BlueThumb Marine LLC.

11/05/2024

Trying my hand at video editing.
Hopefully more to come

07/25/2024

Friend of mine started a boat cleaning business around the Westport marina, good guy, hard worker, check out his page (link below )if you need his services.

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61561958117308&mibextid=ZbWKwL

Long Day? Let's Wash Those Aches Away!

The Most Trusted Boat Cleaners In All Of Grays Harbor!

🚫Business is inactive for now🚫

07/05/2024

We were successfully able to tow a beached sport boat off the sand and back into it's natural habitat this morning.
Special thanks to Anne for taking her surfboard from our boat to the beach( while carrying the paracord line we used to pull the tow line out to the beached vessel with. )
Also special thanks to the guy the other boat for giving us the extra little pull to make that operation easier.

It was a pretty smooth operation with all the help and support we got from everyone, and thanks to Ian and Mike for backing us up on the beach.
Good job everyone!

05/18/2024

We pulled the Port's old work boat out of the water for the first time in 15 something years. Kind of cool old navy launch, apparently this type of hull is used commonly for charter and fishing boats due to the robust nature of its construction.
(Couple of buddies saved all the starfish and weird eel lookin things they could and returned them to the marina. If anyone wants to save the truckload of mussels that inhabit the bottom of this fine vessel...., they are certainly welcome to. )
We can probably get the old 471 Detroit diesel started if we mess with it long enough, an old wise guy once told me those engines are too stupid to do anything but run... he hasn't exactly been wrong.
If anyone thinks they need this thing in their lives.... Drop a comment, one one of us will do our best to talk you into it.

Also a bunch of pictures of boats we've dove on and various other things BlueThumb related.

02/09/2024

Things are starting to pick back up for BlueThumb Marine LLC. Things have been a little slow but we always seem to find something to do.
The last few months have been filled with random mechanical jobs and various dives on lots of different boats.
The Cavidyne (our underwater boat cleaning system) has been working as advertised and now has a few hours on it.
I haven't taken near the pictures I should have, but I do have a few to share at least.
We hope for fair winds and following seas to all our crabber buddies..... Don't forget to call us for a line cut!

10/05/2023

We did a thing!
After a relatively rough roll engineering on a salmon tender in Alaska Josh and I were able to afford a tool we've wanted for awhile. ....The Caviblaster.....
This unit is supposed to be able to clean pretty much anything underwater, it uses witchcraft and science to make bubbles that act like a bead blaster of sorts that is able to blast away heavy marine buildup. Also, instead of using high water pressure like a normal pressure washer it uses high water volume to blow away all the bits of sea growth and any other unwanted creatures taking up residents on your boat or dock. It's apparently safe for wooden boats, rope, nets, and doesn't damage gel coat or bottom paint.
It was pretty much the only thing we found that works and works well on the market after a couple years of looking. All I have to say is.... for what I cost it better be amazing.
We appreciate your business and hope to use our new toy to service your boat and the rest of the fleet.

Don't hesitate to message or call us, we gotta pay for this thing. Lol.

05/16/2023

Staying busy around the marina, we are happy it's spring and the water is a little warmer.
Oh yeah.... We have a dog now, Fidley. He's a good boy

03/19/2023

Here in Westport there is a place on the docks where you can buy fresh seafood among the fishing boats who likely caught much of it. It's run by friendly hard working people who know their seafood.
Unfortunately the Seafood Connection storage barge sank along with freezers of fish, smokers, crab cookers, shelves of supplies and all of the things one would need to run an operation as such.
(The main float house they sell out of is fine)
Josh, David (from express diving) and myself worked late into the night to raise the barge back fully to the surface. We thought that this would be an easy job considering that only half of it sank and the other half was hanging off the dock.... It was bit more challenging then we had first thought. Nighttime operations can be dangerous and we try to avoid operating in those conditions normally, but we felt it was important to get the job done in this case.

01/31/2023

Been a bit of a slow cold winter here at BlueThumb Marine global headquarters, despite this Josh has been enjoying brisk dips in the marina doing line cuts, prop replacements, and zinc change outs. We have also been doing a little shop welding and have been helping out with the Ocosta after school program. It has been rewarding to see students lay their first welds and take an interest in diving and salvage work.
Hope everyone stays safe this crab season, if you get some line in your wheel give us a call.

11/27/2022

For anyone not following every move BlueThumb Marine makes....
We rent the Ocosta school a part of our shop in Westport for an after school program where students interested in the marine industry can learn about the trade. It's really been fun and rewarding for us to be a part of this
We were happy to see a shout-out to us and BlueThumb Marine on the front page of the paper.

It’s the first year of the new maritime program.

11/27/2022

Been awhile since we've posted anything.
Been staying busy with diving, welding and moving things around the marina..... Check us out.

09/09/2022

Kinda old news now but....
The Lady Debbie came off the beach without much of a complaint or protest.... Josh and I worked with people from Ocean companies to rig up cables and chains to the beached vessel. It was important that when the 3000 horse power tug arrived it wouldn't just rip off whatever we tied the tow line to.
A helicopter was used to bring the carrier line out to the tug that was a little less then a mile away.
The crew of the Debby put a lot of faith in a old longline reel and sketchy rigging operation that totally worked to reel in the main tow line back from the tug.
Everything worked well, no real hang ups, in fact.... After the FV Lady Debbie was a safe distance from the beach, they untied from the tug and came into the marina under their own power. I am pretty impressed with just how tough that old boat is.
I never take enough pictures, but here's what I did take.
Somewhere in the pics is Josh doing a damage survey on the Debby after it was back in the marina the next day.... No to bad, considering I could feel the ground shake slightly when she was hitting bottom while being towed over the breakers.