Small Craft 6

Here was 5.  Early May means recreational vessels return to the sixth boro, even if

only for the purpose of transiting through, like Nomada Sultana, a Canadian trawler.  See the note at the end of this post.  Nomada has an amzing story.

Anchored just east of the eastmost VZ Tower this morning was this small workboat, with

Florida registration.  No one seemed around.

This Delaware-registered ketch was quite the

anonymous beauty.

Pioneer III took a party out past tanker New Confidence to fish.

Revenir came into the Narrows recently.

From the name I had guessed an insurance company . . . but this boat operates between Manhattan and a golf course in Jersey.

And finally . . . it appears to be Swivel, one of the 65′ WYTLs sold out of the Coast Guard.

All fotos by Will Van Dorp.  Happy smallcrafting for all.

So the Nomada story is that once she was a Royal Canadian Navy tugboat built in 1943.  As such she crossed the Atlantic on her own.  I guess I’d better do a post on her tomorrow.   If you’re upriver, keep your eyes peeled;  she’s headed for Lake Erie.