M/V SEAL ~:Built 1926:~ Territory of Alaska

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90 Years of Juneau Maritime History. The SEAL Wore many hats for the Territory of Alaska into Statehood she was Built as the SEAL then Renamed by the Federal Government SWAN II then as the Glacier Bay park Service Vessel she was renamed the NUNATAK II. When she was retired she was renamed her Birth Name: SEAL. The SEAL was the very First vessel commissioned by and built for the "Territory of Alaska" in 1926 to combat "Fish Piracy" here in Southeast Alaska she was also the first "Fish and Wildlife Patrol Vessel" [Featured in NOAA "Golden Age of Sail"] Published in National Geographic Magazine 1956 June edition, Wooden Boat Magazine and more. In 1926 she was designed as aThe M/V SEAL was the First Vessel commissioned by and built for the Territorial Fish and Wildlife Patrol Vessel M/V Seal has Proudly worn JUNEAU on her stern for 90 Years now. Please check back often, I just migrated the old Gallery over "today" This is a New Gallery I am migrating to in preparation of two Major 11 Year awaited projects this summer: The ENTIRE Starboard Stern Quarter Sheer plank and 4 more planks down to the Sponson - new deck beams, house beam adn entire new decking -and- The Entire Stern. The wood has arrived and more is on its way to restore the M/V Seal "The Queen of the Fleet"

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⊹⊱⋛⋋♡ SEAL ♡⋌⋚⊰⊹ Stateroom #1 Bunk #2 Also Starboard Locker #1 : The above planks I still have to make and fasten, which is why the SEAL is still under tarps. As you notice the inside of her all new Hull Planks and Ribs outside. This project I am making and fastening all the missing inside planks to the new ribs. The Stateroom 1 Bunk 1 will eventually get 2 portholes as the original 1926 Blueprints for her shows 24 Total portholes. Unless someone/someplace donates money for them someday, those may not happen. 10" Portholes of any quality start at around $800 each for just galvanized steel, and the SEAL deserves Bronze. As she is the Queen of the Fleet. The fasteners for just this inside plank/inner hull project is $1.75 per fastener and clear fir at 10x that per board foot. The red lines I drew are where the 1.5" thick inner planks will lay. I am using 3.5" #16 Galvanized Fasteners to secure them. Each area I am rebuilding here is super tiny and each piece has to fit up behind everything and be inserted then slid into pockets 25 feet apart behind 4 bulkheads. The Locker #1 area to work is super tiny I have to twist my torso to fit in holding my breath while I work or breathing real shallow to work longer. The Bunk #2 area is more room to work, and from where I have to Slide in each piece many times while fitting it. For a stupid little project its a really big deal, because its super important and I cannot use these areas even for storage. Its really important to me and our life. Its got to be done right or not at all exactly by what the 1926 blueprints say I have made serious efforts to follow them explicitly. I got the wrong size tapered drill bit so I have to improvise, one undocumented feature of living, and working in Alaska is shipping lag. I still have to remove that last small inner plank tomorrow - I was going to leave it because its still structurally sound but almost 100 years old and removing it allows me to put new fasteners into a beautiful bright new piece of clear fir. To leave it would be mediocre half ass thing I would regret. Its more work but the right thing to do. The process is to remove the old plank and fasteners, then drill out the old fastener holes to 3/8" and shoot them all up with reduced epoxy to cure over night, then epoxy mixed with some wood flour mixed in that I dip fluted oak dowels into and tap them in with a mallet to cure overnight, then trim them flush. Also I still have a bunch of excess 5/8" Carriage Bolt ends to cut off, file down then primer and eventually paint. All the new wood I am putting in I am going to leave natural and coat it in reduced epoxy then with epoxy varnish. Someday I would like to get a grant for 24 new portholes. That would be a SUPER FUN Project and finish the SEAL off proper.
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