Ralph E. Bouchard and B. No. 230 move in the direction of Explorer of the Seas. Not apparent from this foto . . . Explorer was at that moment reversing its way into the the Bayonne passenger terminal, backing into a parking spot if you will.
Compliments of Bernie Ente of Working Harbor Committee, Hoegh Africa moves seaward through the KVK, overtaken by . . . she who’s been alleged as my “crush-du-jour,” Emma Miller. Well, Alice has spurned me for just so long, that part of me that always seeks “my other half” has decided that 700′ loa bulk carriers like Alice might just not be my long-lost other half. Maybe Emma is more my type.
To get serious, Bernie has some fantastic “hidden harbor tours” planned, including four sunset tours and –what I get most excited about– a circumnavigation of Staten Island. Click here to reserve your spot(s) while they last.
Nathan E. Stewart emerges from behind New River, an American-built tanker from Avondale Industries, 1997.
Emma again? Nope. It’s her sister Sunny Williams passing Histria Tiger, Romanian, proving that not all blues are created equal. I’m partial to the lube tanker’s blue. To digress into thoughts of love, I’ve never had a crush on someone with an identical twin. I wonder how that would work. Here, I feel something for Emma different from Sunny. Hmm? Such strange wiring I must have in me.
Parting shot . . . stern of Chemical Pioneer, a very unusual ship to bear New York as its port of registry, escorted to sea by Rosemary McAllister, who arrived in the sixth boro almost a year ago.
All shots, except Bernie’s, taken today by . . . Will Van Dorp.
Unrelated: Henry’s logpage is up although the watercolors keep getting washed away by the stormy north Sea.
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April 26, 2009 at 7:40 pm
Mage Bailey
Water colors do that. And at the club I “visited” no one lived aboard. 🙂 Not at all.
April 27, 2009 at 8:52 am
Brian
I’m surprised I didn’t see you in your usual spot yesterday. I was there in the afternoon for a couple of hours, drinking beer and taking a gazillion photos.
April 27, 2009 at 9:50 am
paul_b
I was an AB on the New River for 6 years- she never looked so good back then! She’s got the engine room and after hull of the old S.S. Gulf Spray, and the rest of the ship was built new in ’97, but at her heart, she’s still a 50-year old steamship.