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, […]
NYC Tugboat Race 2012 D
It is a race, and that means there’s a winner, but the race committee decided to have both the first place (left, Lincoln Sea . . . 8000 hp) and second place (right, Meagan Ann . . . 2200 hp)) finishers raise the cup this year because of Meagan Ann‘s lightning speed that allowed her […]
NYC Tugboat Race 2012 C
Here’s to the photographers of the event! We do love it. And here’s to the companies, crews, spectators, and organizers. The sprint is only the start of the event, though. After that, greetings and foto-ops happen, as do carefully calibrated/matched push-offs contests like Vulcan III v. Lincoln Sea or Maurania III v. Quantico Creek or Pegasus […]
NYC Tugboat Race 2012 B
The prizes await the results; that’s executive director of WHC John Doswell on the far left. Here’s the official table. We’ll come back to the trophies and raffle items in part c or d of this series of posts. The next eight fotos come compliments of William Hyman, who positioned himself at the 70th Street […]
NYC Tugboat Race 2012 a
When I posted about the race last year, I recapped the five previous years posts too. See that here for part a and here for part b. The day started early for me; here at 07:01, not knowing I’d see her later in the morning, I passed Weddell Sea in the notch. By 07:47, I was […]
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