It’s the summer station boat and a training platform for pilot apprentices. Recognize the location?
The station boat is on the East River just east of Hell Gate. From near to far, the bridges are the Hell Gate and then the RFK.
Here she passes the Astoria Generating Station on its way to the channel
between the Brothers.
Frequent contributor Ashley Hutto caught the No. 2 westbound later in the day, here passing the bridge I’d be happy to sell you.
Click here for a story of a visit to the No. 2 station boat by Kristina Fiore.
Thanks to Ashley for the bottom photo. All others by Will Van Dorp, who took photos of Peacock–an unusual pilot boat here not quite a year ago.
tugster: a waterblog 
2 comments
Comments feed for this article
April 4, 2014 at 5:52 pm
tugpower
Great read about this pilot’s association which celebrates 320 years of dedicated and faithful service this year. I know several pilots personally that are still working here, and many who have left us over the years. This book is excellent, and still available: http://www.catskill.net/purple/pilots.htm
April 4, 2014 at 6:01 pm
tugster
tugpower . . . thanks, looks like the shelf next to my desk is about to get another book.