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Whatzit??? Answer follows.
Note what’s on the deck of USCGC Mackinaw WLLB-30, built in Wisconsin and homeported in Cheboygan, MI. Foto thanks to Kyran Clune.
Now here’s my favorite local government boat, although
I’ve been unable to find any info about its age and place of
origin. If I got a yacht, it would look like this. Anyone help here on Hudson?
Maintenance o aids to navigation is needed wherever and whatever those aids be. Note the Roncado crew on
Anyhow . . . here’s the bigger context on that top foto; USCG 49405 seems to have more
buoys on her “to do list” than
This is NOT at all a government boat, but I snapped this a few weeks ago. Upon further examination, I’m wondering about the barge and . . . is that a portside offset upper house?
Last shot . . again, no government boat is this, but exactly a year ago today, Papillon came ashore . . . prompting many hours of visitation of government employees . . . if not boats. Here and here are two of my posts; go back to the April 201 archives for many more. Ironically, I have never been able to find out what became of the vessel.
Happy April! Again thanks to Kyran for his Lake Michigan foto. All others by Will Van Dorp.
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