Exotics 7 Redux

Annelie came in from sea yesterday, a new name but not a new tugboat.  I had been excited to see her come in from sea almost six years ago as Elsbeth III, a name that might sound more Latham Smith than Annelie.  June 10 years ago, this tugboat’s bigger sister came into the sixth boro with 20 barges . . . yes, 20 in one tow here.

On a hot June day before showers, a few miles off the Narrows is only as clear as this.

I knew what the tug was from AIS, and as I said above, Annelie ex-Elsbeth III, and that meant the tow could be interesting.

 

 

Of course, the cormorant took a break from eating to check it out.

USACE LD 683 I read, and AIS gave Vicksburg as their starting point, and I’ve been to the USACE facility in Vicksburg.  I’ve not found anything about the crane.

Moritz, a local USACE survey boat, happened to be at the bridge when they entered, but that might have been coincidence.

 

As of this morning, AIS shows Annelie to be in Verplanck.  To be followed.

Here’s a similar tow approaching the Narrows in very different weather and light conditions from just over 10 years ago with a Foss boat and a crane that’s still in the boro looking for a buyer, I suppose.

For an interesting Latham Smith link, click here.   If you read no links in this post except two, read the ones on Smith and Payne.  Annelie is now in the P & L Towing and Transportation fleet started by Beau Payne, Miami River rat.  For more on him,  click here. Rikki S is a P&L boat recently in the boro.