RetroJune 2012-16
It’s hard settling back into the blog after being in steamy alligatorland for most of the month, and didn’t even expect to be suddenly back. So my solution, the ether in my air intake, so to speak, is to just somewhat randomly choose and post photos I took in Junes from 2012 through 2016. Starting […]
Christmas Eve 2020
Having seen the forecast for December 25, I did my watch on Christmas eve. These are the latest sunrises of the entire cycle . . . photo taken around 0745, and the sky was still reddish and offering very little light. Fort McHenry and survey boat Christina cross. Yes, Christina . . . namesake you […]
Random Tugs 316
Bobbie Ann departs the sixth boro with some GLDD equipment. Little did I know at the time that Bobbie Ann had left the sixth boro a decade ago, then as Vera K. Ernest Campbell wrestles along a double hull bunker barge. I wonder why the Centerline Logistics lion has not yet been added to her […]
Laissez Les Merrily Merry Temps Rouler
A truly unique take on the the elf and his conveyance towed by three reingators comes from Louisiana. I’ve read here that the lead gator is called Rouxdolf. Those reingators will need some bonfires to guide their way through the bayou. Bravo Morgan City, and from Emily Ann off Sandy Hook as seen only from […]
Unusual Tow 2
I’ve seen unusual tows before 2019, but it was only then that I started counting. I’ll add links to previous unusual tows at the end of this post. So where’s the tow? It’s (l to r) Mary Alice, Laura Maersk, and Emily Ann, all behind Atlantic Enterprise. The story is simple if unfortunate . . […]
1964 Sixth Boro b
In continuing reportage from Steve Munoz: “On Sunday, July 12th, 1964, my family sailed out of Paerdegat Basin in Jamaica Bay on the Evelyn Mae (below) and arrived at the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, still under construction and not to be opened until late November [1964]. Throughout that afternoon we drifted and steadily rolled in a southeast […]
Wavertree Returns 1
Almost exactly 16 months ago, Wavertree left Pier 16 for a lot of work at Caddell Dry Dock. Here was my set of photos from that day, and here, subsequent ones at several month intervals. Yesterday she made way, back to Pier 16. Here’s looking back west. Compare the photo below with the third […]
Wavertree Returns 2
Who else greeted Wavertree on the rest of the way home? John J. Harvey is always in on celebrations. Lettie G. Howard was there, as was the helicopter. Feehan presented herself on the far side of Rae. Pioneer accounted for herself with crew in the crosstrees. Pioneer and Lettie teamed up at times. Wire showed up. New York Harbor School […]
Tall Ships Challenge 2017
and they skip the sixth boro…. They were in New London some years back and here too . . ., but 2017 has gone from Charleston to Bermuda, and from there to Boston, Quebec City and Halifax . . . All these photos come compliments of Sean McQuilken… And in order, it’s Libertad, who once […]
Random Tugs 191
I love the clear air of winter days, better to see details, like the horizontally mounted ladder and all the trucks in the background moving containers at the Global Terminal. See how many trucks, i.e., tractors, you count in this post. And more trucks, as Erin McAllister stands by. Again, see the trucks, as Scott […]
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