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.
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June 21, 2014 at 12:03 pm
William Lafferty
Here are a couple of views of the Everlast “unhinged:”
http://www.wellandcanal.ca/shiparc/uls/everlast/everlast2.htm
As I type this, the Everlast and barge Norman McLeod are passing Thorold on the Welland Canal, bound for Montreal.
The tug has an interesting history. She was launched 23 December 1976 at Kobe, Japan, by Hashimoto Zosensho, their hull number 396, for FESCO of Vladivostok, Russia, one of four sisters intended to push log barges on the eastern Russian coast. 43.69m x 13.52 x 4.499; 1179 gt, 336 nt; twin Daihatsu 8 cylinder 8DSM-32 Diesels, 320mm x 380, 6000-bhp. Sold in 1996 to Portolos Maritime SA, Piraeus, Greece, and renamed Everlast. Acquired by the McAsphalt Marine Transportation Ltd. of Scarborough, Ontario, she entered Canadian registry 10 April 2001, to push McAsphalt’s asphalt barge Norman McLeod (built 2001 by Jinling Shipyard Co. Ltd., Nanjing, China). Originally fitted with the Japanese ArtiCouple connector (type HC-900PDM), that system was replaced with an ArtiCouple KC-85S system for pairing to the McLeod. McAsphalt also operates the ATB Victorious/John J. Carrick.
June 21, 2014 at 1:08 pm
tugster
bill- as always, thanks much!