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All hype . . . like Camping and others . . . just to mention recent hoaxes.
Nevertheless, I made my rounds. High winds chill to the bone but no doomsday out here . . . Brian Nicholas pushed recycling into the Kills,
Catherine Miller moved semis beyond the end of the bridge,
Nomad and Alpine Alaska waited inside the Narrows,
as did Mount Karava, which first appeared here almost brand-new over five years ago.
Padre Island anchored off the BAT, taking time off from vacuuming the channels south of the Narrows.
Michigan Service headed for the Kills.
OOCL Kuala Lumpur shifted containers.
Given the hype about the apocalypse, I kept eyes wide open for debris and found some, although this is long-planned and controlled demolition.
USCG made their own rounds.
Six years ago, I put up this winter solstice post, led off by this fine foto . . . compliments of Richard Wonder . . . of an elegant John B. Caddell, recently lifted off a place where floating things should never go. And speaking of vessels finding themselves in places that should remain off limits, check out this and this article about a tanker bottomed out on the upper Hudson. “Bakken crude” . . . that’s a term I’ve not heard before. If anyone upriver has fotos to share, please get in touch.
I’ve headed into a different part of the sixth boro each of the past three days . . . today was the North River . . . passenger terminal, since
three cruise ships came in around 0700 hrs . . . Gem and Brilliance, shown here, as well as Caribbean Princess, still outside the Narrows when this screenshot was taken. John J Marchi is a ferry, and I’ve not gotten confirmation it carried passengers. Anyone ride a Staten Island ferry today? And as of 1830 hrs, all have again departed. Notice the icon for Glory Express in the screen grab below? I believe this is the 2-million-barrel tanker referenced in this article. It’s been outside the Lower Bay for a few days now.
Cruise ship passengers debarking and others boarding in midTown . . . along with closed midTown streets closed because of this bent crane AND
disrupted LIRR and subways . . . made for lots of surly folks, if not a zombie apocalypse then at least an invasion of the cheeriness snatchers. For outatowners, on a normal day, eachtown listed on this Long Island Railroad schedule board would have several departure times listed.
Jersey City and Hoboken, coastal NJ cities across the river from midTown, have experienced their share of disruption. Here Catherine Miller delivers a crane barge northbound as a helicopter (National Guard?) flies to the south.
Vicki M moves another barge near the Hoboken ferry terminal, then
as Lynx moves a load of generators, loaders, and other equipment (not sure what some of it is),
Vicki M plays mobile thruster there before
moving southward to play same role with Jay Michael.
Overhead . . . might Janet Napolitano be in that chopper?
Many thanks to Tom Rinaldi for sending along this link of ferry Binghamton post-Sandy. Thanks, Tom. Check out Tom’s site here.
For an NYTimes-moderated debate on post-Sandy policy, click here. One of the debaters–Philip Orton, research scientist at Stevens–does the SeaAndSkyNY blog.
Unrelated: Kirby’s Siberian Sea in Halifax here.
B. Franklin Reinauer made its inaugural visit to the sixth boro this week. Birk Thomas caught this shot. I featured it last month at splash here.
The same day, Capt. Jason (1982) breezed through the harbor, a first glimpse for me. I have not much more info.
Gulf Dawn appeared here.
And regulars include Catherine Miller,
Laura K. Moran,
Lucy Reinauer,
Evening Mist sailing here through golden evening sheen,
and Sassafras paralleling a container ship.
Except for the foto by Birk, all fotos by Will Van Dorp.
Unrelated: An intriguing and troubling story from gCaptain about a captain in prison in Panama. Maas Trader called in Red Hook just over two years ago.
Of course, every day is water day in the sixth boro of the city of NY, and it’s great that MWA and other sponsors have chosen for five years now to recognize that fact . . . on a big “get out on the water” day . . . because who OWNS the port . . . ultimately WE do, you and I, as citizens of this country. Many organizations manage it, enforce regulations in it, and fund educational activities about it . . . but WE own it, the port, the water . . . and support it with our taxes and our votes.
Enjoy this set of twelve fotos taken over roughly a 12-hour period yesterday. At daybreak, Pegasus and Urger were still rafted up on Pier 25. This foto shows two boats whose combined longevity adds up to over 215 years!!
Resolute was northbound over by the Murchison-designed Hoboken terminal . . . which means a larger vessel needing assistance MAY shortly be headed for sea. Here’s another Murchison-designed mass transit building in what today seems an unlikely location.
North River itself works tirelessly as part of the effort to keep sixth boro waters clean.
Urger poses in front the the Statue. Lady Liberty was a mere 18-year-old when Urger (then C. J. Doornbos) first splashed into the waters of a Lake Michigan bay.
Launch 5 races downriver.
Indy 7 shuttles folk around as Soummam 937, the first Algerian warship ever to visit the sixth boro leaves for sea.
Little Lady II and a sailboat negotiate passage.
Laura K and Margaret Moran escort in container vessel Arsos (check its recent itinerary at the bottom of that linked page) and weave their way to the Red Hook container port through a gauntlet of smaller vessels, including Manhattan.
Catherine C. Miller moves a small equipment barge back to base.
Fire Fighter II hurries north on the Buttermilk Channel to respond to an alarm.
A flotilla (or bobbering or paddling or badelynge) of kayaks crosses the Buttermilk.
Pioneer tacks toward the north tip of Governors Island, leaving Castle William to starboard.
All fotos by Will Van Dorp on Bastille-sur-l’eau Day.
Related: I was overjoyed to read the NYTimes this morning and find this article about a vessel calling at Port Newark!! Bravo. Back a little over a week ago I was miffed about this article . . . about the port in Trondheim, which could just as well have been written about skilled workers anywhere in the sixth boro.
Also, I’m passing along a request from the Urger crew: if anyone sees a foto of Urger crew in any local print publications, please tell me so that I can look for a clipping to pass along to them. Thanks much . . . .
Unrelated: From today’s NYTimes Book Review section, an essay by Douglas Brinkley and Johnny Depp on Woodie Guthrie, who would have turned 100 yesterday.
By the way, from Mitch’s Newtown Pentacle, can anyone identify the tug in this post? I can’t .
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