1 00:00:04,404 --> 00:00:06,106 It's a boat from here. She's a 2 00:00:06,106 --> 00:00:09,843 national historic landmark, and now the Virginia Five 3 00:00:09,843 --> 00:00:13,413 is being spruced up as she prepares to hit 100. 4 00:00:13,446 --> 00:00:16,182 They don't fool around. Time is money, man. 5 00:00:16,182 --> 00:00:19,319 Another centenarian, the Fremont Tugboat Company, 6 00:00:19,419 --> 00:00:22,489 is not slowing down despite its age. 7 00:00:22,522 --> 00:00:25,358 Afternoon cap. this is fireboat chief Seattle. 8 00:00:25,358 --> 00:00:27,961 And with all the vessels maneuvering on area 9 00:00:27,961 --> 00:00:31,331 waterways, this group works to keep people safe. 10 00:00:31,731 --> 00:00:34,667 These stories and more next on CityStream. 11 00:00:48,081 --> 00:00:51,351 Hi, I'm Enrique Cerna, and welcome to a special maritime edition 12 00:00:51,351 --> 00:00:54,387 of CityStream from Pacific Fishermen Shipyard 13 00:00:54,387 --> 00:00:55,955 in Ballard. 14 00:00:57,690 --> 00:01:01,094 This shipyard was established more than 70 years ago 15 00:01:01,127 --> 00:01:06,132 after the end of World War two, at that time, 400 fishermen and their wives 16 00:01:06,132 --> 00:01:09,469 paid $300 for a share in this co-op, 17 00:01:09,602 --> 00:01:12,305 which gave them a place to fix their boats. 18 00:01:12,939 --> 00:01:16,242 But the history of this site, and its maritime connections 19 00:01:16,509 --> 00:01:19,045 date back 150 years. 20 00:01:19,579 --> 00:01:23,450 This shipyard not only repairs the modern vessels, it also provides 21 00:01:23,450 --> 00:01:28,021 specialized care to older wooden boats like the steamship the Virginia Five. 22 00:01:28,321 --> 00:01:30,757 She's the last steamer from the old mosquito fleet, 23 00:01:30,757 --> 00:01:33,460 which once served ports up and down Puget Sound. 24 00:01:33,827 --> 00:01:37,464 In June the Virginia Five turns 100 years old, and as producer 25 00:01:37,464 --> 00:01:38,698 Randy Eng shows, 26 00:01:38,698 --> 00:01:41,868 she's getting a major renovation ahead of her big day. 27 00:01:45,105 --> 00:01:46,306 We got to save the good stuff. 28 00:01:46,306 --> 00:01:49,008 We've got to save Virginia five. 29 00:01:52,879 --> 00:01:53,580 We brought the 30 00:01:53,580 --> 00:01:57,584 Virginia Five into Pacific Fishermen Shipyard in Ballard, and we 31 00:01:57,584 --> 00:02:02,655 thought the vessel just needed some areas of rot replaced, 32 00:02:03,123 --> 00:02:06,793 and it turned out that we had a lot more water than we were expecting. 33 00:02:07,060 --> 00:02:11,698 Essentially taking two of these planks off, it's a very small window to see what you're looking at. 34 00:02:12,065 --> 00:02:17,370 So we thought, well, we'll take off a couple more and a couple more. 35 00:02:17,904 --> 00:02:20,673 And we got to the point where 36 00:02:21,107 --> 00:02:23,743 we realized the rot was in the bow stem. 37 00:02:24,043 --> 00:02:27,547 So then we decided, well, we need to change that. 38 00:02:27,881 --> 00:02:30,150 And then it just kept it just kept growing. 39 00:02:31,684 --> 00:02:34,888 Almost the entire starboard side had a lot of fungus related rot. 40 00:02:34,921 --> 00:02:39,392 That meant that we needed to replace frames and planks on most of the starboard side. 41 00:02:40,960 --> 00:02:43,296 It's a historic ship, so we have to use the right wood. 42 00:02:43,630 --> 00:02:47,667 It has to be old growth Douglas Fir, which tends to be more rot resistant. 43 00:02:47,667 --> 00:02:51,838 we've had to source that from a couple of places on the Olympic Peninsula. 44 00:02:52,939 --> 00:02:55,241 They're very small sawmills. 45 00:02:55,241 --> 00:02:56,276 One plank 46 00:02:57,443 --> 00:02:59,979 before we even do anything 47 00:03:00,613 --> 00:03:04,217 is about $2,000. 48 00:03:04,484 --> 00:03:07,453 The structural integrity of these comes from 49 00:03:07,954 --> 00:03:10,990 long lengths of wood, and you can look and see how 50 00:03:11,291 --> 00:03:14,494 all this how many we've done. 51 00:03:18,198 --> 00:03:20,567 What I like about the Virginia is that it's 52 00:03:20,567 --> 00:03:23,469 Douglas Fir on Douglas Fir frames, and 53 00:03:23,903 --> 00:03:28,174 It's all Fir. It's a boat from here and it's and it's just big. 54 00:03:28,174 --> 00:03:30,376 It's just a big, cool wooden boat, which 55 00:03:31,311 --> 00:03:33,846 there's not a not a lot of these around. 56 00:03:34,013 --> 00:03:35,748 Well, it's to keep the ship alive. 57 00:03:35,748 --> 00:03:39,953 I think that and to give the past the future, I think is really important. 58 00:03:39,953 --> 00:03:44,224 And in as much as out of thousands of ships like this over 59 00:03:44,257 --> 00:03:47,660 a century and a half of American history, there are only two of are left. 60 00:03:53,766 --> 00:03:55,935 The West Pass Transportation Company 61 00:03:55,935 --> 00:03:59,172 was a small company that operated steamships on Puget Sound, 62 00:03:59,172 --> 00:04:02,709 and those steam ships were part of what's known as the mosquito fleet. 63 00:04:03,076 --> 00:04:08,481 The mosquito fleet was the informal name for steamers that served 64 00:04:08,481 --> 00:04:09,249 the Puget Sound 65 00:04:09,249 --> 00:04:12,986 communities, the peninsula communities, the island communities and the bigger cities. 66 00:04:13,052 --> 00:04:16,155 The communities were established around their waterfront, and this was 67 00:04:16,155 --> 00:04:19,826 their means of communication and travel and transportation of all kinds. 68 00:04:20,093 --> 00:04:20,793 Carried there, 69 00:04:20,793 --> 00:04:24,897 people carried their mail, carried their freight, carried their livestock, their produce. 70 00:04:24,931 --> 00:04:27,166 So it was very much, I like to tell people. 71 00:04:27,800 --> 00:04:31,204 A Metro bus and a UPS truck, all in one rig for those communities. 72 00:04:32,639 --> 00:04:34,941 Virginia Five was actually built on the beach 73 00:04:35,241 --> 00:04:39,612 in Maplewood, which is on the Kitsap Peninsula kind of across from Vashon Island. 74 00:04:39,646 --> 00:04:43,383 Then it was launched in March of 22... 1922 75 00:04:43,716 --> 00:04:48,521 and then brought over to downtown Seattle, where the engine was installed 76 00:04:48,821 --> 00:04:52,558 and it had its maiden voyage in June of 22. 77 00:04:53,293 --> 00:04:54,727 They weren't meant to last. 78 00:04:54,727 --> 00:04:58,531 Some of them would break down or sink, so these ships would be beached 79 00:04:58,531 --> 00:05:01,567 and just burned up when they were no longer serviceable. 80 00:05:02,802 --> 00:05:03,403 As built, 81 00:05:03,403 --> 00:05:07,307 Virginia Five's purpose was to provide work at a freight and pastor transportation for 82 00:05:07,307 --> 00:05:11,911 the people along the West Pass, so it did that and into the late 1930s. 83 00:05:12,211 --> 00:05:15,081 By that time, public road networks was getting much better. 84 00:05:15,281 --> 00:05:18,284 The bridges were built and the highways were improved 85 00:05:18,284 --> 00:05:21,454 and cars became the dominant way of getting around in the area. 86 00:05:21,521 --> 00:05:24,691 The owners of the ship did what they could to make a living. 87 00:05:24,691 --> 00:05:27,827 You know, for a while, the ship sailed on the Columbia River was the last 88 00:05:27,827 --> 00:05:32,131 steam vessel to operate on the Columbia River and passenger service . 89 00:05:32,131 --> 00:05:33,599 It was unsuccessful there. 90 00:05:33,599 --> 00:05:35,201 It came back up into the Sound. 91 00:05:35,201 --> 00:05:38,638 It served under contracts with the Army and then 92 00:05:38,771 --> 00:05:42,508 went into the excursion boat business where people would spend a day on board, 93 00:05:42,709 --> 00:05:44,744 going to a destination... its just a fun trip. 94 00:05:59,192 --> 00:06:02,428 You can buy a ticket and ride with us on scheduled excursions. 95 00:06:02,662 --> 00:06:06,265 We have a, you know, a seasonal schedule for it and we do private charters, so 96 00:06:06,265 --> 00:06:09,635 weddings, family events, sometimes company events 97 00:06:10,069 --> 00:06:12,338 and we do those both dockside and underway. 98 00:06:15,375 --> 00:06:16,442 The ship can 99 00:06:16,442 --> 00:06:19,846 pay it's routine consumable cost... rebuilding it like 100 00:06:19,846 --> 00:06:22,348 this is not something you could do on a business model. 101 00:06:26,119 --> 00:06:27,420 The process for the 102 00:06:27,420 --> 00:06:30,990 steaming of the plank and the hanging of a steam plank is 103 00:06:31,391 --> 00:06:34,694 we steam it for an hour, for each inch of thickness. 104 00:06:34,727 --> 00:06:37,997 These planks are two and a half inches, so two and a half hours. 105 00:06:38,931 --> 00:06:42,702 We take it out of the box and it's a big rush of excitement. 106 00:06:43,136 --> 00:06:46,572 We get it to the boat and then we put one of these screw 107 00:06:46,572 --> 00:06:49,809 jacks against the top edge of the plank. 108 00:06:50,510 --> 00:06:51,444 Up there, 109 00:06:52,678 --> 00:06:54,747 all the rest of them will go on the bottom edge 110 00:06:54,747 --> 00:06:58,117 of the plank and they will twist it into place. 111 00:06:58,518 --> 00:06:59,819 And then that's it. 112 00:06:59,819 --> 00:07:01,354 Just like that. 113 00:07:07,160 --> 00:07:09,762 In order to try and preserve the trade, 114 00:07:10,229 --> 00:07:13,766 I have had people up and teach them, but 115 00:07:14,500 --> 00:07:19,172 really it's hard because it's not like it used to be where there's 116 00:07:19,338 --> 00:07:23,309 a bunch of this work to do. 117 00:07:23,409 --> 00:07:25,077 If we weren't able to continue to 118 00:07:25,077 --> 00:07:28,147 maintain it, preserve it and share it with the public, 119 00:07:28,181 --> 00:07:32,318 it would be a real loss to this community and to the entire United States, 120 00:07:32,351 --> 00:07:37,523 It's a really bold move to operate and not to just put it on a shelf and stuff it and mount it. 121 00:07:37,824 --> 00:07:40,760 But to run it and keep it a living ship, and that's what makes 122 00:07:40,760 --> 00:07:43,996 this ship so special is that it is still a living vessel. 123 00:07:46,999 --> 00:07:49,068 The Virginia Five is the good stuff. 124 00:07:49,068 --> 00:07:52,371 And we hope that Virginia Five will survive for another hundred years! 125 00:08:02,548 --> 00:08:06,619 as a floating event space for weddings, fundraisers, and holiday parties. 126 00:08:06,886 --> 00:08:10,423 Now, if you'd like to learn more about this historic vessel, visit 127 00:08:10,423 --> 00:08:14,861 the Virginia Five foundation website at VirginiaV.org, 128 00:08:15,161 --> 00:08:18,297 and if you get a chance, watch the 22 minute documentary 129 00:08:18,297 --> 00:08:20,433 in the video section of the website. 130 00:08:21,767 --> 00:08:25,037 Next on CityStream, the maritime theme continues 131 00:08:25,238 --> 00:08:28,875 as we visit a mighty little company known for pushing 132 00:08:28,875 --> 00:08:30,443 people around. 133 00:08:54,467 --> 00:08:55,201 The waters 134 00:08:55,201 --> 00:08:59,205 from Salmon Bay to Lake Union are home to hundreds of large boats, 135 00:08:59,205 --> 00:09:03,709 barges, and houseboats. Every now and then they need to be moved or repositioned. 136 00:09:04,043 --> 00:09:08,381 One company willing to give them a nudge has been at it for more than a century. 137 00:09:08,681 --> 00:09:12,184 Brian Callanan hits the water with a Fremont tugboat company. 138 00:09:13,786 --> 00:09:15,521 Lake Union is known as a fast 139 00:09:15,521 --> 00:09:18,024 paced, intense center of industry in Seattle. 140 00:09:18,524 --> 00:09:21,127 But head to its northern shore and there's a startup 141 00:09:22,361 --> 00:09:24,363 a lot of businesses could learn from. 142 00:09:24,363 --> 00:09:25,998 All cases all go. 143 00:09:26,566 --> 00:09:28,234 Oh, I don't fool around. 144 00:09:28,234 --> 00:09:29,435 Time is money, man. 145 00:09:29,435 --> 00:09:34,407 That's Eric Freeman of the Fremont Tugboat Company established in 1915 146 00:09:34,540 --> 00:09:37,577 and now a century later, still going strong. 147 00:09:37,743 --> 00:09:39,946 Morning until night just running around. 148 00:09:40,112 --> 00:09:42,281 Whenever the phone rings, we move. 149 00:09:43,749 --> 00:09:45,418 Fremont Boat Company. 150 00:09:45,418 --> 00:09:48,821 We move just about everything that people will pay us for from, 151 00:09:48,821 --> 00:09:53,960 you know, fish boats, to barges, to yachts, to floating homes. 152 00:09:55,061 --> 00:09:57,430 So, how tough is it to tow a floating home? 153 00:09:57,730 --> 00:09:59,398 Well, hold your breath. 154 00:09:59,398 --> 00:10:02,168 You haven't seen the tight spot. 155 00:10:03,569 --> 00:10:06,639 With tugs pushing 40 tons of houseboat from the front and back 156 00:10:07,440 --> 00:10:10,142 in with just a few inches of clearance to spare. 157 00:10:10,343 --> 00:10:11,844 Make sure you can stop the morning. 158 00:10:11,844 --> 00:10:14,447 It's a high powered water ballet worth seeing. 159 00:10:14,480 --> 00:10:16,115 Controlling my end also helps his, 160 00:10:16,115 --> 00:10:18,818 and he goes one way, I go the other, it turns quicker. 161 00:10:18,851 --> 00:10:21,253 Finally success. Thank you so much. 162 00:10:21,387 --> 00:10:23,522 And then back to work. 163 00:10:23,522 --> 00:10:25,057 It's a constant marathon. 164 00:10:25,057 --> 00:10:26,726 I don't know what I'm on now. 165 00:10:26,726 --> 00:10:28,294 30 something days straight. 166 00:10:28,294 --> 00:10:29,228 No days off. 167 00:10:29,228 --> 00:10:32,665 Your family's second Everything else in the world is sagging. 168 00:10:32,698 --> 00:10:33,499 You got jobs to do. 169 00:10:33,499 --> 00:10:35,601 You work, and that's what you do. 170 00:10:35,835 --> 00:10:37,269 Oh, I want a day off. 171 00:10:37,269 --> 00:10:38,838 I'm tired. I'm blah, blah. 172 00:10:38,838 --> 00:10:41,340 Yeah, well, you're going to work instead. 173 00:10:42,775 --> 00:10:43,209 Call it 174 00:10:43,209 --> 00:10:46,178 an old fashioned approach, but it runs in the family. 175 00:10:46,212 --> 00:10:48,781 You have to really make up your mind what you want to do 176 00:10:48,781 --> 00:10:50,316 because it's a full time job. 177 00:10:50,316 --> 00:10:53,185 Works run seven days a week just as hard as it can run. 178 00:10:53,419 --> 00:10:57,156 That's Eric's dad, Mark, who owned the business for 36 years 179 00:10:57,423 --> 00:11:00,593 before selling it to Eric and his business partner, Tom Belson. 180 00:11:01,494 --> 00:11:04,797 Mark still does marketing for Fremont Tug, and maintains 181 00:11:04,797 --> 00:11:08,067 an incredible private museum of maritime history. 182 00:11:08,200 --> 00:11:10,603 I've just been one of those kind of guys that saved everything. 183 00:11:10,836 --> 00:11:16,342 The Freemans have owned Fremont Tug for 78 of its 100 plus years of operation. 184 00:11:16,509 --> 00:11:18,144 That's my dad there. 185 00:11:18,144 --> 00:11:22,148 Mark's father, known as Doc, bought the business in 1928, 186 00:11:22,515 --> 00:11:25,384 and began a family tradition of purchasing older 187 00:11:25,384 --> 00:11:28,421 boats past their prime and rebuilding them for service. 188 00:11:28,421 --> 00:11:31,891 I started Tugboat when I was 14 with my own tug. 189 00:11:32,091 --> 00:11:36,362 Mark was salvaging logs, and doing towing work by himself as a teenager. 190 00:11:36,729 --> 00:11:37,630 Don't believe it. 191 00:11:37,630 --> 00:11:40,032 Well, that's his first engine down the hall. 192 00:11:40,399 --> 00:11:43,102 I put everything in his scrapbooks. In the mid-fifties. 193 00:11:43,202 --> 00:11:46,138 Mark spent four years in the Coast Guard at Grace Harbor, 194 00:11:46,405 --> 00:11:48,908 rescuing 37 people during his career. 195 00:11:49,608 --> 00:11:50,743 It's a life of service. 196 00:11:50,743 --> 00:11:52,878 He's continued on the shores of Lake Union. 197 00:11:53,012 --> 00:11:55,548 I've been here actively in business 198 00:11:56,048 --> 00:11:59,385 since September 20th. 1959 199 00:12:00,853 --> 00:12:01,721 That's a long time. 200 00:12:01,721 --> 00:12:03,489 That's a real grind. 201 00:12:03,489 --> 00:12:06,158 And open the door every day 202 00:12:06,158 --> 00:12:07,493 and still do. 203 00:12:07,493 --> 00:12:09,161 This is part of our museum. 204 00:12:09,161 --> 00:12:09,962 Look around 205 00:12:09,962 --> 00:12:11,597 and it's plain to see 206 00:12:11,597 --> 00:12:13,699 Mark is a man who knows his history, 207 00:12:14,266 --> 00:12:18,070 but he says a century in business caught him a bit by surprise. 208 00:12:18,204 --> 00:12:20,940 Never thought about it, just went to work, 209 00:12:21,974 --> 00:12:24,210 and, ah, 210 00:12:26,078 --> 00:12:28,414 100 years is so far away 211 00:12:28,414 --> 00:12:30,549 that it isn't. 212 00:12:31,650 --> 00:12:35,688 Freemont Tug, 100 years old, It's quite a milestone, 213 00:12:35,988 --> 00:12:38,824 but it's also just another piece to put in the scrapbook 214 00:12:39,158 --> 00:12:42,461 for Mark Freeman to research and record and catalog. 215 00:12:42,628 --> 00:12:44,663 I almost don't have time to talk to you. 216 00:12:45,731 --> 00:12:48,067 He's still working, and so is his son. 217 00:12:48,467 --> 00:12:52,538 Proud to eclipse 100 years in the business and confident for the future. 218 00:12:52,738 --> 00:12:56,609 Even in a growing high tech city. Until you can move a fishbowl 219 00:12:56,642 --> 00:12:59,578 by double clicking on your computer, we got a job. 220 00:12:59,912 --> 00:13:01,781 The boat moving business is steady. 221 00:13:01,781 --> 00:13:04,817 Yes, we have a 30 foot spot. And with nine tugs 222 00:13:04,817 --> 00:13:07,620 working from Lake Union to the Ballard Locks and beyond. 223 00:13:08,053 --> 00:13:10,122 Fremont Tug is a small business 224 00:13:10,122 --> 00:13:13,058 that's carved out a niche in the local maritime industry. 225 00:13:13,793 --> 00:13:17,630 But will it spark the interest of the next generation of Freeman kids? 226 00:13:17,797 --> 00:13:18,731 I have a daughter. 227 00:13:18,731 --> 00:13:20,399 If she's smart, she won't do it. 228 00:13:20,399 --> 00:13:24,470 Eric's business partner and ace boat repairman Tom has some kids who might 229 00:13:24,470 --> 00:13:28,474 come on board, but it's not like the old guard is giving up anytime soon. 230 00:13:28,574 --> 00:13:31,010 We're going to keep her rockin as long as we can keep it going. 231 00:13:31,210 --> 00:13:35,714 Dad's 82 he aint retired. I've got a long way to go till I'm 82. 232 00:13:35,748 --> 00:13:37,683 I'm tired, not retired. 233 00:13:37,683 --> 00:13:41,020 It's an old fashioned lesson built on 100 years of history. 234 00:13:41,453 --> 00:13:43,656 A lesson that's good for any business. 235 00:13:43,889 --> 00:13:45,324 Not too many secrets. 236 00:13:45,324 --> 00:13:47,159 I learned it's all hard work. 237 00:13:47,159 --> 00:13:49,361 That's what it really boils down to. 238 00:13:49,361 --> 00:13:50,162 Being smart and, 239 00:13:51,530 --> 00:13:54,733 your hard work you want to put into it. 240 00:13:55,034 --> 00:13:56,902 Because if you don't, somebody else will. 241 00:13:56,902 --> 00:13:58,604 We'll just see how long it goes. 242 00:13:58,604 --> 00:14:00,272 Long as long as we want it. 243 00:14:00,272 --> 00:14:04,443 Do you not tell somebody gets killed, died, or wants to call it quits, 244 00:14:04,443 --> 00:14:05,945 but I'm not going to be the one to surrender. 245 00:14:09,415 --> 00:14:11,817 This story first aired a few years ago. 246 00:14:12,117 --> 00:14:13,719 Since then, we're sad to report 247 00:14:13,719 --> 00:14:17,389 Mark Freeman has passed away, but the company is still going 248 00:14:17,389 --> 00:14:21,994 strong. His son Doug and his business partner Tom Ballston at the helm. 249 00:14:22,261 --> 00:14:23,629 We'll be right back. 250 00:14:52,791 --> 00:14:53,692 There's a lot of 251 00:14:53,692 --> 00:14:56,562 history here at the Pacific Fishermen Shipyard. 252 00:14:56,829 --> 00:15:00,699 It's not just the vessels and the boats that they work on, 253 00:15:01,333 --> 00:15:04,403 there are also the signs. 254 00:15:06,872 --> 00:15:08,040 A lot of history, 255 00:15:08,040 --> 00:15:10,910 some of this stuff goes back really, really far. 256 00:15:10,943 --> 00:15:13,512 We we keep the dream alive here, so so is a special place for you. 257 00:15:13,512 --> 00:15:15,247 So Ballard is a special place for you, 258 00:15:15,481 --> 00:15:17,616 These signs that it means so much. 259 00:15:17,650 --> 00:15:18,784 They do. They mean a lot. 260 00:15:18,784 --> 00:15:23,656 Tyler Adams is the shipyard safety and environmental compliance manager 261 00:15:23,856 --> 00:15:24,990 A Ballard native, 262 00:15:24,990 --> 00:15:28,527 He says the signs are a big part of Ballard's history. 263 00:15:28,727 --> 00:15:33,065 So all of the signs here at Pacific Fishermen Shipyard are beloved 264 00:15:33,065 --> 00:15:37,670 local businesses that, for one reason or another, have gone out of business 265 00:15:37,670 --> 00:15:40,673 and we were able to obtain their signs and put them up here 266 00:15:40,673 --> 00:15:45,644 so that the community can remember what Ballard kind of used to be. 267 00:15:45,644 --> 00:15:50,883 A lot of small businesses owned by families, paying wages, stuff like that. 268 00:15:51,583 --> 00:15:54,353 And unfortunately, it seems a bit of a graveyard 269 00:15:54,553 --> 00:15:55,821 for those type of businesses, 270 00:15:55,821 --> 00:15:59,258 but at least somebody is out here reminding people of how it used to be. 271 00:16:00,526 --> 00:16:01,026 First, it 272 00:16:01,026 --> 00:16:04,763 started with us noticing people going out of business, and we were trying 273 00:16:04,763 --> 00:16:07,533 to get their sign, contact him, ask if we could have it. 274 00:16:08,033 --> 00:16:12,104 And then it started with people calling us and saying 275 00:16:12,104 --> 00:16:15,407 that they're getting rid of their sign or they're they're going out of business. 276 00:16:15,407 --> 00:16:17,242 Do we want the sign? 277 00:16:17,876 --> 00:16:19,611 Do I have a favorite sign? 278 00:16:19,611 --> 00:16:21,113 (sigh) 279 00:16:21,313 --> 00:16:23,582 Probably the Viking Tavern. 280 00:16:23,582 --> 00:16:28,520 Not the coolest sign here, but if you're talking an old Ballard bar 281 00:16:28,754 --> 00:16:32,524 that everybody used to go and drink at, it's the Viking. 282 00:16:33,092 --> 00:16:35,894 And we all miss it terribly. 283 00:16:37,229 --> 00:16:38,964 I've been to almost all of them. 284 00:16:38,964 --> 00:16:41,533 Captain's Nautical Supply. I used to live on a sailboat. 285 00:16:41,533 --> 00:16:43,502 I went in and out of there every week. 286 00:16:43,502 --> 00:16:46,572 The University meat and poultry type place 287 00:16:46,572 --> 00:16:48,574 great smoked stuff. 288 00:16:48,574 --> 00:16:49,708 Been to Crown Hill Hardware 289 00:16:49,708 --> 00:16:50,576 A bunch of times. 290 00:16:50,576 --> 00:16:53,479 Ballard Inflatable Boats fixed my inflatable boats. 291 00:16:53,912 --> 00:16:55,881 You've got Zestos, everybody knows 292 00:16:55,881 --> 00:16:58,684 Zestos from across the street at Ballard High School 293 00:16:58,951 --> 00:17:02,821 Trident... all these great places that are not around anymore. 294 00:17:02,821 --> 00:17:05,491 But yeah, we used to go to almost all of them. 295 00:17:06,392 --> 00:17:08,794 Isn't that cool? It's a pretty cool thing. 296 00:17:09,128 --> 00:17:14,066 So that was a Russian device that they used to lay right 297 00:17:14,066 --> 00:17:18,437 above the cables that were communication cables across the Pacific Ocean, 298 00:17:18,837 --> 00:17:23,042 and they would listen to communications through the cable with that device. 299 00:17:23,409 --> 00:17:25,944 And one of the fishermen who's a shareholder here at Pac Fish, 300 00:17:25,944 --> 00:17:28,480 was dragging some nets along the bottom. 301 00:17:28,981 --> 00:17:30,816 And that thing came up in it. 302 00:17:30,816 --> 00:17:32,951 So he turned it over to the Department of Defense. 303 00:17:32,951 --> 00:17:36,121 They took all this secret stuff out of it and gave it back to him, and 304 00:17:36,121 --> 00:17:37,122 he gave it to us. 305 00:17:38,657 --> 00:17:40,092 And as of right now, yes, 306 00:17:40,092 --> 00:17:43,629 those googly eyes are the largest googly eyes in the world. 307 00:17:49,201 --> 00:17:51,770 Just ahead, they're often not needed, 308 00:17:51,770 --> 00:17:55,040 but when they are, it's a good thing and they're ready to go. 309 00:17:55,207 --> 00:17:58,911 That's next on CityStream. 310 00:18:36,782 --> 00:18:38,417 Each month, volunteers 311 00:18:38,417 --> 00:18:41,720 pick up trash in Seattle for Little Saigon neighborhood. 312 00:18:42,020 --> 00:18:45,757 Organizers say it's one way to discourage criminal activity. 313 00:18:45,757 --> 00:18:47,693 That's a bit of a problem there. 314 00:18:47,693 --> 00:18:51,263 Recently, the mayor and city attorney showed up to lend a hand 315 00:18:51,263 --> 00:18:52,998 and to send a message. 316 00:18:52,998 --> 00:18:55,033 Producer Pete Cassam takes a look. 317 00:18:57,536 --> 00:19:00,706 Before a lot of the focus police efforts, 318 00:19:01,206 --> 00:19:04,977 this area was just really scary for everyone, 319 00:19:05,310 --> 00:19:06,712 for the folks that worked here, 320 00:19:06,712 --> 00:19:11,850 for community members who frequent this area for groceries and restaurants. 321 00:19:11,917 --> 00:19:15,254 We were seeing like 50 to 100 people gather on 322 00:19:15,254 --> 00:19:18,690 the corner of 12th and Jackson doing various activities, 323 00:19:19,191 --> 00:19:25,030 especially a lot of crime related activities like the sale of stolen goods, drug use. 324 00:19:26,698 --> 00:19:28,901 There should be a lead with the 1B already. 325 00:19:28,901 --> 00:19:30,402 So you can just join that group. 326 00:19:32,104 --> 00:19:36,108 Each of the team captains should have the map 327 00:19:36,108 --> 00:19:38,577 and the area that you'll be focused on. 328 00:19:40,546 --> 00:19:44,783 Our hopes are just to come back together as a community again 329 00:19:44,783 --> 00:19:47,920 and do regular cleanups and events like this. 330 00:19:49,021 --> 00:19:53,225 Empty booze bottles of beer cans, water bottles, cigarette butts. 331 00:19:54,059 --> 00:19:55,894 Every little bit helps. 332 00:19:55,894 --> 00:20:00,265 It's been amazing the last month and I think a lot more effort and visibility 333 00:20:00,265 --> 00:20:02,301 to what's been going on in this community. 334 00:20:02,301 --> 00:20:04,703 And you can see just already a dramatic change. 335 00:20:04,703 --> 00:20:07,873 A lot of the stuff that you see here today, it's really grassroots efforts. 336 00:20:07,873 --> 00:20:11,410 Amazing to see how much people care about this area, but it's not enough. 337 00:20:13,212 --> 00:20:16,048 A lot of the businesses really love that it feels a lot more safe. 338 00:20:16,949 --> 00:20:20,752 Their employees can actually come into work without having this fear 339 00:20:20,786 --> 00:20:23,322 that they're going to be followed or attacked. 340 00:20:23,322 --> 00:20:26,959 We're really hopeful and we're seeing the changes. 341 00:20:26,959 --> 00:20:31,263 The community also wants to come together and do more to maintain this level of safety. 342 00:20:31,263 --> 00:20:35,934 Hope and joy are heading in the right direction, 343 00:20:35,934 --> 00:20:40,906 that these issues weren't created overnight and not going to be solved overnight. 344 00:20:40,906 --> 00:20:43,909 But if I could just let people know we're heading in the right direction. 345 00:20:43,909 --> 00:20:48,480 You see no criminal activity, you see cleanliness, you see hope. 346 00:20:48,480 --> 00:20:50,682 And that's what One Seattle is all about. 347 00:20:52,618 --> 00:20:53,952 It can spread like wildfire 348 00:20:53,952 --> 00:20:56,655 and when people care instead of neglect. 349 00:20:57,289 --> 00:20:59,992 And I think that helps all of us. 350 00:20:59,992 --> 00:21:04,630 We came out last month to clean this up and their mound was double or triple the size, 351 00:21:04,630 --> 00:21:07,933 just the small effort that has been put in the last couple of weeks. 352 00:21:09,301 --> 00:21:12,137 It's a drastic change. 353 00:21:13,038 --> 00:21:14,239 With all the pleasure 354 00:21:14,239 --> 00:21:18,410 craft, ferries, barges, and sailboats sharing local waterways, 355 00:21:18,410 --> 00:21:22,581 it gets a busy out there, and that can be tough to navigate in an emergency. 356 00:21:22,948 --> 00:21:25,284 But Seattle firefighters are now better prepared 357 00:21:25,284 --> 00:21:28,754 thanks to some high tech help from the Maritime Academy. 358 00:21:29,054 --> 00:21:30,555 Ian Devier takes a look. 359 00:21:36,895 --> 00:21:38,497 My name's Greg Anderson. 360 00:21:38,530 --> 00:21:41,033 I'm a fire boat pilot with the Seattle Fire Department. 361 00:21:41,433 --> 00:21:44,136 Basically, the pilot's job is the 362 00:21:44,236 --> 00:21:48,840 the safety of the vessel and the crew as we're responding. All clear Greg. 363 00:21:49,174 --> 00:21:53,045 Pretty much anything that happens within a block of the water 364 00:21:53,712 --> 00:21:55,247 we'll go to. 365 00:21:55,514 --> 00:21:58,717 Seattle's not only a port city, but it's a water city. 366 00:21:59,051 --> 00:22:02,054 There are about 200 miles of shoreline, 367 00:22:02,287 --> 00:22:04,856 and we're the resource that 368 00:22:05,123 --> 00:22:07,893 the protects that. The kind of calls 369 00:22:07,893 --> 00:22:11,330 we run on our vessels in distress, ship 370 00:22:11,330 --> 00:22:14,466 fires, fires along the water, up to the Duwamish 371 00:22:14,466 --> 00:22:18,437 we've had several large fires, and rescues along the waterfront. 372 00:22:19,004 --> 00:22:24,142 So, we have regularly scheduled drills where will will operate 373 00:22:24,309 --> 00:22:29,815 the cannons. We'll take lines underneath piers with small small pumps 374 00:22:29,981 --> 00:22:34,353 as well as a number of man overboard and underway drills. 375 00:22:36,221 --> 00:22:38,390 It was a particularly windy day, 376 00:22:38,390 --> 00:22:40,559 and there were there were lots of challenges 377 00:22:40,559 --> 00:22:44,396 around Seattle day. Seattle traffic fire boat chief Seattle. 378 00:22:44,996 --> 00:22:49,868 We heard on the Marine VHF that there was a problem up north. 379 00:22:49,935 --> 00:22:54,673 Boat a drift in distress up by the Edmonds, Kingston Ferry Lane. 380 00:22:55,741 --> 00:22:59,745 OK, roger will stay right on the the east side of the lanes heading up there, 381 00:23:00,045 --> 00:23:04,783 and then we'll cross it at Foxtrot and and make our way over. 382 00:23:04,783 --> 00:23:10,122 One of our training challenges is that we don't get to we don't get to pick 383 00:23:10,322 --> 00:23:14,593 the traffic that we want people to learn how to navigate around. 384 00:23:15,193 --> 00:23:17,696 And this is where our partnership with Seattle Maritime 385 00:23:17,696 --> 00:23:20,332 Academy comes into play. 386 00:23:20,766 --> 00:23:23,201 Station call and go ahead this notion over. 387 00:23:25,070 --> 00:23:27,172 We're responding to a fire over at the 388 00:23:27,773 --> 00:23:32,411 harbor. The project that the Seattle Fire Department and the Seattle Maritime 389 00:23:32,411 --> 00:23:35,947 Academy are doing is is pretty unique. 390 00:23:37,916 --> 00:23:40,519 Leschi go ahead. 391 00:23:40,819 --> 00:23:43,688 We're able to provide experience 392 00:23:44,022 --> 00:23:46,792 for some of these pilots in a matter of days 393 00:23:46,792 --> 00:23:52,664 that they may not get over a career. Leschi we've arrived on scene here 394 00:23:52,664 --> 00:23:56,001 with setting up ferry fire. Looks like the fire 395 00:23:56,201 --> 00:23:59,504 on the outer eastern and the ferry boat. 396 00:24:00,005 --> 00:24:04,209 And we're going to start our fire fighting procedures. What's you ETA? 397 00:24:05,444 --> 00:24:07,979 Our ETA is approximately 30 minutes. 398 00:24:07,979 --> 00:24:11,049 The simulation is a fire boat pilot 399 00:24:11,049 --> 00:24:14,219 and a deckhand slash watch stander. 400 00:24:14,820 --> 00:24:18,523 They have to go through checking in with the Seattle traffic, 401 00:24:18,790 --> 00:24:22,561 and navigating across the traffic lanes or navigating through Elliott 402 00:24:22,561 --> 00:24:25,230 Bay to get to the fire area. 403 00:24:25,764 --> 00:24:27,599 Elliot Bay, according to the Coast Guard, 404 00:24:27,599 --> 00:24:30,035 is the most congested waterway in the state. 405 00:24:30,635 --> 00:24:34,239 So, the challenges of just getting out into Elliott Bay 406 00:24:34,306 --> 00:24:35,774 are sometimes significant. 407 00:24:35,774 --> 00:24:38,243 They get to practice this in different kinds of conditions 408 00:24:38,243 --> 00:24:39,811 that they might not get to otherwise. 409 00:24:45,250 --> 00:24:47,786 Afternoon Cap. This is the fire boat chief, Seattle. 410 00:24:47,786 --> 00:24:49,254 We were responding up here. 411 00:24:49,254 --> 00:24:52,858 We had a report of a vessel adrift, and I was wondering 412 00:24:52,858 --> 00:24:55,827 if you saw him give us a little better direction. 413 00:24:55,961 --> 00:24:57,929 The information we get for the location 414 00:24:57,929 --> 00:25:02,133 emergency is sometimes vague, and sometimes with latitude and longitude. 415 00:25:02,133 --> 00:25:04,202 Sometimes I just saw him on the ferry. 416 00:25:10,408 --> 00:25:12,377 Okay, we'll head up that direction. 417 00:25:12,377 --> 00:25:14,579 Thanks much for the help. Fire Boat Chief Seattle. 418 00:25:15,080 --> 00:25:19,150 We occasionally run into situations that we would like to share 419 00:25:19,150 --> 00:25:24,256 with all the pilots, and see what kind of decision making processes they go through, 420 00:25:24,589 --> 00:25:27,425 and we will incorporate those into the simulations. 421 00:25:27,792 --> 00:25:30,395 Leschi this is a Coast Guard six five two five, 422 00:25:30,595 --> 00:25:33,732 and we all know that report of a person in the water. 423 00:25:33,732 --> 00:25:34,533 Have you heard that over? 424 00:25:36,735 --> 00:25:39,170 We have a visual on the person in the water. 425 00:25:40,839 --> 00:25:43,708 Right there. Varying 286. 426 00:25:43,708 --> 00:25:46,244 Oh, yeah? You can see it. He's waving his arms. 427 00:25:46,244 --> 00:25:49,080 We're developing new scenarios all the time. 428 00:25:49,080 --> 00:25:50,215 This enables Seattle 429 00:25:50,215 --> 00:25:53,285 fire Department to come in here several times over the next two years, 430 00:25:53,285 --> 00:25:57,489 and as I mentioned, progressively get more and more challenging scenarios. 431 00:25:58,123 --> 00:26:00,325 And it makes our ability to provide 432 00:26:00,325 --> 00:26:03,762 these services more efficiently and certainly more safely. 433 00:26:04,195 --> 00:26:06,298 And the challenges are 434 00:26:06,765 --> 00:26:09,100 are pretty close to real world. 435 00:26:11,236 --> 00:26:12,671 Yep, got them. 436 00:26:13,238 --> 00:26:15,707 The booms come off the mast. 437 00:26:16,575 --> 00:26:17,175 Yeah. 438 00:26:17,175 --> 00:26:21,379 Got just a little windier than he planned for. One of the best ways I've heard 439 00:26:21,379 --> 00:26:24,583 to describe the utility of the fire boats 440 00:26:25,183 --> 00:26:28,587 is that while you may not need them very often 441 00:26:29,154 --> 00:26:32,190 when you do need them, there's nothing to replace them. 442 00:26:33,992 --> 00:26:34,526 The Seattle 443 00:26:34,526 --> 00:26:38,897 Fire Department currently has four fire boats, they are stationed along 444 00:26:38,897 --> 00:26:42,767 the Seattle waterfront and at Fisherman's Terminal here in Ballard. 445 00:26:43,134 --> 00:26:44,869 We'll be right back. 446 00:27:15,867 --> 00:27:18,103 That wraps up this edition of CityStream 447 00:27:18,103 --> 00:27:21,406 from the Pacific Fisherman's Shipyard here in Ballard. 448 00:27:21,640 --> 00:27:25,343 If you'd like to see some of our great programing on the Seattle channel, 449 00:27:25,610 --> 00:27:30,081 just go to our website at SeattleChannel.org and click on feature shows. 450 00:27:30,348 --> 00:27:32,417 I'm Enrque Cerna. Thanks for joining us.