Back in the sixth boro USA. My best “tug” foto comes at the end of this post. I loved Puerto Rico! But there were disappointments: instead of this sportfisherman passing the “devil’s sentry box,”, I’d hope to catch Pilot
and a different Princesa
heading into San Juan harbor, but . . . enjoy these.
And what I thought was the Crowley dock is, as Les pointed out, the Sea Star pier. See Sea Star’s El Faro (seventh foto down) from tugster exactly a year ago here.
Being out of my element and not wanting to lose my camera, I snapped these through fences: Don Alfredo and Sabre Spirit.
Don Alfredo (2003) works for Harbor Bunkering Corp, but i’ve been unable to find any info on
Sabre Spirit. I know there’s another vessel (yellow trim) beyond Sabre Spirit.
Again, through the fences . . . Megolly Hawk of Black Hawk Shipping.
And that fifth foto down (unidentified schooner) got clearly identified at Pier 4 . . . as Harvey Gamage, a floating high school.
Over toward La Aduana, the pink Customs House (which I did NOT study closely enough) is the Coast Guard pier, and (from right to left) the 85′ Reef Shark and 110′ Key Largo and another 110′ cutter behind here.
You saw Amelia here the other day . . . here’s the Hood River, OR-built vessel face on.
And some better fotos of Greenport, NY’s Bounty, showing what some crew do
in port. Compare the 1960 replica with the original in stats here.
Finally, as promised at the start of this post . . . here’s my best San Juan “tug” foto. When I return to PR, Harold, I know exactly where I need to go to see the McAllister tugs there.
I have more pics I’ll put on Flickr . . . soon, and I’ve added a few links to the posts I did on the road, if you’re interested in going through them again.
All fotos by Will Van Dorp, who returns to his paying job manana.
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March 20, 2011 at 6:11 pm
Tillerman
I understand that Bounty lll made for the 1984 movie is a closer replica of the original Bounty than Bounty ll (shown here) made for the 1962 movie. Bounty lll is now in Sydney.
March 21, 2011 at 10:28 am
Rod Clingman
I haven’t seen the Harvey Gamage in years!. Nece to see her still sailing.
March 21, 2011 at 11:38 am
eastriver
From this Bounty-centric website: http://www.homesafe.com/features/bounty/index.php
About “Bounty II”: This vessel was built to the original plans and in the traditional manner in a shipyard in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. However, all the dimensions were increased by approximately one third to accommodate the large 70 mm cameras used.
About “Bounty III”: The second Bounty replica, named ‘H.M.A.V. Bounty’, and informally known as ‘Bounty III’, was built in New Zealand in 1979 and used in the 1984 Dino De Laurentiis film The Bounty. The hull is constructed of welded steel oversheathed with timber. For many years she served the tourist excursion market from Darling Harbour, Sydney, Australia, before being sold to HKR International Limited in October 2007. She is now a tourist attraction at Discovery Bay, on Lantau Island in Hong Kong, and has an additional Chinese name ‘Chi Ming’.
March 21, 2011 at 11:48 am
eastriver
Much “short-sea shipping” amongst the islands, enough to gladden Bowsprite’s heart. Mainly they use what look to us like crew/supply boats, but further downisland one may find wooden Carriacou sloops, converted fishing trawlers, and suchnot. In the smaller places uninfected with DHS regulations, it is still possible to walk down a wharf and examine the sailing boards: blackboards with departure and destination. Got a cargo? Bring it down and haggle for rates!
Looks like a wonderful trip, Tugster, thanks.
March 21, 2011 at 1:07 pm
tugster
DHS regs seemed quite enforced in PR . . . which made taking pics NOT easy, but i had a fantastic time.
March 21, 2011 at 1:19 pm
eastriver
Yeah, PR is, after all, the USA. And if you think DHS in PR is bad, try Agriculture… real toughies and armed to boot. Thinking more of Grenada, St. Vincent, further down-island.