This is a 57 foot steel sailing trawler - with volunteer crews and medical professionals, this single vessel will be able to carry enough food, water and medical supplies to keep 1,000 survivors alive after a coastal disaster with fresh water, food and medical supplies. We are an entirely volunteer organization.
Our construction is accelerating, but we need help! We need volunteers to help with carpentry, plumbing, electrics, painting and welding! If you can help, here's a list of items we are trying to source to fully commission.
LATEST: Now recruiting a VOLUNTEER CAPTAIN to accept a long-term contract to cruise the South China Sea mid 2014, to join the vessel any time from now. You maintain the boat in the condition we give her to you and respond to IRG missions - and we'll help you raise funds for Thunderbird 2's cruise! Note: All IRG captains, operatives staff and board of directors are unpaid volunteers. Captain's license not necessary, we're looking for cruising experience mixed with passion for our cause, resourcefulness, independence and competence. Medical background a plus.
Message Captain Ray if you're interested or sign into this Group and express your interest! Feel free to call 408-256-1290 to discuss.
Location: Alameda
Members: 13
Latest Activity: Oct 14, 2013
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Peterson Power of San Leandro are stars - they donated a bank of batteries for Thunderbird 2's solar power system - thank you!!
An article with photos about a week in my life - machining Thunderbird 2's drive couplings, stuffing boxes, helm and hydraulic tiller assembly at the Mad Machinist Matt MacMurfin's school bus shop!
IRG is mentioned in this World Maritime News article about our use of Outback Power for charging ship's systems using solar energy!
David Hagedorn and Captain Ray cut off the welded raw-water intake standpipe. This 3" standpipe has a huge bronze flanged seacock on top, which feeds a massive Groco strainer and a manifold with six 1" bronze ball valves.
Outback Power, who donated two FLEXmax 80 charge controllers that allow Thunderbird 2 total energy independence from our solar panel array, launched a Press Release citing IRG!
Awesome progress today, thanks to Mathew Chanal, Stuart Thompson, Matthew Hock and Captain Evelyne! We got the through-hulls in for sewage, sinks (galley, pilothouse and head) and four for the generator raw-water coolant exhausts - AND - the deck-fills for fresh water and fuel, and the sewage pump-out... We're getting closer and closer to a functioning boat!
We even managed to get the tiller head with hydraulic rams placed ready to weld the angle-iron frame thanks to Mathew Chanal's help.
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