Pairs in Springtime 9

I don’t care that it’s February, but the number of subsequent days with temperatures over 50 degrees in the sixth bor0 tells me it is spring–or has been.

Notice the difference between Severn and Fort Schuyler?  Here proximity highlights the difference in height of the upper wheelhouse,

but Severn is of the 4200 hp class and fort Schuyler, the 3000.

Ah, the line and boom boats.

Joan is one of the Moran “giraffe” boats and see HR Otter?

She reminds me of the long gone Odin.

 

Here’s a closer-up of the HR Otter, a name that immediately conjures up Kenneth Grahame.

 

Some different pairs are possible here, and they’d be the same.

See the pair there?

a pair of hands.  Is there a word for the painted design centered on the bow of some vessels, like figureheads but not?

Hope they clap for mardi gras!

All photos by Will Van Dorp.