After posting yesterday, many other ideas related to attachment came to mind, but I’ve rejected returning for a second A for now. Let’s move on to B, as in bow, and today there seems to be no sprites. Some bows seen head on so resemble faces that no figurehead is needed. Behold Ever Radiant, eyes resolutely downcast, focused, bound for sea from whence she came less than 24 hours before. And what looks like a tiny tongue
in profile turns huge.
Stolt Capability, too, bow . . . like a face albeit that of a distinctly marine mammal. I know a bulb protrudes somewhere below the surface.
What fountain spurts forth from bow portside of MSC Dartford?
I wonder about the condition of the prop that spun over the bulb of Ever Refine, leaving the design.
Foreshortening operates here, but I don’t think I’d keep fishing if my runabout were this close to King Edwin’s bow wave. The little white boat is going to rock.
In parting, a question: Vane Brothers’ new Bohemia here (Is that pronounced Bo-hemia or Bow-hemia?)
sashays out of the KVK with Doubleskin 51 on the hip. The notch says the barge is stern forward, but given that it throws off a “bow” wave, in nomenclature would the notch for now be in the bow of the barge? I’m guessing the answer is negative. So would it throw off a “stern” wave?
So much more could be said of bows, but just not now.
All fotos, of course, by Will Van Dorp.
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July 7, 2009 at 9:13 pm
Jed
Made up like that it is referred to as the working bow, so it could indeed be considered a bow wave.
JED sends
July 7, 2009 at 9:38 pm
Allen Baker
Response to questions put forward:
1. Water being discharged from the bow of the “MSC Dartford” is most likely cooling water for the hydraulic winches on the foc’sle or for the bow thruster, possibly both.
2. Those scrapes on the bulbous bow of the “Ever Refine” are the result of the anchor chain being heaved in or while swinging at anchor.
3. “Bohemia” is BO-hemia. All the Vane Brothers newbuilds are named for tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay.
Hope I have been of assistance.
Allen Baker
Baltimore
July 7, 2009 at 10:24 pm
towmasters
The Bohemia’s alongside tow is made up “heads-and-tails.” In such configuration the barge’s stern is properly referred to as the “working bow”, while the barge’s bow becomes the “working stern.” This is done so as to avoid confusion when distance information is being passed over the radio during docking and undocking maneuvers. A confused deckhand is a dangerous deckhand…..
July 8, 2009 at 2:45 am
seabart
When I read the part about the scratches on the bulb of the Ever Refine I thought I finally found something to correct you about but somebody else beat me to it….
July 8, 2009 at 7:21 am
bowsprite
I sincerely hope you continue in this vein, and rue that we have only 24 more letters to go…
July 8, 2009 at 9:44 am
tugster
thanks ALL for the comments. it’s summer time and the more i do, the more i get behind, so here’s one inclusive comment back: jed and towmasters–thanks for the concept of working bow/stern; it makes complete sense. towmasters–you’re 100% right; a confused ANYONE on sea or land is a dangerous ONE. allen–cooling water, scrapes, and pronunciation with regional variation; got it. seabart–one of these days i’m getting up a post with your DenHelder pics, but life is sometimes too exciting in NYC/sixth boro. bowsprite–your encouragement ALWAYS matters, and when the remaining 24 alphas are used up, rest assured in knowing that i love alphanumerics autant que les numeriques. bruklin–thanks for the correction mon primary purpose of axes as well as for the reflection mon alternate uses for them. finally, mage–on not being able to identify that schooner, go to this site– http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/– go to san diego . . .you’ll soon get addicted to the site and the info it provides. have a fantastic day all
July 8, 2009 at 1:27 pm
Jed
TO further muddy the water, ‘Heads and Tails’ is a make-up I learned to refer to as making up ‘Chinese’ when I was in the Navy.
July 8, 2009 at 2:59 pm
tugster
now that’s some interesting jargon! any more “idiomatic lingo” you’re willing to share, i’d love it.