I wonder . . . if I move here, will I tire of watching the traffic pass? Sometimes there are familiar vessels . . . like Buster Bouchard, but otherwise . . .
commerce rafts in vessels never before seen . . . like Fu Kang (almost a racy name?) foreground and Caribe Pearl protruding from around the bend, with Angus R. Cooper, Bollinger, and Algiers Point in between.
Leopard Sea and Miss Sylvia keep the excitement going, with
handoffs to Karen Koby,
Cindy R and Zante,
C. Mack Zito,
Jesus Saves,
Presager,
J. K. McLean,
Alice I. Hooker,
Merrick Jones,
Louisiana and Angus R. Cooper meeting Qingdao Tower.
The Mississippi never stops, but I will of now, with a note of familiarity, not Dolphin per se–she’s never been pictured on the is blog, I think–but rather the Kirby livery.
All photos by Will Van Dorp.
Back to Jesus Saves, is there any truth to the story that somewhere along the Mississippi a nun is master of a tug?
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December 12, 2014 at 2:25 pm
Anonymous
Nice set. I have never seen but red and beige tugs. The colors of NOLA have gone to the sea…
December 12, 2014 at 6:40 pm
Bob
Please tell me there’s another named “Moses invests”
December 12, 2014 at 7:55 pm
tugster
bob– you prompt a long list in my head: judas betrays, mary bathes, peter denies . . . cheers
December 13, 2014 at 10:42 am
Fairlane
Nice to see a classic 1965 tug like the Agus R Cooper kept up so nice down there in the humid South. Thanks for the great series.
December 13, 2014 at 11:59 am
Dan Owen
Capt. Sister (or is it Sister Capt.?) Joy Manthey of St. Joseph of Medaille order, is currently a captain on towboats for Kirby Inland Marine LP of Houston and normally works on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway pushing tank barges.
December 13, 2014 at 12:01 pm
Dan Owen
P.S. You can Google Capt. Sr. Joy Manthey and get a number of mentions about her on the Internet. I think she worked on some passenger boats in New Orleans to get her time on deck for her Coast Guard license.
December 13, 2014 at 5:47 pm
tugster
dan– thanks much for an answer to that Q. here’s an article: http://americanprofile.com/articles/sister-captain-ministers-to-waterway-crews/
December 14, 2014 at 7:41 am
Harry T Scholer
Having worked on the River with Maritrans for a few years, I’d say no you wouldn’t get tired of the daily tug parade. Its like a sunrise at sea, every day a new grand scene. Hope that you get to see a steamboat complete with a calliope before you leave.