Hauled-out barge
Platypus hauled out Navy barge YC 1624, which was towed to Port Angeles from Bremerton, and will have her at its facility for about a month as personnel sandblast and paint it.
A contractor will also perform an ultrasound thickness inspection on the hull of the barge.
Any plating not up to standards will be replaced.
The barge is an open lighter barge, and the YC originally designated her as a coal carrying barge.
When the Navy quit using coal to power her ships, the YC barges were used for anything that could be carried in an open lighter.
Inspections abound
Platypus has Motega sitting on the hard at their facility.
She is an 80-foot-long work boat that is part of the Arrow Launch fleet owned and operated by Jack and Terri Harmon of Port Angeles.
I understand she is out of the water for her annual Coast Guard inspection and will also have her bottom painted.
Swap meet, yard sale
Next week is the 10th annual Port Angeles Yacht Club’s Outdoor Marine Swap Meet and Indoor Yard Sale, one of the North Olympic Peninsula’s more popular events for boaters and land lubbers alike.
The event takes place Saturday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Yacht Club, 1305 Marine Drive at the west end of Port Angeles Boat Haven.
This well-attended event is a great opportunity to find or sell marine-related equipment at the Outdoor Swap Meet or purchase household treasures offered by the club’s ladies at the Indoor Yard Sale.
Seller spaces for the Outdoor Marine Swap Meet are available for $10.
No seller spaces are available for household items at the Indoor Yard Sale.
Coffee and doughnuts will be available.
For more information about reserving an outdoor space, email swapmeet@payc.org or contact Bob at 360-461-0602 or Bill at 360-452-3729.
Harbor happenings
On Wednesday, Tesoro Petroleum in Port Angeles provided bunkers to Ermis, a 592-foot Grecian-flagged bulk cargo ship.
Also Wednesday, Tesoro refueled Overseas Nikiski, a 600-foot petroleum products carrier.
On Friday, Tesoro bunkered British Councillor, a 755-foot petroleum products carrier that is flagged in Great Britain.
On Saturday, Tesoro bunkered New Constellation, a 523-foot crude oil tanker that is flagged in the Marshall Islands.
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David G. Sellars is a Port Angeles resident and former Navy boatswain’s mate who enjoys boats and strolling the area’s waterfronts and boat yards.
Items and questions involving boating, marina and industrial activities and the North Olympic Peninsula waterfronts are always welcome. News announcements about boating groups, including yacht clubs and squadrons, are welcome as well.
Email dgsellars@hotmail.com or phone him at 360-808-3202.