ON WEDNESDAY, BLACK Forest, a 580-foot bulk cargo ship, moored to the Port of Port Angeles’ Terminal 3 to have her topside deck loaded with approximately 2.7 million board feet of debarked logs destined for China that were harvested off Merrill & Ring’s private land holdings in Western Washington.
Prior to her arrival, she was in Nanaimo, B.C., where her holds were loaded with debarked logs.
Black Forest was scheduled to depart Port Angeles on Saturday.
Sea Dream
In the wee hours of Wednesday morning, Monroe House Movers transported Salish Sea Dream from Armstrong Marine’s manufacturing facility on U.S. Highway 101 midway between Sequim and Port Angeles to Platypus Marine, the full-service shipyard, yacht-repair facility and steel-boat manufacturer on Marine Drive in Port Angeles, where she is now stowed on the hard.
The vessel is 80 feet long with a 26-foot beam and had to be taken to the waterfront in the dead of night so as to hinder the flow of traffic as little as possible.
On Thursday afternoon, the cabin section of Salish Sea Dream was taken to the waterfront aboard a tandem-axle gooseneck trailer.
A crane was used to hoist the cabin onto Salish Sea Dream.
I understand the vessel was built for Prince of Whales Whale Watching Tours in Victoria and will remain on the hard for about a month at Platypus while Armstrong personnel weld the cabin into place and install the seating.
Swap meet, yard sale
It’s almost time for the 10th annual Port Angeles Yacht Club’s Outdoor Marine Swap Meet and Indoor Yard Sale, one of the North Olympic Peninsula’s most popular events for boaters and land lubbers alike.
The event takes place Saturday, June 11, 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
Oddity on the water
Pacific Tracker pulled into the harbor Thursday, and I received a number of phone calls and emails asking what type of vessel she is and what the tennis-ball-looking structures on her deck are.
The ship is an X-Band Transportable Radar Ship that is attached to the Missile Defense Agency and monitors and conducts missile exercises.
As to the large orbs on the ship’s deck, those are the vessel’s radar systems.
Yacht race
The Swiftsure International Yacht Race organized by the Victoria Yacht Club is this weekend.
The races start and end in Victoria.
They are international races because the midway point for the races are in U.S. waters.
Of the 204 boats registered for the various races, I noted two boats are from the Sequim Bay Yacht Club and one is from Port Townsend.
Harbor happenings
On Monday, Tesoro Petroleum in Port Angeles Harbor bunkered Ocean Glory, a 561-foot heavy-lift ship that left Port Angeles for Hawaii and then on to Thailand.
On Thursday, Tesoro refueled Pacific Tracker as she sat midharbor.
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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.
