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I’ve previously cited the line about eight million stories in the naked city, a reference to a 1948 movie and subsequent TV show. More on all that at the end of this post, but for now, with the sixth boro added in, I’d double that number . . . 16 million stories in the naked […]
St. Clair River Steel Traffic
Pride . . . I wish I’d seen more of her. Harbour Feature would look right at home in the sixth boro . . . . Now that’s a place I’ve not been in a while. James R. Barker . . .heading at us here like a dreadnought . . . At this […]
St. Clair River Wooden Traffic
Why wood? It’s been awhile since I asked that . . . I suppose I should ask why so many wooden runabouts and cruisers suddenly swarmed in the St. Clair, but it was enjoyable. But here is the event, and if you want to get into a wooden boat, as maybe I do, here’s […]
St. Lawrence River Wooden Traffic 1
This post follows on a similar one based on St. Clair River traffic . . here. Would the captain below qualify as a “back seat” driver? He with his attractive runabout was taking part in this event . . . Wood like this truly makes attractive vessels. Zipper is a beaut, as is Glacier Girl. […]
MB 2019 D
This post covers the St. Clair River (in the wee hours) and down to Detroit. If it seems that it’s just a chronological series of photos of the voyage, well . . . yes, that’s what it is, and what’s wrong with that. Can you identify the vessel that we passed between 0415 and 0430? […]
Late Season Lakers 2
Because of a cold brisk wind, I shot some of these through glass, which is never a good idea. But looking at this set, taken between Belle Isle and Sarnia, illustrate the variety of lakers, all in a context of not a single recreational vessel, something you’d never see in summer. Select info from […]
1934 Motor Lifeboat Odyssey 3
A challenge in documenting your own travel is getting photos of yourself. On land, you can of course use the time delay feature and position your camera and yourself for a shot. On the water that’s not so easy. Drones make those shots available, but drones have not yet been adopted so widely. I’ve been […]
Finished with Engines 2021
The year is in its last hours, and these vessels saw their last hours in this year as well. Of course, this is a subjective list, made up of mostly photos I’ve taken over the years of sixth boro and Great Lakes vessels. This list is not definitive. If you know of others, you might […]
12 Lakers a
To start, these are boats, I’m told, not ships. I first saw the type as a kid, reading a book that made an impression and crossing the St Lawrence on the way to the grandparents’ farm. I’ve posted Great Lakes photos a fair number of times in the past few years, so I continue CYPHER […]
GWA7: negotiating the straits of Erie
“Motor city” is another name for Detroit, but “detroit” is only part of the name for the waterway given by the French explorer Cadillac when he led the first Europeans to settle “Fort Pontchartrain du Detroit” on a bank of “le détroit du lac Érié,” the strait of Lake Erie), linking Lake Huron and Lake […]
tugster: a waterblog 