And that’s not some sports scores. This is a set of photos from a two-day run from Sylvan Beach to Waterford, locks E22 to E2.
A chart identifies locations along the Canal that are just ghosts, absences now like “USAF oil docks”
rather than presences.
Eyes outside though show presences, lots of small boats, very small like
these sculls on the summit level.
We squeeze through the guard gate just west of Rome, where
Captain Jack Graham passed us, passing the entry point of the Mohawk River into the Canal, the same area marked by the chart capture above.
Recreational boats were out on this Sunday morning, and
work boats BB 121 and BB 57 stayed tied up. I don’t know the number of the one of the bank where, a year ago, we would have seen the now-Sound-submerged T7.
Thistle passed, a Newport boat,
as did this one, name unknown.
Tender #2 (T2) is tied up until Monday in the Utica area,
west of lock E18.
Shooting Star seems an unlikely vessel to have come up from Peekskill.
Steeling’ Away is a classic small cabin cruiser I’d guess from the 1950s, the time of two-tone cars. Anyone know the manufacturer?
In some thick fog above E10, it’s BB 107.
Below E09, it’s the bateaux of Mabee Farm, the oldest house in the Mohawk Valley.
Scotty waits with a scow below E07.
And below 3/5s of the flight, it’s Tender #3
and at Hudson River level, it’s Riverkeeper.
Photo #6 (of GM) by Bob Graham. All other by Will Van Dorp, who at this point is almost home.
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September 25, 2018 at 1:09 pm
George Schneider
Now you’ve got my attention. SHOOTING STAR is a former Navy 26-foot motor whaleboat, just documented this year (ON 1285255). She was originally 26MW8507, completed in 1987 by Techincal Fiberglass of Clayton New York. She was assigned to the aircraft carrier USS SARATOGA (CV 60) until she was decommissioned in 1994. She remained in stock until 1997, and I don’t have any record of the Navy selling her after that, so most likely she was transferred or donated to some other organization and only recently sold to private interests. Her owners show as the Trinity Cruise Company of Peekskill.
September 26, 2018 at 1:10 pm
tugster
George– I’m always happy when I get your attention. I wonder if Shooting Star is headed for Clayton….
September 25, 2018 at 6:43 pm
Phil Little
“Steelin’ Away” is a Steelcraft 26′ cruiser. See http://www.steelcruisers.com/steelcrafts.html for a brief history of this marque. At the end of the article is, sadly, a flyer for their bankruptcy sale, and it shows this boat, perhaps even the same boat.
September 25, 2018 at 6:51 pm
Phil Little
Followup: In the history above, scroll to bottom and click on Photo Gallery, scroll down and find a photo of Steelin’ Away.
September 25, 2018 at 7:13 pm
tugster
Phil– Thx much.
July 7, 2019 at 12:40 am
tugster
Here’s another comment on the Steelcraft: Steelin Away is a 28 Foot Steelcraft built in West Haven Ct. in 1950 or 1951.