Snow’s Seattle yard hits 100-build milestone
Brett Snow inside the Foss 300, the venerable old steam-powered, 75-ton-capacity floating crane. Doug Stewart photos.
As part of our Career Connect Washington Maritime Sector ongoing work, we actively track, document, and inform about emerging technologies and trends. Brett Snow is a burly kind of guy with a hang-loose demeanor. He looks like someone who started his boatbuilding career by learning how to weld — as he did. He’s friendly, he’s relaxed, he’s informative. Until recently, I had never met him, even though he and his crew have been turning out a steady stream of small workboats for years in the Seattle area.
Snow & Company built its 100th boat after moving into the former home of Kvichak on the Lake Washington Ship Canal, where it now employs about 80, including two in-house naval architects. A Snow-built catamaran research boat RV Resilience was a WorkBoat Significant Boat last year. The former Kvichak facility seems like a perfect place for Snow. There’s a large, covered, waterside building with offices and a big shop — maybe big enough to build a 100-footer inside. Go to this link to read the full article published by WorkBoat https://www.workboat.com/snows-seattle-yard-hits-100-build-milestone