I spent some time at Pacific Fishermen Shipyard in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood last week for Bloomberg. Great place and nice people.

 

 

Mike Edwards repairs a stern tube on a vessel from the Victoria Clipper fleet, which is comprised of high-speed passenger ferries, at Pacific Fishermen Shipyard in Seattle, Washington, U.S., on Monday, Jan. 12, 2015. Pacific Fishermen is a full service shipyard established in 1946 to service tugboats, passenger cruise, charter boats and yachts in addition to traditional fishing vessels.

 

Decorations welcome visitors at the entrance to Pacific Fishermen Shipyard in Seattle, Washington, U.S., on Monday, Jan. 12, 2015.

 

Metal filings cling to Mike Edwards as he repairs a stern tube on a vessel from the Victoria Clipper fleet, which is comprised of high-speed passenger ferries, at Pacific Fishermen Shipyard in Seattle, Washington, U.S., on Monday, Jan. 12, 2015.

 

Workers take measurements while repairing a vessel from the Victoria Clipper fleet, which is comprised of high-speed passenger ferries, at Pacific Fishermen Shipyard in Seattle, Washington, U.S., on Monday, Jan. 12, 2015.

 

Mike Edwards repairs a stern tube on a vessel from the Victoria Clipper fleet, which is comprised of high-speed passenger ferries, at Pacific Fishermen Shipyard in Seattle, Washington, U.S., on Monday, Jan. 12, 2015.

 

Workers repair a vessel from the Victoria Clipper fleet, which is comprised of high-speed passenger ferries, at Pacific Fishermen Shipyard in Seattle, Washington, U.S., on Monday, Jan. 12, 2015.

 

Jesse Anderson works with steel in the metal shop at Pacific Fishermen Shipyard in Seattle, Washington, U.S., on Monday, Jan. 12, 2015.

 

Taylor Tunison repairs a window on a vessel from the Victoria Clipper fleet, which is comprised of high-speed passenger ferries, at Pacific Fishermen Shipyard in Seattle, Washington, U.S., on Monday, Jan. 12, 2015.

 

Workers repair a fishing boat at Pacific Fishermen Shipyard in Seattle, Washington, U.S., on Monday, Jan. 12, 2015.