Retro Sixth Boro 57
All these photos were taken in the second half of January 2013. This 1973 livestock carrier Falconia was in the Brooklyn Navy Yard getting some work done. I’d love to see a cargo layout for the vessel. Also, just back from the foremast, those are large bales of either hay or straw for the livestock. […]
Truckster! 22
Summer gallivants, mine and those of others, have lots of pleasures, but one of them has to be to see the old trucks gathering more rust than dust. Attempts might be made to stave off the effects, but they are enough of a joy to look at, even if they don’t run, that I’m willing […]
Retro Sixth Boro 39
Grey Shark assisted out of the Kills by Catherine C. Miller. Catherine is still working, but Grey Shark has not moved from its berth in Las Caleras DR in almost three and a half years, so it’s safe to assume she won’t be calling in NYC’s sixth boro any more. By the way, July 2011 […]
RORO Variation
In the continuing project of posting a sampling of the variety of vessels calling in the sixth boro, here’s a variation on the RORO profile. Click here to see the many previous RORO posts. Several minutes before I took this photo, I saw it and couldn’t quite understand what I was seeing. It’s about […]
Random Ships 57
Here are dozens of previous posts in this series. I put this one up today specifically in response to a comment by a dear friend Rembert, who commented here about the apparent high center of gravity on American tugboats. Mein Schiff 6, which is 969′ x 139′, appears to be quite “tall” but largely because of […]
Checking Back 2015 a
Here’s what I did two years ago. And here’s what I did last year. This time I’ll do it differently, as post –more or less but close–the first and last photo I took each month, starting below with Buchanan I entering the Narrows on January 1 not long after sunrise. And I won’t mention each date, […]
Random Ships 36
How many more folks in the cold first months of 2015 would have slipped on walkways or skidded off roadways had it not been for our annual salt infusion? Spar Spica is the most recent vessel emptied here. How many old trucks and cars have a second life in the Caribbean islands because of this […]
Really Random Tugs 28
This is the series with tugs from all over. So let’s start in Miami last month with photos by John “Jed” Jedrlinic. Miss Niz was in the sixth boro some time back. Also from Jed . . .it’s Akashi Maru in Yokohama, 2008. He has more photos of Japanese tugboats. Darrin Rice sent along this photo […]
Solstice Mermaid Migration 2015
Deer do it. So do . . . whales, dragonflies, eels, and more . But the annual mermaid migration, I find, is as magical to me as it is to the young girl watching for the first time, taking photos, and one of the princesses of the sea came over and blew some sparkles all […]
Other Watersheds 15
Quick . . . name the fourth largest port in Florida? The answer is here. And I’ve long wanted to visit it, and my our good fortune is that recently friends–Allan and Sally–who are excellent photographers did, and here are some they share. Click here for a photo of Cangarda they took and here for some […]
tugster: a waterblog 