Random Tugs 373
Kimberly Poling and barge lie alongside Maritime Gracious for lightering. Eastern Dawn, here pushing a mini barge, continues to work in the sixth boro, with a base over alongside the dormant Evening Tide. Bruce A. travels west in the East River after a job over near Throg’s Neck. I love the “whitewater” on the […]
Random Tugs 383
Anyone know the story of this lobster tug over at Pier 81 Hudson River? Its current name? Discovery Coast was standing by a tank barge at Pier 8 Red Hook. Next pier south, Pier 9, Evening Tide hibernates. I guess it’s not true that all parts of “time and tide wait for no […]
Sixth Boro Details 16
It’s not the best photo maybe, although–hey– it was the golden hour when B. E. Lindholm came into the boro recently. They’ve been working along the east side of Sandy Hook. Some small craft traffic the boro all seasons of the year. I suspect this is going out fishing, but I’m not sure. Daisy Mae […]
Summer Sail 4B
I’ve compartmentalized my photos from the Pioneer sail the other night, in part because in a short two-hour sail there was so much to see. For starters, Stephanie Dann had earlier just rushed eastward and came back with Cornucopia Destiny, a dance partner on her starboard side. I can speculate about this, but I don’t […]
Retro Sixth Boro 44 A
Ten years ago, the lower Manhattan skyline looked quite different. A vessel bringing orange juice from the southern hemisphere was also a smaller one; the 1985 Orange Blossom last sailed into Alang six and a half years ago, and if you don’t know what that means, click on the Alang link. As it turns out, […]
Spring Giddiness 3
Spring means warming temperatures–slowly in the watery realm–and more non-work boats. Fishermen are usually first, but then I watch for the first long-distance sailors or yachters coming to the land reclaimed from snow and ice. In a bit, the harbor will be giddy with seasonal users. I watch the magenta targets on AIS, and here’s […]
Random Tugs 253
Quick post today . . . Bert, Bridgeport, Helen Rhea, Mist, and Tide. I’m eager to see the new Breeze. And closing the post out, it’s Ava with raked spuds! All photos by Will Van dorp, who has irons in the fire today.
Random Tugs 272
Excuse the branches and tendrils reaching out over this dense pack of tugboats: five Bouchard boats plus a Harley behind Denise and a Genesis on the drydock. Crystal Cutler here in profile is heading for the Kills; this photo prompts me to wonder how this wheelhouse “window” configuration has worked out. Stephen B assists Fells […]
Random Tugs 246
Maybe I haven’t been paying attention, but it seems Amy C McAllister‘s been out of the sixth boro a while. May it reflects that I have… A bit later Evening Tide passed, crossing the imaginary line between the ice-encrusted 9 and the WTC1. Amy C left eastbound again . . . Eventually Evening Tide did […]
Weather 11
Here are the previous weather posts. Below . . . that’s easy: it’s a local shower; Evening Tide and Evening Light were in the rain, and I was not, yet. But a half hour later at the opposite end of the KVK, the clouds were truly wild. Is there a word for these conditions? Again, […]
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