My timing on the KVK–I imagined –would coincide with B. Franklin Reinauer, the tug I’d seen in . . . December 2010 as just a few interlocked steel members, heading that way westbound; I was thrilled to be in the right location with respect to the channel and the setting sun. But I was wrong. She anchored off Gowanus Bay and came out of the notch, headed for Erie Basin.
So I have to content myself for now with these . . . B. Franklin at the 30.
And although she didn’t use the KVK as a runway to pose for my lens, the sun did cooperate and
turn her and
her barge to gold.
Fair winds.
All fotos by Will Van Dorp.
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October 5, 2012 at 9:22 pm
JED
Black Gold. Texas tea?
October 6, 2012 at 3:26 am
eastriver
Reminds me of a blog comment somewhere when VISION came out. It’s no longer a tug but a power unit for a barge… just to beat the rules.
October 6, 2012 at 9:17 am
tugster
let me see . . . “Power Unit for a Barge” . . . how about a new acronym: it’s a PUB! but with all respect, isn’t it safer, more fuel efficient, more comfortable for the crew?