Non-Random Tugs 11
It’s been over 12 years that this boat has had this appearance; before then, it was orange. Ten years ago, this one was green. I must admit I’ve gotten used to seeing them both in Donjon blue, and they look great. A year ago, this boat had not yet entered the state of New York, […]
Retro Sixth Boro 53
Alaska has the Iditarod, Quebec City has the ice canoe races, Honobia OK has the Bigfoot 5K and there’s still time to make plans to get there. And sometimes, the sixth boro (and lots of other waterway cities) has tugboat races. Enjoy this smattering of photos from Sept 2, 2012. As often is the case, […]
Finished with Engines 2021
The year is in its last hours, and these vessels saw their last hours in this year as well. Of course, this is a subjective list, made up of mostly photos I’ve taken over the years of sixth boro and Great Lakes vessels. This list is not definitive. If you know of others, you might […]
Hudson River Tugboat Race 1952 continued
I love it when followup appears, especially when I don’t expect it. Like this . . . over three years ago, I did this post about the 1952 race. Much later . . a little over a month ago, this comment from Robert Sullivan registered on the blog: “great article. my grandfather –R. Sullivan–was the […]
Sixth Boro Fifth Dimension Search
Sixth boro fifth dimension posts are about vintage NYC harbor shipping culture photos. This very welcome photo I received from frequent commenter/researcher William Lafferty. This should be an easy question for many of you: where was this photo taken? Here’s what William says about the photo above: “You don’t see classic New York harbor steam […]
Hudson River Tugboat Race 1952
The race took place exactly 60 years ago today, and megathanks and superkudos to Harold Tartell for finding fotos of more than half of the boats involved in the race. Top Class A (over 1250 hp) finisher was Reading Lines Shamokin. Second was Barbara Moran. No foto found yet of third place Socony 11, but […]
Meanwhile . . . in the Sixth Boro n Beyond
Many thanks to Paul Strubeck for this foto of a preserved “results report” he has . . . from a 60-year-old typewriter! A week from today Working Harbor Committee is sponsoring a great event they call the 20th annual North River Tugboat Race, but clearly there have been more than 19 prior races involving […]
tugster: a waterblog 