means all kinds of stuff, starting out with this. Bowsprite took this foto Thursday. Yes, that’s the VZ Bridge in the distance. Not sure what be-flagged and hatted thing does in the foreground go!.
Not sure about this either, but it was fast.
Yes, I have heard of Theodore, but did you know the entire vessel is wood and fiberglass? Kudos to Bowsprite, who refuses to draw it. I’ve no clue why it made a short sixth boro stay.
I’ve never seen a four-pontooner before, like this.
Since i’m being flip and opinionated today . . . let’s me share my sense that the bow of a light container vessel is not a pretty thing!
Twisted Sisters has arrived to fish! I’m wondering if that means that some
sort of season begins 1 November?
Isn’t the house profile on this tanker unusual?
Maersk Murotsu entered service in 2010, so she is quite new, and her raked house and plumb bow are unusual. Does it translate into
increased speed? This PDF from the Onomichi Dockyard builders call this a Shin-kurushima knuckle-shaped bow, an energy saver.
As she left the KVK and the sixth boro the other day, crew on the bridge wing plotted a course for Aruba.
Thanks to Bowsprite for the fauxtug fotos; all others by Will Van Dorp.
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November 5, 2011 at 8:20 pm
JED
She could therefore be considered a fauxtug photog
November 5, 2011 at 8:22 pm
tugster
you mean bowsprite . . . a fauxtug photog? oooo, she might NOT take kindly toward that.
November 5, 2011 at 9:17 pm
bowsprite
It’s JED!
And, being a fohtug fohtog seems kind. As opposed to being a Theodore. Or being a quadratoon. Or being knuckledbowed.
And I think Cosco Boston is lovely. Nothing like a nice hardworking ship that sweats rust tears with anchor chain lovebites all over.
November 6, 2011 at 7:15 am
JED
Anchor chain lovebites – THAT’S imagery
November 8, 2011 at 1:22 am
newenglandwaterman
Theodore was in new bedford the other day getting fuel while I was doing a couple jobs on Jaguar, crew said they were headed to ft. lauderdale, , short stop in NY for some photos
November 9, 2011 at 6:08 am
eastriver
Once upon a time in Lunenburg NS, some evil tall-ship sailors attempted to put a mustache (of the German 1940s style) with black tape on Theodore while the “tug” crew was being distracted up the street at a gin mill… Too bad no evidentiary pix were taken.
February 13, 2017 at 8:33 am
tugster
this is a bit late, but might that be a confession of sorts?