Tug Wasp, Western Towboat Starbound, Ballard Bridge Lift, FILSON In Ballard Maritime Industry! Photography by: Salty Boating News, Salty Dog Maritime Marketing, Salty Sea Chick, PNW to AK Marine Traffic Pulse
FILSON DIVES INTO SEATTLE’S 21ST CENTURY MARITIME INDUSTRY: Outdoor outfitter hosts panel with Divers Institute of Technology, Pacific Fishermen Shipyard & Western Towboat Co. Filson, Seattle’s outdoor outfitter since 1897, will host its first panel discussion with local maritime industry experts. Moderated by KEXP’s Sharlese Metcalf, producer and host of Audioasis, will bring a fresh perspective to this sometimes unseen industry.
For the last 120 years, Filson has been outfitting workers who brave the harshest conditions, including the maritime industry made up of ship builders, commercial fishermen and professional divers. “Beneath the Surface” is a panel discussion that will bring together expert representatives from one of the oldest and most sustainable industries in Seattle-Maritime Trade.
To further Filson’s commitment to supporting the maritime work trade, the company will be awarding a scholarship to a future student of Diver’s Institute of Technology (DIT).
Panel participants include-
Britt Coates of Divers Institute of Technology has 9 years of underwater diving experience and has logged 700 hours of industrial diving time. His commercial diving career has brought him as far north as Dutch Harbor, Alaska to as far south as Palmer Station, Antarctica on projects ranging from repairing bridges, dams, oil rigs and even nuclear power plants.
Doug Dixon, Managing Owner of Pacific Fishermen Shipyard, has over 4 decades of experience at the shipyard. He’s a licensed Naval Architect, Marine Engineer and a legal expert witness for sinking, man overboard, and oil pollution cases.
Russell Shrewsbury of Western Towboat, has been involved in his family business since he started off as a deckhand at the age of 13. If he wasn’t on a tug, he was spending his time at the shipyard helping his father build and maintaining their tugs. Russell estimates he’s probably made the trip back and forth to Alaska over 100 times.
WHEN: Thursday, February 23rd, 2017
WHERE: Filson Flagship Store, 1741 1st Avenue South, Seattle, WA
Established in Seattle in 1897 to outfit prospectors headed for the Yukon, the company’s 120-year legacy is built upon its reputation for honesty, quality and durability. Filson’s long-lasting gear is the choice of explorers, adventurers, ranchers, hunters, anglers, engineers and anyone with a passion for the outdoors. Over a century after its founding, the Filson headquarters remain in Seattle, Washington. For more information, go to Filson.com.
About Diver’s Institute of Technology
Veteran Owned and Veteran Operated since 1968, Divers Institute of Technology is leading the field in training commercial divers. The first to offer, and currently one of a small number of programs in the United States that offers, the Unrestricted International Surface Supplied Diver Certification through the DCBC, a globally recognized certificate. The well balanced curriculum incorporates real world experience along with exceptional classroom delivery, where students dive in the dark and cold open waters of Seattle’s Puget Sound.
About Pacific Fishermen Shipyard
Pacific Fishermen Shipyard was founded in 1946 by 400 Norwegian heritage fishermen as a co‐op style shipyard on the site of the 1890’s Ballard Marine Railway Co., where Seattle founding father Joshua Green built his sternwheeler Bailey Gatzert. Today, Pacific Fishermen Shipyard and PFI Marine Electric are still heavily involved in the fishing industry with full support in Dutch Harbor, while bringing their expertise to the commercial passenger, workboat and large yacht sectors with drydocking and repowering to meet USCG requirements and new stringent international MARPOL and EPA emission regulations.
About Western Towboat Co.
Western Towboat Co. started in 1948 by Bob Shrewsbury, Sr. with one small tug, the N D TOBEY. Now approaching 70 years of service, Western remains a family business owned and operated by Bob Jr. and his children Russell, Ross, and Kristin, all working together daily. Whether it’s at the helm of the Company or on-board one of the tugs the Shrewsbury’s continue Bob Sr.’s hands on commitment to the business. Modern equipment, all custom designed and built in Western’s own shipyard, and operated by experienced, hardworking crew, offer customers professional, competitive ocean and harbor towing services.
Pacific Fishermen Shipyard, Ballard FILSON, F/V Wizard, Pinnacle, Ship Canal, Photography by: Salty Boating News, Salty Dog Maritime Marketing, Salty Sea Chick, PNW to AK Marine Traffic Pulse
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