The other day while consuming what bowsprite calls “VHF prose,” I heard a minimal report: “Jane . . . bound for sea.”
“Jane . . .” It’s certainly clearer than “IMO 9269702.”
Watch Jane pass by Howland Hook bound for points south on the Arthur Kill.
To get a sense of Jane‘s size, that’s the red shirt of a crewman bent over just aft of the starboard midships ladder.
See the size of the pin at waterline.
Not that Jane is the largest tug calling in the boro; she has a larger sibling, for example. Some vitals: built in Lockport, LA at the Bollinger yard in 2003, 124′ x 38 x 22. 6000+ horsepower sipping from a 150,000 gallon fuel supply. All the vitals . . . like namesake . . . here.
“Jane . . . bound for sea” sounds so modest. And come to think about it, one of the first words I learned to read . . . “Jane” as in “Run, Jane, Run.”
More on Jane A. Bouchard‘s big sister (whom I recently slighted…sorry!) soon.
All fotos by Will Van Dorp.
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February 11, 2009 at 10:10 am
Mage Bailey
Sometimes our tugs seem so small. Looking at the crew member puts it all in perspective. Great shots.
Coronado. It was an island out in the middle of San Diego Bay. Slowly but surely the sand spit that connected the island to the southern mainland filled in and became the Silver Strand. The more the Navy dredged, the fatter it got. Ditto North Island on the other end. They filled in between the two islands until it was all one big sand blob,
Here’s an official: http://www.coronadovisitorcenter.com/
There used to be wonderful ferries too……now there’s a bridge. Ah well.
It’s a truly beautiful spot. One long arching golf course on the bay side. Long sparkling beaches from the Hotel Del Coronado, a giant Victorian pile, to the Navy on the north, and acres of high priced tiny cottages all being upgraded to mansions. It used to be my favorite hang out when I was a teen.
A longer unillustrated version of Coronado history. 🙂
http://history.sandiego.edu/gen/local/coronado/adams.html
February 13, 2009 at 3:29 pm
Michael
I would think that the top conning tower (or whatever it’s called where the steering wheel is) is seasick-central in pitching waves, so tall is that thing.
February 13, 2009 at 8:55 pm
Jed
Upper Wheelhouse – conning towers are for submarines
I never say never BUT, with a draft of 22′ I don’t imagine she pitches much even OUT of the notch. Pinned up with one of Bouchard’s larger barges I’d imagine she’s a SWEET ride in all but the roughest water and even then she’ll be plowing through at 10kts or better making the misery minimal…