Niz C. Gisclair, (2003, 66′ loa) an infrequent visitor to the sixth boro, last appeared here in this blog in 2007. Some buildings to identify: one with greenish pyramid cap just to the left of the Statue has the pretentious name of One Worldwide Plaza and the towers to the left of that is the Times Warner Center.
Marquette Transportation Company Offshore uses Jacques Marquette in a canoe as a stack logo. Note the knotted rope ladder manrope aka monkey line for egress from the wheelhouse. (Jed–thanks fer the correction.)
Similarly, I don’t recall seeing Colleen McAllister, solo, here in a long time.
Here Colleen meets Gramma Lee T. Moran, about to back down Rigel.
Dorothy J, ex-Angela M, 1982, about the same loa as Niz C,
shows off the Henry Marine logo.
Falcon heads up the East River. More East River architecture tomorrow, once I figure out some the lesser-known buildings.
Ross Sea in morning honeyed 7 am light heads for an assist.
Stephanie Dann wrestles with a scow in a 25 mph cross wind.
Sassafras hangs off the bulkhead at Howland Hook.
Virtual twins . . . Elk River brings bunker barge beside Zim Moskva with assist from Sassafras after
Sassafras is mystified by the runabout aka runaround.
Shannon Dann heads into the Arthur Kill to hang off the “dock” in Elizabeth until
the next job. I like the clean white winch.
All fotos this week by Will Van Dorp.
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May 16, 2010 at 9:31 am
Jed
Ladders have rungs, even rope ladders – whether made of wood (in most cases) or line.
In NAVY parlance that knotted line on NIZ C GISCLAIR would be referred to as a manrope (old school) or a monkey line (contemporary).
They can be seen here:
hanging outboard both small boats (courtesy of USS BLUE RIDGE (LCC19)) and are used when lowering and raising boats; should the davit experience some type of catastrophic failure or one of the falls parts, boat crews have the monkey lines to grab onto to keep them from tumbling into the water below:
May 16, 2010 at 9:53 am
Les Sonnenmark
Is SHANNON DANN really a yacht in tug’s clothing? Not just a white winch but white decks and gunwale interiors! Does the crew take off their shoes and wear white socks on deck? Where are the lubricant drippings from the tow wires?
May 16, 2010 at 10:20 am
Mage Bailey
Yes, the whole of the SHANNON DANN is so perfect I can barely write about her. 🙂 Thanks for the busy harbor views to start my day with a smile.