The M/V David B’s Ship’s Blog
Time 0821 Position 48 45.35N 122.30.26W
On Monday we decided to remove the cylinder heads on the main engine to have them worked on. This included removing everthing bolted onto the top of them, and then lifting them up through the pilot house. That part was easy, because we had the assistance of...
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Time 0844 Position 48 45.35N 122.30.26W
More winter work. Now we’re working on the main engine — The Washington-Estep 3-cylinder diesel. These are the exhaust and intake valves that were recently rebuilt by Old Tacoma Marine. For those of you who are...
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Time: 2148 Position 48 45.25N 122 30.26W
We’ve finally found some information about David W. Branch, the man for whom the David B was named. He was, as we had been told a superintendant for Libby, McNeil & Libby and worked for them...
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Time: 2106 Position:48 45.25N 122 30.26W
New this year we have an area that passengers can look at pictures and share comments from their trip. It’s...
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Time: 1226 Position: 48 45.25N 122 30.26W I just go a call the other night from the woman who truly saved the David B. The story...
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Time:0908 Position:48 45.25N 122 30.26W
Today I posted a track from a previous trip on the David B to our site. It’s a Google Earth format...
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