Turning Erikoussa

The evolution depicted in the next photos took all of five minutes.  In the photo below, note where James D.‘s wake is.

 

Now the tug’s vector is lateral but increasingly astern.

I’m glad for my sake the sequence happened so quickly because 18 degrees F was killing my fingers.

Note Brendan around the stern of Erikoussa.

 

 

The bow line here is about to go slack as the tanker makes headway.

All photos by Will Van Dorp, who just happened to be passing at this moment.