Polling has not yet ended, the clock goes on for two more days now, since I got a bunch of votes last night. With all certainty, though, polls will close on December 21 . . . earlier if two days elapse without a single new vote. Your votes and suggestions –in comments and in emails–have already influenced the design of the calendar.
Many thanks to David Silver for this photo . . . can you guess where it was taken?
You might want to see where previous photos shared by David Silver were taken here. You can find the answer at the end of this post.
While you’re trying to figure out the answer using the title and the night pics, have a look at the project of converting a Responder class OSRV into a new Sandy Hook Pilots “mothership”.
For a complete Marine Spill Response Corporation (MSRC) equipment list, click here.
As I understand it, Maine Responder was sold out of MSRC because it was considered excess. Maybe someone can confirm that.
Here’s the wheels.
Have you guessed where David took the top picture? The answer is . . . Elizabethport, NJ. In the darkness are three exquisite exotics: Regulus, Kelly Ann Candies, and Highland Eagle. Kelly Ann came into the sixth boro yesterday just before dark, but it was so foggy in the Narrows that in the 500′ or so visibility she was as invisible to someone there as she’d be 500 miles at sea. And then, she left before good light this morning. I caught Kelly Ann entering Guanabara Bay almost six years ago. Regulus I caught in Bayonne earlier this fall, and Highland Eagle I caught in northern Lake Huron this summer, where she was doing some sounding work.
Many thanks to David for this photo. The others by Will Van Dorp, who is eager to see how the ex-Maine Responder evolves.
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December 15, 2019 at 1:26 pm
Brian
Yes MSRC has been selling off, repourpose or scrapping assets deemed not necessary. As the equipment ages the cost to maintain is growing and budgets are shrinking.
December 15, 2019 at 1:28 pm
Brian
The Ex Maine Responder will be replacing one of the pilot ships.
December 15, 2019 at 3:17 pm
ws
Wothington’s Mop Cat Skimmers, circa 1970’s Alas No customers,
Instead, The spillers hired unctuous lawyers..
December 15, 2019 at 4:09 pm
Rob
Foreign oil imports to Montreal thru Portland stopped a few years ago, replaced by oil from western Canada. I believe that is what made MSRC remove the ship from Portland.