January River Flashback

Here’s the latest bunch of fotos from my daughter.  I’m guessing the high spirits on board here must have attracted her attention . . . .

Chances are you won’t travel on one of these if you’ll be in Rio for the World Cup or the Olympics;  here’s what the newer ferries will look like.

The  step-by-step building of Seven Seas here.  Click here for the rest of the fleet.  I learned a new word here:  moon pool.

Researching Dialcar III led to very little directly, but I stumbled onto this huge trove . . .

The scene in Guanabara Bay, with William C. O’Malley in the foreground.  Who was O’ Malley?  Anyhow, researching the vessel led–once again–to this Brazilian blog by Erik Azevedo.  Erik . .  you still there?   Onde você está?

Closer up of another pilot  . . . 09 . .

Maersk Helper and Deepstim Brasil I and II.

Havila Faith and Toisa Pegasus.  Click here for an interesting slideshow on Havila history, far from tropical Rio.

At anchor, l to r:  Art Carlson, Richard A. Philippi, Maersk Launcher, C-Enforcer, and Santos Supplier.

Another shot of Richard A. Philippi–I liked it better in Torm colors!  Here’s another Rio vessel cache.

Another Norwegian in Rio . . . Olympic Triton.

Great names . . . crude tankers Madre de Deus and Front Symphony

Siem Ruby

Ipanema, another great old ferry.  See a promo video and hear the language here.

Which brings us back to our fishing boat .  . .

Muito obrigado to my daughter Myriam for these fotos.   Just this week I learned of a Brazilian singer-songwriter playing in the outer boros of NYC.  Hear Mallu Magalhães here in English and here and here in Portuguese.

If you’re new to this blog, back in July 2013 I devoted 25 posts to Rio.