One by one, the remaining survivors of WW2 are crossing over: CUTRESS, William George "Bill" May 8, 1920 - July 2, 2020 William George Cutress was born in Calgary, Alberta on May 8, 1920 to Harry and Olive Cutress (nee Maltby). Bill served in the Royal Canadian Navy for the duration of the...

I'm somewhat not surprised at your comments as in one video I saw years ago, the recip pump running in the background had too long a stroke and was thumping. The engineers in the video were oblivious. The 2nd would have rapped my knuckles for allowing that when I worked the up and downers :? They ju...

I've been following this gentleman's reporting on the Air Pakistan crash. For the lack of a better term, what a shitshow and everyone on the plane, but 2, died as a result. The technical details are pretty easy to follow. In general, they were 3x the recommended height going into the airport glide p...

He went to war at 19. Set the anchor and RIP COLLINS, Robert Arthur July 19, 1922 - June 14, 2020 It is with heavy hearts we announce the passing of Robert Collins on June 14, 2020, one day away from reaching his 63rd wedding anniversary. He was predeceased by his father Albert and mother Lulu, brot...

A scholarship fund for students wishing to pursue a professional career in Naval Architecture or Marine Engineering was created in 1982 by a bequest from the late Robert F. Allan, noted Vancouver Naval Architect, and supported by his friends and colleagues.The scholarship is awarded annually to the ...

Dale Allison Hicks 1963-2020 Dale Allison Hicks HICKS, Dale Allison - June 17, 1963 ~ June 8, 2020 Grand Greve, Richmond Co., passed away at home on Monday, June 8, 2020. Born in Wingham, Ont., he was a son of Jack and Rena (Gunning) Hicks. Dale is survived by his loving family, his wife, Caroline K...

Typing faster then my brain was functioning while on a teleconference.
Yes, I am still a working peon, the unwashed masses, the downtrodden!

Good eye there Merlyn.

I had forgotten about this oldtimer until BP's thread. Some videos of the SS Master, a steam recip tugboat that is maintained by a society in Vancouver BC
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0pVii ... 7tdsICZoiw

scrapped bearings, overhauled steam glands, rebuilt many, many pumps. The SKinner Uniflows just run, on and on and on. I was there for 4 years, with times I was on other ships and in that time, the work on the mains was inspections for regulatory. The real fact was it probably was totally unneccesary.

BP, You would be amazed at how often I hear the same story about volunteer infighting. It happens everywhere ( and, to be frank, stops me cold on the thought of buying a condo.) The twin engine sounds fascinating. I spent a couple of years working on Uniflows. They were pretty amazing engines and we...

Great idea!

Nice to put a face to the man, BP! I am happy to see you dropping in.
That was a fun video and brings back the recip days. Now I often wish I had an IPhone back when I was on the steamers because I would love to be able and see the machinery running again.

Mia Bennett at the Maritime Executive.com did a lot of work tracking down the background of the hapless ship Resolute and One Ocean Expeditions. There are a lot of people sitting on worthless tickets for their dream cruises that will not happen. I admit to being somewhat blase about the people who s...

We trialed EAL oils on a relatively simple system on a smaller vessel. What a nightmare that became. I can't remember the sequence now because it's been a few years and I wasn't directly involved, but there was safety relief issues, localized overheating of the oil, breakdown of the oil, more overhe...