Road Fotos 29

Quick update on National Maritime Day from Belfast, Maine.  What got me here was this vessel, today a platform for tours between here and the Arctic mostly.  Wanderbird started this stage of her life after fishing for 30 years, cod and herring.  The shoes in the foreground reflect its origins  . . . launched in 1963 as a beam trawler in Maassluis, Holland.

What enforces this sign is . . .

this.  David put the specs up on yesterday’s post.

The “towed” vehicle will be observed from here.

Also on hand are Maine Maritime Academy vessels.  Here’s tug Pentagoet, training vessel powered

by two sets of Detroit diesels.  Note this is one set, two blocks mounted together.

And the wheelhouse . . . shows TLC.

Another MMA vessel is Ted, as in

Ted Nusunginya, revealing its previous Alaska work and soon to be renamed for an MMA alum.  Vessel Ned is a classroom, a lab, in fact, for courses such as Navigation, Celestial Navigation . . . and more.

The pilot boat is

Florida built.

If you have a chance, you might fall in love with Belle fast.

All fotos by Will Van Dorp.