Tortuga is a 1971 American Marine 49′ Alaskan – Hull #6. She is a classic passage making trawler with a rich history, designed for heavy duty offshore cruising with a 1,000 mile range.
Jim is a retired Navy Lieutenant Commander (Mustang). Growing up – he moved from the Boy Scouts to the Sea Cadets at the age of 14. Including his teenage years at sea through his retirement from the Navy Reserve in ’93, Jim has spent over 24 years in sea-going occupations.
We have found a new home at the Ortega River Boat Yard in Jacksonville, Florida. Phil called today (8/10/01) to let us know that a 55′ covered slip had opened. We have been looking along the entire east coast from Beaufort, N.C. around to the Gulf Coast. Covered slips were impossible to find. We were […]
Before choosing a filler metal, you must understand and evaluate the three basic characteristics of fiIIer metals: physical properties melting behavior and forms available. Let’s look at each of these characteristics.
Posted on July 26th, 2011
Written by Jacob
When Appearance is Critical, Think Brazing. Application: Sunglasses Wire frame sunglasses, manufactured by Bausch 8 Lomb, Co., in Rochester, N.Y. Bausch& Lomb uses the brazing process to produce the ten joints needed for the Ray-8an wire frames available in its sunglasses product line. The component metal parts of frame fronts, which consist of an eyewire, endpieces, a bridge, a […]
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