SPIRIT OF PROPELLER

Propeller Club - Port of Seattle Local Sea Scouts participated in the Seafarers Center Ditty Bag packing mission on Saturday 11/23.

The folks at Port of Seattle were kind enough to share this amazing picture of MV Propeller at Fisherman's Terminal, framed by a rainbow.

Propeller Club - Port of Seattle MV Propeller, front & center at the PME Economic Forecast Breakfast.

We have a concept plan that will bring Propeller into compliance with the new passenger egress requirements of 46 CFR 177.500(f). We'll work on a few details before submitting to USCG for review.

Propeller Club - Port of Seattle Our next big project: Refit and Rehab of our beloved training vessel "PROPELLER." Her stout construction and heavy workboat qualities make her irreplaceable as a Sea Scouting platform. She has continuously operated as a Sea Scout boat since 1985 and she's due for some deep rehabilitation work. Propeller's venerable Caterpillar D343 engine has become obsolete and inefficient by today's standards so we plan to repower the boat. This will be a fun series of projects that we'd like to complete over the next two to three years. Each project is an educational opportunity for Scouts, and potentially for students in HS skilled trades programs. - Repower - Painting and preservation. - Renovate crew accommodations spaces. - Repair and renew selected topside steel elements. - Upgrade egress pathways from crew accommodations to comply with new USCG regs. - Strip away disused equipment. - Repair/upgrade bulwarks and lifelines. Our goal will be to ensure Propeller can serve youth for at least the next 10-15 years - or longer. NEEDS: Volunteers to help with the work. Local shipyard assistance. Funding: we'll need to raise money. Preliminary estimates are $350k over 2-3 years. (cash and in-kind donations)

Too many boats! We're making progress on disposal of disused boats. The old, wooden, 35' Chriscraft is gone. The 35' wooden sloop will be gone soon. That'll leave just three surplus fiberglass sailboats. Catalina 14 San Juan 21 Ranger 26 All three are "projects boats." The method of disposal will be determined soon.

Propeller Club - Port of Seattle With a new dock, Sea Scouts are ready to plot their next course. The year ahead is full of possibilities with some big goals. - Grow to at least 25 Sea Scouts - Youth leadership and more outings - Improve the quality of our vessel. Help us make it happen!

Thank you Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle , Washington Maritime Blue and Port of Seattle for bringing YMCL training Cohorts aboard Propeller for a day of line handling, maritime skills training and fun Comraderie aboard MV Propeller. We look forward to our next outing.

I'm Sad to report that cable thieves struck at Waterway 18 and stole the ship to Shore (shore power) cables. One 50A 240V cable. Several 30A 120V cables. Very frustrating.

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