I’ve been extremely busy at work, which has been preempting my operating time. The Coast Guard Cutter Washington recently started a maintenance availability, and I’ve been acting as the Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative (COTR) and Port Engineer.

A couple weeks ago, the ship was hauled from the water with two large floating cranes, each rated 100 tons each. The larger of the two cranes was built in 1944 – old technology that still works!