NYC Tugboat Race 2007 b

Hordes on the pier, crowds on the tugs . . . historic Weehawken, NJ, in the background.

Tugs old and new muster…

racing and then shoving matches, Lucy Reinauer (smoking) v. Inland Sea while Durham and the Empire State Building watch . . . .

Dorothy Elizabeth v. two Miller Launch tugs (Susan Miller and Catherine Miller) at once with Time-Warner towers and Hearst Tower in background.

Inland Sea approaches the dock for a precision line throw

Janice Ann Reinauer approaches the same

and watches, crew guiding the line eye toward the bollard . . .

More on Tuesday . . . am posting early today.

Photos, Will Van Dorp.