I didn’t want to overload yesterday’s post, so I’m continuing it here.
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To add a detail here, each time a ship or boat big or small approached, someone up there sounded an aerosol can horn; once the vessel passed, a second “all clear” blast was made.
And whereas larger vessels stayed the middle of the channel, smaller ones like Jessica Ann prudently avoided the center of the channel above which the bridge work was happening.
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Just a bit more info on the ship . . . she’s not that large (997′ x 131′) although I don’t know her air draft. She’s not new . . .
launched in 2003 as Maersk Kolkata. as you can see from the remnant seven-pointed star.
All photos by Will Van Dorp.
tugster: a waterblog 
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April 5, 2017 at 10:44 am
Rembert
In school we learned, that Americans express a very high degree of enthusiasm with a simple „Wow“.
Wow. This was really worth some hours of shivering in the (supposed) cold.
April 5, 2017 at 1:53 pm
tugster
Rembert– Thx for calling attention to a word I use a lot, nd when I’m having a conversation with the parrot, I even use the longer, more affected version “wow-zowie.” I guess it’s an old expression: http://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2012/09/wow.html
April 6, 2017 at 7:45 am
Rembert
And I thought „Wow“ to be as american as chewing gum… Parrot pictures please.
April 6, 2017 at 6:53 pm
tugster
Rembert– Here’s a post from many years ago showing the parrot. https://tugster.wordpress.com/2007/03/28/equinox/ To make sure you’re not confused about my reference, it’s the top photo. The bottom photo shows a pretty good imitation of a parrot dance.