High and Dry 12
Since starting the blog, I’ve noticed constant change in the sixth boro, shorelines of the five boros and NJ, and a few other places I get to repeatedly. For example, a year and a half ago Bayonne Dry Dock added their marine travel lift, and anyone looking in that direction gets treated to a rotation […]
High and Dry 11
Numbers are hard to keep straight, but I think we’re up to 11 in this series. The most relevant preceding post would be “High and Dry 8” here. Yesterday I think I caught Saint Emilion getting hauled, with quite a few folks looking on, although maybe that number of folks is standard. Doing the honors […]
High and Dry: Caddells 4
The “4” here refers to the dry dock, not the fourth post in this series. The last post on Caddell was Something Different 57. And in the “high and dry” series, this would be number 11. I’m just trying to anchor this post in the previous body of work. Also, I believe this dry dock […]
Tugboat Roundup 2007-2010
I first went to the Roundup in 2007. Here are some photos. National as for sale that year. W. O. Decker is an almost-regular attendee. Cheyenne, also a regular, was red then. Since it’s currently working out of Wisconsin, I doubt she’ll ever be back. Here are some photos from 2007: fleetmates Margot and Benjamin […]
Sixth Boro Details 12
Here are previous posts in the series. Look closely at the image of William F. Fallon Jr. below; something is unusual there. Note that Bluefin below is juxtaposed with the Whale on shore. The Whale might be an interesting location to visit someday. Bayonne Drydock has Schuylkill high and dry and Go Discovery along the […]
High and Dry 10
Here are previous posts in this series. Other titles with the word hulls can be found here. I’ve taken all these photos since the start of 2019. The one below is a leap forward: that’s my first view of the 1912 hull of the oft-mentioned tug I know as Grouper. This might be the year […]
Random Tugs 366
I’ve mentioned before that I’m always looking for novelty. Here’s one, new to me at least, the 4400 hp Chincoteague with Double Skin 802. I’d love to get closer-up pics one of these days. Nicole Leigh Reinauer, a 7200 hp beauty twenty years almost senior, passes Chincoteague on her way to rejoin her barge, RTC […]
Random Tugs 351
The red upper wheelhouse is no more, although I’m not certain what new paint scheme will evolve, or when Evening Star will become Jordan Rose, as Evening Breeze became Susan Rose. Follow this transformation we will. Ellen transformed from Navy gray to McAllister colors 20 years ago. Atlantic Salvor has worn Donjon blue–almost the same […]
Something Different 57
Here’s a mystery, a 1919 UK-built tug named G. W. Rogers that sank in Rensselaer in December 1987. Click on the photo itself to get more info. The mystery is this: which floating crane raised it and what became of it later? Next mystery: what became of the wooden floating drydock that used to be […]
Random Tugs 296
The sixth boro, like any location, offers infinite perspectives, compounded by equally countless nuance of season, hour, weather, and activity variation. This view of Kimberly in the stalls at Caddells the other day differs considerably from the dynamic ones of the past 18 months. Just a few days different but quite different location and atmospherics […]
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