http://tugster.wordpress.com/2013/02/04/random-tugs-100/ scenes from the sixth boro and gallivants beyond Sat, 25 May 2013 13:29:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://tugster.wordpress.com/2013/02/04/random-tugs-100/#comment-20645 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 14:44:04 +0000 http://tugster.wordpress.com/?p=27987#comment-20645 CAPT. HAGEN is repainted. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10200552979573951&set=o.105375971881&type=1&theater Once the weather starts to warm up (50′s & above). the paint brushes, rollers, sprayers, etc. will go into full tilt, unless the boats are down south, and weather conditions for painting them down there will be permissible.

]]> http://tugster.wordpress.com/2013/02/04/random-tugs-100/#comment-20637 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 02:50:47 +0000 http://tugster.wordpress.com/?p=27987#comment-20637 on the stern-first barge, good observation. that unit has just come out of eastchester creek, which is so narrow that the barge can’t be turned around. so to exit the creek, the tow is remade with tug made up to what had been the bow on the way up the creek.

]]> http://tugster.wordpress.com/2013/02/04/random-tugs-100/#comment-20635 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 02:23:12 +0000 http://tugster.wordpress.com/?p=27987#comment-20635 Penn 4 and Penn 6 have turned up in the Mississippi. Not Kirby-fied yet, and had some of us wondering about their names, too.

]]> http://tugster.wordpress.com/2013/02/04/random-tugs-100/#comment-20633 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 00:09:28 +0000 http://tugster.wordpress.com/?p=27987#comment-20633 Kirbyfication is done on the ex-Penn tug Capt. Hagen, not sure about any others. In that first photo, is the barge being pushed backwards (stern-first)?

]]> http://tugster.wordpress.com/2013/02/04/random-tugs-100/#comment-20626 Mon, 04 Feb 2013 18:07:52 +0000 http://tugster.wordpress.com/?p=27987#comment-20626 GOOD looking bow pudding on RESOLUTE!

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