Retro Sixth Boro 18
Let’s go back to September 2009. CMA CGM Marlin, launched 2007, was the standard size back then . . . The 5092-teu vessel has since been scrapped, after only nine years of service!! Over a dozen sailing barges came to NYC to sail in New York waters in commemoration of the 400th anniversary of the […]
Bikester 6 Palatine Bridge to Schenectady
Palatine Bridge is where the lodging was, but the trail runs on the south side here, so when I departed at a bit past 0700, I needed to cross back to the Canajoharie side and then head east. In the middle of the river/canal, a boat heads east as well, to get out of the […]
Retro Sixth Boro 14
I hope you all are enjoying these glances back a decade as much as I enjoy putting them together. If you weren’t paying attention back then, this hints at how much the traffic in the harbor has changed, just as it has on the roads. If you were watching back in spring 2009, you might […]
Virtual Erie Canal 3: Crescent Lake to Rotterdam
After we leave E-6, Crescent Lake lies ahead of us. Actually it’s an impoundment of the Mohawk behind the power dam and the flight. Off to port are hazard buoys, demarcating the Mohawk flow that would take you over Crescent Dam and Cohoes Falls, mentioned in the previous post. To avoid confusion, note that the […]
From “Jacht” to Yacht
You’ve seen Onrust on this blog many times even before she floated. Click on the link that follows for the time she flew through then air in transition to taking the waters for the first time. “Jacht“, the term, originates from the Dutch word for hunt. The “j” in jacht is pronounced like the English “y” […]
NL4
Being in the low countries, I thought I’d ask around if meow man–certainly a sixth boro staple– had ever made an appearance. And I thought I’d ask in places where I stood a chance to get a response. Like Lelystad, a city of over 75,000 people at 10 feet below sea level. My “Hey there. […]
Waterford Tugboat Roundup 2015 b
It’s been a few years since Lehigh Valley 79 was there, but David Sharps added a new feature to the parade–a brassy salute to each vessel that passed for review. And what a potpourri of vessels that was! Folks who from Monday to Friday work on precision instruments indoors . . . […]
Inside Out
Given the hold shots from Wavertree in yesterday’s post, can you guess the vessels? Answers at the end of this post. While under construction . . . looking aft. During dormancy and along the port side looking aft? During restoration and looking aft . . . . During rejuvenation and looking forward . . . […]
More Sixth Boro Fifth Dimension c
Up, up, and in. All new builds follow the same arc, even though the details differ. Check out the splash of Onrust here over a half decade back. Here’s how the water came up to meet Pegasus back five years ago. To finish the dory, there’s a trip through the Kills and across Raritan Bay […]
Canal Barges
This photo was taken in late spring 2009. Onrust had been splashed just a day or two before, as recorded in post 1 here and then 2 here. But look over to the right side of the photo, the two bollards on squarish platforms in the water. These. Well, at summer pool . . […]
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