Government Boats 57
I have to go back over 14 years to find the previous appearance of Tybee on this blog. Is she still based in Woods Hole? Has she been here and I just missed it? I can’t say. I would say she rolls . . . The groupbrain internet says she’s still based in Woods Hole, […]
Retro Sixth Boro 44 B
That vessel in yesterday’s post was the 1983 Curaçao-flagged Mighty Servant 1, a semisubmersible heavy lift ship that hung around the sixth boro for much of December 2011. As of this posting, Mighty Servant 1 is traveling between Shanghai and Singapore. “Semisubmersible” in this case means she can ballast herself so that large and heavy […]
Small Craft 28
So in a recent post, you had a glimpse of this small craft, which I initially thought was a fishing boat. I know how addictive fishing can be, since I used to ice fish and canoe fish. But it turned out to be Lynn, a Ken‘s boat, used for line and boom handling. I’d not […]
Don’t Swing that Thing
A few weeks ago, I noticed the orange structures, comfort stations for the workers at the VZ Bridge. Given the ladders from the underside of the roadbed to the orange privy, I wondered how long it would take for a bathroom break. Some days later, I was social distancing inmy car and noticed Gabby […]
Random Tugs 277
Today it’s all light, technically. Other than that, this set is all sizes, all ages, all powers, and all shapes. Let’s start with Gabby L., built in 2007 (?), 25.9′ x 13.7′, and rated as 660 hp. Comparing that, check out Genesis Vigilant, which I first met as Michigan Service, (same order of numbers) 1981, […]
Winds of November 2
I didn’t hear any wind speeds for yesterday, but it was blowing . . . winds of November according to the date, but fortunately not a November witch. Chem Wolverine scudded through the Bay, Kings Point went on with her routine, Gabby Miller returned to home base, Joyce aimed for the Kills, Mister T slung […]
First of a New Class: Big Lizzie
Her first steel was laid down almost a decade ago, and here she is pirouetting for New Yorkers. Carriers tend to have these offset superstructures. I wonder how it feels to be far-to-starboard in rough seas. To see the commander in his seat of power, click here. This ship was christened with a bottle of […]
Random Tugs 232
Let’s start here as a quiz. Name that tug? Answer follows. The blurriness is a clue to the vintage . . . of the photo. More oldies at the end of this post. Here’s an unusual treatment of name boards. Can anyone clarify why the 6140 hp J. George Betz is the only Bouchard boat wit […]
Two Hours on the KVK 4 a
I’ve mentioned Heraclitus before here . . . he’s the guy credited with observing that you never step into the same river twice. It’s certainly true about going to a the Kills with a camera. Take Saddleback . . . never seen it before I thought . . . although on longer reflection, yes I […]
Sixth Boro Summer 4
As I went to one of my locations Thursday, I saw this tow headed up the Upper Bay toward Bayonne, and lamented being too late. I knew it was one of the new DSNY garbage cranes recently being deployed to new marine transfer stations in Manhattan & SW Brooklyn… Panning slightly to the right, a […]
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