IMG_7159 - Port Townsend WA - Shipyard - MV RIPTIDE - Port Operations moving the boat to the wash stand with the TraveLift
Following the lift, RIPTIDE was taken to the washdown station.
RIPTIDE was built in 1927 by the Schertzer Boat and Machine Company, then located on the north end of Lake Union in Seattle. She is 47 feet long with a beam of just over 11 feet and a draft of approximately four feet, planked in port orford cedar riveted to white oak frames. She is powered by a 1967 Volvo MD-70A diesel engine.
IMG_7159 - Port Townsend WA - Shipyard - MV RIPTIDE - Port Operations moving the boat to the wash stand with the TraveLift
Following the lift, RIPTIDE was taken to the washdown station.
RIPTIDE was built in 1927 by the Schertzer Boat and Machine Company, then located on the north end of Lake Union in Seattle. She is 47 feet long with a beam of just over 11 feet and a draft of approximately four feet, planked in port orford cedar riveted to white oak frames. She is powered by a 1967 Volvo MD-70A diesel engine.