Here’s a quick post. From the cliffs last week I couldn’t make out the name of the red tug, even with fairly powerful binoculars, but
those lines are unique. I’d seen them many times last summer in the KVK. And the name is
Maria J. But the best part is the former name:
Jesus Saves, formerly from my part of coastal New England. Now would I try to kid you? Jesus Saves. Can you imagine that prose on the VHF?
All fotos by Will Van Dorp.
tugster: a waterblog 
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February 6, 2009 at 9:17 pm
Mage Bailey
I realize that the tug is your primary interest, but what is that barren piece of land under the Colgate clock. What’s the story there too. We have a law that says no sign over three feet tall here. That sign is vastly taller. 🙂
Are you really interested in lighthouses from far away? I have some nice photos of ours.
February 7, 2009 at 8:58 am
Daniel Meeter
As I understand it, the Colgate clock is now landmarked. Behind it used to be the old Colgate plant, now long gone and developed.
Daar staat hij en spreekt tot wind en zee,
Zwijg, wees stil.
En hoor hoe wonderlijk kinkt zijn stem,
De winden en golven gehoorzamen hem.
Het scheepje is veilig al schijnt het mist
Want Jesus de meester aan bord slechts ist.
Het moet alles gaan zo hij het wil,
Zwijg wees stil, zwijg wees stil,
Het moet alles gaan zo hih het wil,
Zwijg, hart, zwijg stil.
June 22, 2009 at 7:05 pm
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