You may once have ridden this vessel. Thirty months ago you could have made a bid on it. Eighteen months ago it was topheavy and listing. Two weeks ago Paul Strubeck caught this foto. Might you call it a major haircut.
Around the same time, Paul caught this vessel in Verplanck. That looks like Cornell to the left also. I don’t know what Cormorant‘s future will be.
I caught Planetsolar on my way outatown, but bowsprite studied the first solar-powered circumnavigator up close and impersonal and shares these fotos.
Inside these caps are props. Click here and here to see the props.
Enjoy these views starting with this view looking forward along the portside and moving counterclockwise around the boat.
Click here for a compilation of clips taken over two years on Turanor PlanetSolar. And if you have 40 minutes to watch this video from the Caribbean to the Indian Ocean, you could like it. I especially liked the Singapore dry dock section beginning around 31 minutes in. And from yesterday’s NYTimes, here’s a story about the boat’s current research mission.
Many thanks to Paul and bowsprite for these fotos.
Speaking of bowsprite . . . if you’re local and free on Saturday, come down to Pier 25 where she has organized the craft market called Radio Lilac, named for the 1933 lighthouse tender there.
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June 26, 2013 at 10:41 am
Carole Wyland
Paul Strubeck…beautiful photos of the Lehman ferry. I used to try to catch a glimpse of the rusting hulk every time I passed on River Road in Newburgh, but the view from the river is that much more spectacular. Since I moved to Virginia last winter, it was one of the things I miss seeing on my daily travels.
June 26, 2013 at 1:03 pm
bowsprite
Cormorant! Oh, how I had been wondering where this vessel was! Some might have called her fugly, but I heard her on VHF hold the high ground against a sailboat hurling insults, and I’ve liked her ever since. You were very cool that day, Cap.
Thank you so much, Tugster for the Radio LILAC link.
June 27, 2013 at 5:23 am
jeff s
is that Newburgh where the ferry is getting the chop?
June 27, 2013 at 7:18 am
Carole Wyland
Yes, Newburgh waterfront just south of Gully’ s and boat ramp access.
June 28, 2013 at 5:08 am
jeff s
thanks…..sorry to see her go