Fog 24
Brazos is in the sixth boro; I caught her at the east end of Fire Island a few months back here. R/V Shearwater approached, but that’s likely just because Shearwater appears to survey every square millimeter of the sixth boro and beyond. A day later I approached Brazos between the raindrops and from a different […]
Government Boat Surpise
The smaller surprise was to see USCGC Beluga (WPB- 87325) traveling with speed from Sandy Hook into the Upper Bay. I don’t believe I’ve seen Beluga before, although she looks identical to the 70+ Protector class 87′ boats named for marine predators. I didn’t realize that many marine predators existed, although once you start counting […]
Sixth Boro Sampler 2
Some harbors are more varied than others. I’m happy to call the sixth boro home for now. I’d never expect to see Emma Miller come in from “sea” or even in through the Narrows. The weather is quite variable as well. In a singularly unpleasant day, MSC Alicante, Ziyou ( a Tayana 37??), and a […]
Survey Vessel 2
This exact title–sans the number–goes way back to 2007 here. The orange vessel doing surveys in 2007 has been replaced by the one below, which I’d not seen until very recently. The USACE has several survey boats in the boro, as does Rogers. Alpine Ocean has been surveying the harbor and the bight for […]
East River Float-by by JM
JM, that’s John McCluskey, sent along these photos yesterday. I’d planned on doing that same trip yesterday, but time got away from me and today it’s rainy and darker! This shot greatly resembles one of the first set of photos I ever posted on a blog, my very first post. You can see it here. […]
GWA2: Hudson River
I took these photos over a two-day period in late July, traveling the entire 130 miles of the Hudson from the Battery to Troy while on the trip from Narragansett Bay to the “source” of the Chicago River. RV Shearwater here surveys the river/bay; that’s Willy Wall on the horizon left, so the Battery is behind […]
First Hours 2016 b
As was true yesterday, all photos today were taken in the first 12 hours of 2016. For Chatham, the last tug I saw in 2015, the year end/start distinction was likely irrelevant. No doubt the same holiday treats were out in the galley in the wee hours of 2016 as were a few hours before in 2015. From […]
Doing Social 2
Thanks . . . for the social media sourcing of this vessel. Nick Massa sent along these fotos of the Alpine Ocean Seismic Survey vessel Shearwater, which he took in another part of the sixth boro while I was clinging along the edge of Manhattan. Nick does a blog called NYCruiseInfo.com, which I think complements […]
Doing Social 1
Meet Amavisti. I took the foto over in the Buttermilk yesterday. Here’s why I call this post “doing social.” It was reported that Iona McAllister towed Amavisti into the sixth boro last Saturday after the ship had experienced loss of power some hundred miles out. Did anyone get a foto of Amavisti under tow and be willing […]
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