or . . . the final installment from the west side of the Atlantic . . . and I’ll use (what I imagine as) NASA times here, but I’ll modify it from “t-minus” to “U–as in underway” minus and plus.
So, at U minus 53 minutes, there’s a man-basket dangling off the portside.
U minus 48 . . . a crew boat arrives with the pilot.
U minus 37 . . .
the pilot boards Combi-Dock III,
U minus 9, the crew boat, Nicholas Miller, departs . . ., likely off to deliver three technicians departing Combi-Dock III.
Judging from when I first detected “under way – making way” from my vantage point, 1616, the photo below is U plus 11 minutes. Movement at first was barely perceptible, gauged by watching juxtaposition of Peking masts and background features.
U plus 13.
U plus 14. The traffic in the background will welcome me when I leave my station . . . A note on the flags here: the red one (below) is Hamburg’s flag, and the one high in the mast of Peking (next photo below) is that of Stiftung Hamburg Maritim (SHM).
And finally–I shifted my station about a mile to Camp Gateway, Staten Island . . .U plus 21.
All photos by Will Van Dorp.
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July 20, 2017 at 6:31 am
mageb
Thank you for these shots.
July 20, 2017 at 7:18 am
Jota
Thanks for the wonderful photos telling the tale of the start of the transatlantic travel of Peking. She was partner to Wavertree at the South Street Seaport Museum, and Peking’s return to Hamburg will give that city a chance to learn some of their maritime history. Meanwhile, the New York Seaport Museum is an under appreciated gem
July 20, 2017 at 7:19 am
Spinaway C
Thanks for the final photos, will still keep watching your posts though.
July 20, 2017 at 7:45 am
Renee Stanley
Godspeed, Peking! Thank you for fueling decades of sea-dreams for land-bound New Yorkers!
July 20, 2017 at 7:51 am
tugster
Amen, Renee. There are likely millions of folks with photos in their albums featuring them posing in front of Peking. I’ve seen many many groups of Asian tourists posing for group shots by the bow below the name Peking there. And I hope to visit her in Hamburg in a year or so, like seeing a relative.
July 20, 2017 at 11:11 am
Hans Christoph Stempel
Thank you for the great photos! I am excited to see the Peking in Hamburg! At her arrival (hopefully next week) I will be accompanying her from Combi Dock III to the shipyard.
July 20, 2017 at 11:40 am
Ferryman Glen
Will, I also am grateful to you for not only this post of the Peking saga but for your entire Blog as well. I wonder how this transfer might have been done without a ship such as Combi III having been invented. Is Peking in good enough condition to have been towed across the Pond? Just curious!
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