Retro Sixth Boro NYC Tugboat Races 6
It’s hard to believe, but I’ve not been to the Great North River Tugboat Race since 2014, but in normal times, September 5 would see the next race. But we’ve dispensed with the “normal times” concept for the time being. In selecting the batch for this post, I wanted splash, froth, bubbles, and the effervescence […]
Retro Sixth Boro NYC Tugboat Races 5
Call this “thanks to Steve Munoz 20: the 9th Annual North River Tugboat Race September 2, 2001.” As Steve writes, “The tug race on 9/2/2001 was nine days before 9/11/2001. I was on board the tug Janet M McAllister for the race. My son was on board a Seabulk oil tanker docked in Bayonne […]
Retro Sixth Boro NYC Tugboat Races 4
2015 is the last year I saw the race; in the following years I was working and away. But 2015 Labor Day Sunday had beautiful weather. Again, I’m not going to name each; you can read the names either on the boats or in the tags . . . and then match up. And in […]
Retro Sixth Boro NYC Tugboat Races 3
Let’s do 2013 and 2014, or redo them, same conditions as I stated yesterday. But first let’s look at the 2013 crowd, packing in like you wouldn’t with covid. Here was the crowd at 1010 and by 1035 they had grown significantly. The compulsory muster takes place, irrigated by fireboat John J. Harvey. Once the […]
Retro Sixth Boro NYC Tugboat Races 2
I’ll devote a whole post once again to the 2012 races, since I have a lot of photos. What I did was look for the most dramatic or interesting photos and, in some cases, re-edited them. What I didn’t do is go back through the 2012 posts, but you can here if you want. Again, […]
Retro Sixth Boro NYC Tugboat Races 1
Like lots of things, the Great North River Tugboat Race is, as ws said in a comment yesterday, “alas . . . cancelled this year.” So here’s some consolation, ws. . . If you need a dose of racing, you can click here and get all the way back to tugster post 2006, or for […]
Mulberry
Mulberry might have all kinds of associations for you, but given the color and lines of this tugboat, it refers not to the fruit or the children’s song. Mulberry was the code name for the artificial harbors created and transported to French beaches lacking harbor infrastructure to enable the landings at Normandy 70+ years […]
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, […]
Headwaters 6
I’m jumping back to the second half of the first decade of the 21st century. This day when USCGC Eagle was tying up at the old Pier 17, I had no idea why these two tugboats were so similar, no sense that once they were 1967 twins Exxon Empire State and Exxon Garden State. I’d no […]
From the Line Locker 34
This title means odds and ends . . . so this is a post that represents my clearing my decks, or rather desk or electronic folders. Compare the two screen grabs below, first recreational boats filling the Sound but heading for safe haven in advance of Henri last weekend. Monday morning . . . the […]
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