Vinik‘s Charles Oxman enters the west end of the KVK; that’s Elizabethport, NJ, in the background. I couldn’t tell if Gotham was on board.
West bound Atlantic Coast yesterday found no ice to break on the KVK as it passes Seapowet (Seapower with part of a letter missing?) and Sunny Express (nearer tanker).
Charles D. McAllister, passing bowsprite’s cliff two weeks ago, will encounter ice some dozens of miles upriver.
Capt. Tom idled last summer in Erie Basin (Brooklyn), and I know nothing more about the vessel.
Amy C McAllister (often sounding like A-B-C) waited for the Arthur Kill Lift Bridge to . . . lift two weeks ago.
And my parting shot shows Elena, a small independent tug leaving Gowanus Canal. I took this shot in December 2007. If my info is correct, Elena is a 25′ loa, out of the Bronx, and built in 1949.
In winter my metabolism and outdoor activity slow a bit, and I go through my archives.
If you have more time to linger in front of the computer this time of year, scroll up the image of Henry Hudson (guy with frilly fashion statement around his neck), click on his nose, and read what I imagine he was doing 400 years ago, at the start of his eventful third voyage.
Finally, for follow-up on Weeks 2 story about the locomotives, check this link, compliments of the friendly folks at Working Harbor Committee. I have another Weeks story coming up on Friday.
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February 18, 2009 at 9:43 am
Mage Bailey
I hope you don’t mind a couple of not quite brite questions. Why do the older tugs have roof lines that follow the shear, and the newer tugs have roof lines that are flat or look as if they are down sloping to the bow?
Thanks for the rail link. I’ll forward that on.
February 18, 2009 at 10:14 am
tugster
let me forward an answer to some of your questions: lines and height depend on function. so ship shifting tugs need to be low to avoid contact with the flaring bow of a ship they might be shifting into a berth. tugs pushing barges need some means of seeing overthetop when the barge is light (empty). then there are just designs (like large v. small) windows enabled with advances in material and control technology as well as evolving aesthetic sense. like i drive a prius, and i’ve sometimes (don’t ask me why) wondered how this car would look if it had finns like a 1960 cadillac. how’s that for a hoot. about your “new bow” question with respect to the redesign of labrador sea, i hope someone else comments on the amount of time involved, but the bow does need to be extensively rebuilt to install the “pins.”
February 18, 2009 at 7:13 pm
Jed
LABRADOR SEA was down at the yard in Tottenville for may be 6 months (it was probably less though). I’ll have to check the numbers to see if she’s longer or not. They may just simply add the flares to accommodate the pins I don’t now how much of re-work is required but you may be surprised how LITTLE time is required.
Pins go in, towing machine and push gear come off.
JED sends