hollyking | Tugboat Brendan

Saturday was the first day of docent training on the Arthur Foss for Northwest Seaport. Everyone else had flaked so I was the only student, which was great since I got some serious quality one-on-one time with bluemoonshark. I had been learning a lot about das Boot but there was a lot of new information. We also entered spaces I had never seen before. So very cool.

I invite all of you with an interest in maritime history, boats, diesel engines or who would like to chat to come visit the Arthur Foss. I’ll show you around the boat and give you the $10 tour. If you like taking photographs of big engines I can get you access to take some great shots. (hint, hint niac) From the aft deck you can also get some shots of the seaplans as they land on the lake.

The other fun thing bluemoonshark and I talked about was getting some living history going. Getting folks to dress as crew members and walk around Lake Union Park and chat with the visitors about working on the boat and what it was like back then. I wonder what the crew wore. Being a civilian vessel there weren’t uniform regulations. There’s also interest to have a dieselpunk group to role-play on the boat.

I can’t wait until the next training session.