I didn’t take these fotos quite right, but . . . look closely, on the left side of the foto and the channel are three orange channel markers, as they appeared on October 10. That’s Bayonne in the distance. Behind the camera and off the right side is Howland Hook terminal.
Of course Patrick Sky cleared that nearest marker without a slightest scratch.
But a few days later . . . October 14 and after a tip-off, I returned and
only two markers remained.
Of course, Irish Sea and Bering Sea had nothing to do with the lost marker. Nor did Kraken.
But one was gone, vanished, disparu!
All fotos by Will Van Dorp, who hasn’t returned here since . . . but might there now only be one? Click here for some background info on Patrick Sky. The Kirby unit in the top foto is Beaufort Sea.
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October 19, 2012 at 5:05 pm
Tony A
I was on the Patrick Sky when you took this photo!
October 19, 2012 at 5:28 pm
tugster
greetings then, tony! i thought patrick sky looked just spiffy there. i was on a break from work, hanging where they fish.
October 19, 2012 at 8:42 pm
eastriver
I’ve not been in the Kills for several years. Are those marks the articulating types? Weight on the bottom, universal joints above the weight, can resist a (small) hit and swing back on station?
October 19, 2012 at 8:53 pm
tugster
i was told i’d see the westmost mark smashed and twisted. instead, it was missing. maybe there was not such a small hit??
October 19, 2012 at 10:24 pm
bowsprite
Thank you Capt Bill Benson of Hydrographic Surveys for the tip! quite the scene: endangered articulated buoys, a wind turbine, three dredges digging and blasting, big units squeezing through…