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Here is a brief video of our second test run of the engine. This is a low miles 1993 12 valve Cummins 5.9 engine that was rescued from a wrecked truck. We stripped it down, added a water-cooled turbo and exhaust manifold and gave all the externals a on…

This has been a very busy month of work on the boat, though you wouldn’t know it from my lack of blog postings. I’ll do two to catch up… filled up the day tank with enough diesel to test the plumbing in preparation to run the engine. This resulted in…

First off is a cool picture that I took from the top of a shipping container next to the boat. I spend so much time looking up at the hull, I wanted to get an idea of what she looked like if you were standing on a floating dock next to the boat. Not to…

Another busy month… The first few pics are of one of the Baylink Ferries fresh out of the shipyard, and now at the fit-out dock at Whidbey Island in Washington state. One of my duties as Ops Manager for Baylink is to help oversee this 18 month refit …

Lots of engine room work has been completed over the last few weeks. We fabricated a nice little header tank for the coolant that includes a level gauge/alarm that will ring to the wheelhouse if coolant is low. Most of the cooling system plumbing is co…

Just realized that I haven’t posted in almost three weeks. Been very busy with work. A trip to Seattle to visit one of the Baylink Ferries in the shipyard, a big dredging project at our main ferry terminal, and lots of other work related type stuff has…

Rubber rub-rail is now installed around the swimstep. This willprovide some protection for the aft corners of the hull, and also make for nicefendering when we have a skiff tied off on the stern. We had welded 1/2″ Stainless studs around the stern way …

Most of the past couple of weeks have been spent installingthe mid and forward cabin overhead planking, electrical and lighting. We’re using the same beadboard that we used in the aft cabin. Prettystraightforward, but a lot of square footage and a lot …

Got side tracked this month getting our current boat cleaned up and ready to sell. Lots of time spent cleaning and moving stuff off the boat as well as ensuring all the equipment and machinery is running well. I can now say that the Seabird i…

Put up most of the aft cabin ceiling with wiring and overhead lights. Lighting is LED in recessed fixtures and controlled by a master dimmer/switch. When on full brightness, all the overheads are drawing a total of about 1.2 amps at 12 volts… very lo…