Yachts Velocita Massima
What interested me in this incoming vessel was its fleet: Spliethoff, and the name–Dijksgracht–makes her a D-type. Her D-type fleetmates can be found here. As to cargo, I imagined she might be bringing wood pulp. But when she came into view, another secret was revealed: she had a deckload of yachts on a voyage that […]
Whatzit 43
Sorry about the washout colors below; what happened was the dawn light was intermittently too bright or dull, as winds washed clouds across the sky. Nevertheless, I headed out because I saw a Spliethoff vessel in the offing, heading into the sixth boro. Painted a unique copper brown, Spliethoff vessels all have names ending in -gracht, […]
Cows in CATS
No, I’m not switching over to other folks’ fotos, but I just read a story that I can’t pass up on. I can’t wait until I find time to gallivant up to Eastport, Maine, for the next shipment of cows in CATS. Eastport has suddenly called me, really loud. Like MOO! Pregnant Moo at that. […]
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