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In order . . . . Governor Roosevelt with Tender#4, Tender #4 with electric motor and unique stack, Urger, Seneca and Tender Dana on the nose, Tender Dana, “newish” antiques on Lake Oneida east end, dredge and Tender #10, Tender T-7, Governor Cleveland, Dragon dredge, derrick boat. As to the tenders, think . . a vessel for tending dredges and other vessels. For Dragon dredge, I’ve no idea about the story there.
In reverse commentary on the photos above, photo #9 just above was the heron that checked me back into Waterford after seven days on the Canal. Photo #1 way above is the heron that stood guard in Oswego. In between . . . Margot and Cheyenne headed west and then east. Enjoy these photos sent along on this inflexible old laptop. As of this writing, I’m guessing Margot is approaching the sixth boro for the dazzled Slater move tomorrow. I hope my sixth boro friends get good pics of the move from KVK to albany.
More photos soon.
Off the Japanese coast?
Isn’t that Patrick Sky? Has she been boarded?
Nah . . . Patrick is just bunkering the Japanese Coast Guard Kojima on its annual trip through the sixth boro.
Click here and here for photos of Kojima’s previous visits.
Many thanks to . . .was it Tony? . . . for these great pics.
Pulling the plug?
Trying to put it back before the sixth boro drains away? Freeing a fouled conning tower on an experimental North Korean submarine? Attempting a descent into a rumored rabbit hole? Performance artist? Very small bobber tender preparing for a large fish to bite? Got a better caption?
Thanks for this photo sent by a secret salt . . .
Janga Bork is NOT a Dutch fishing vessel, although the unusual (?) hull brings it to the top of this post. The “L” prefix on the hull identifies it as Danish.
By the way, the aggressive newish spell checker always tries to change my preferred spelling of “sixth boro” to “sixth bork.” You may have seen some “typos” I missed. I’m very happy to learn that Bork is in fact the name of lovely Danish seaside town that I must visit one of these years.
For (slightly dated) info on Dutch society and fish, click here. For a thought-provoking op-ed piece by Paul Greenberg on the plight of US fishing industry, click here. The “UK” on the trawler below, Sursum Cordo, identifies it as registered in Urk. Fishing vessels from all over –see Stellendam below–bring their catch to Ijmuiden, just outside Amsterdam.
Huge trawlers like Cornelis Vrolijk‘s Carolien . . . of Scheveningen–operate out of here as well.
Here’s sister ship Scombrus.
Smaller trawlers Seagull and Flamingo are sculptural.
The “Z” on Flamingo stands for Zeebruge in Belgium.
In a Den Helder drydock, it’s Grietje Hendrika by the top sign and St. Antonius (Belgian) in raised metal letters below.
No surprise Dr. Maarten Luther is German.
In the town of Haarlem, the fish merchant is one of the more recently built buildings.
In the same square, this take on “blind justice” is a refreshing leap backwards.
Noord Hinder lightship . . . just over a half century old . . . reminds me of this lightship lost in the South American jungle.
Another restored Dutch steam vessel Hydrograaf has a name that reveals the mission for which it was launched over a century ago.
I have more, but for now . . . as the Dutch say . . . Stop.
All photos by Will Van Dorp.
Can you guess the origins of this freshwater vessel?
I’d think the underwater structure here is something of a clue.
I’ve no idea how many years ago this house was added.
Here’s another clue, although it might be quite the distractor.
I like the off center crane.
Check 1929 on that above clue.
This is a plan of the ferry WARD’S ISLAND, designed by Eads Johnson, and built for the New York State Department of Mental Health in 1929 by Electric Boat Co., Groton, CT (slow year for submarines?). Steel, diesel, 101 ft. x 32 ft. Retired in 1937 by construction of bridges.
Many thanks to Norman Brouwer for the above drawing and identification. Photos by Will Van Dorp, who needs to find out what propulsion engine (s) the derrick vessel has today. I’ve also not found a photo of Ward’s Island prior to her conversion. Photos were taken along the Oswego Canal.
Whatzit? Answer can be found at the end of this post.
Here a huge–by sixth boro standards–bulk carrier Percival offloads coal at the Tata steel works near the salty end of the Nordzee Canal.
Here Russian drillship Bavenit makes its way to sea through the Nordzee Canal.
This is diveship Nehalennia, which takes sport divers out helmet diving off the Dutch coast.
This has to be the most unlikely repurposing of an old ferry: overflow parking for bicycles just north of the main train station in Amsterdam.
Here’s the main parking on the south side of the same station!!
Here are a few vessels of Acta Marine at their yard in Den Helder. They specialize in workboats for shallow waters. L to R, Coastal Surveyor 2, Jutter, and Coastal Explorer.
This has to be the only vessel of this design . . . with leeboards! I know nothing more about it.
In Zaandam, translation of boat name is “flyer.”
Other than that Zuiderzee is a government vessel with a crane, I can say much else.
A 905 Blommendal is awaiting conversion into a super yacht. Can this transformation really happen?
Here’s a more bucolic Zaandam sight, two windmills . . . one decapitated.
The intact capped and spinning one, was sawing logs!
And to bring this installment to a close, the first photo here was NEMO, an Amsterdam science center.
All photos by Will Van Dorp . . . who feels like he’s hopping between continents.
No . . . it’s not a disease or a euphemism for profanity. It’s many places, one of which is marked by this lighthouse in Oswego. All these photos were taken since Tuesday in Oswego, a place I previously wrote about here last year after watching a drill that involved swimming from and to a helicopter.
See the light to the right here along the horizon, a light younger than Urger.
Last year’s drills involving drones have already made their way into kids’ murals!
The mouth is the port of entry for Metalcraft Marine vessels making their way into various US ports.
Some vessels I was free to watch enter the port, but others
went by and I couldn’t follow until later, when they were really
behind and beyond
reach. The tug here is Everlast. If you were at the canal mouth this morning–or any other time–and caught a close-up, side view of Everlast pinned or–even better–light, kindly send along some photos.
All photos this week by Will Van Dorp, whose access to wifi is still a challenge.
I’m not sure the following two boats are Kvichak built. Three previous ones were. Here was a post of those US-built Dutch pilot boats I had here a few years back; check out the uniforms of the crew!
Unlike in the US, the Dutch lifeboat or life saving organization is NOT part of the Coast Guard. In fact, it’s a volunteer group with really impressive vessels. Click here for more info on KNRM, that group.
The next two photos were taken outside the KNRM museum in Den Helder.
North Sea petroleum vessels lie here near the Amsterdam/Zaandam border.
Finally, an unidentified antique tug collects race buoys on the IJsselmeer just south of Hoorn, a ZuiderZee port that served as center of the VOC during the “golden age” of Holland.
All photos taken by Will Van Dorp, who hopes to get back to Coney Island this weekend for the m e r m a i d s.
Tenders . . . I have to find more out about them. Here’s #10 and
here’s a stripped but sculptural hull of another.
Here’s #1.
This is a rainy morning on the Oswego Canal. I saw a snapping turtle and a pike playing here. Not with each other. With their food, though.
Kaho is a former research vessel. Click here to see what has recently replaced it. The new Kaho was built in Ohio; this blue hulled vessel was built for USGS in 1961.
Donald Sea dates from 1964.
And this ST . . . maybe someone can help me out here.
All photos by Will Van Dorp.
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