CAPTAIN DOUG LEEN

TUGBOAT KATAHDIN: Restoration

Getting there wasn't easy.   After 15 months of lawsuits to reclaim her parts, she was hauled out and completely renovated with about 30 new planks, horn timber, deckbeams, decks, guards, sponsons, bulwarks plus a complete refit of all the mechanical.
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This photo shows the "Kat" being towed to Seattle from Orcas Island and the fully restored 1939 Washington direct reversing diesel engine.
The old pilot house.
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... new bulwarks and hydraulic steering, too

Painting the bottom

On the lift

On the lift
On the lift

New Planks
Fo'c's'le

Installing planks
Installing planks

Installing planks
Installing planks

Installing planks
The old pilot house roof.



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Currently in Haines, Alaska 		Captain Doug Leen
On the Historic Tugboat Katahdin
Currently in Haines, Alaska

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