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Today was my first chance to get a closeup of the “blonde,” aka Rubia. I have wondered about the name since it was first given.
Formerly Denise A. Bouchard, Rubia just came off the Sound and
she pushed a frosty UMS 284.
Aside from the lion logo,
she’s a uniform blanched out white.
All photos, this morning, WVD, who will get back to the Albert Gayer photos soon.
Thanks for sending photos along. Capt. Jack Aubrey sent this along from Baltimore. He says, “The ship name and the assembled team almost looks set up. L to R: Eric, Timothy and Bridget McAllister.”
It really does. I’ll bet Pretty Team could travel all the English-speaking ports of the world and highlight all the great and pretty teams. At the moment, she’s still looking to pose with more teams in Baltimore.
Given the cold weather today, Tim Powell sent along these next photos from near Ottawa IL, midpoint on the Illinois River between Chicago and Peoria. Tim writes: “Once again I had the opportunity to serve my beloved transportation industry. On 01/05/2022 we delivered a load to the towboat MV Brian Napack. B&M Midstream is a full service family owned company. It was a chilly 10 degrees on the Illinois River in Ottawa Ill, with a 20 to 30 mph wind.”
When they receive an order, B&M Midstream goes to the nearest boat ramp, launches the boat,
comes in alongside,
transfers the supplies,
and then hauls the supply boat back onto the trailer. I guess the windows would clear once it warmed up, but the internet tells me it’s about that same temperature in that part of the Illinois River today.
And finally, Capt. Tony A caught Susan Rose –ex-Evening Breeze–the other days, and a bit later,
he caught J. George Betz in mid-paint transformation to Betz the Centerline boat. Watch for the lion to go on the stack.
Many thanks to Tony, Tim, and Jack for sharing these photos. I’ll keep my eyes open for more Pretty ships. Here‘s another one.
Two separate parties sent me this article from the LA Times. With a title including the phrase “humble tugboat,” I was interested but not prepared for the fantastic photos. Thx John and George. Enjoy. Meanwhile, here are some more of my recent photos.
James D. Moran assisting on a towline above and Robert Weeks leaving the fuel dock below,
Andrea walled off from her barge above and Sarah Ann light below,
Gregg McAllister returning to base and Pegasus heading to work,
A light William Brewster and an equally light Daisy Mae,
Mackenzie Rose and Philadelphia, and
to close out this installment . . . Kimberly Turecamo assisting a ULCV.
All photos, WVD, who never associated the adjective “humble” with tugboats or their operators, and that’s not a bad thing.
If you’re new to this blog (or even if you are not), I’m always looking for photos from other people and places, especially, tugboats seen in South America, Asia, Oceania, and Australia.
Snow is the norm in January in the sixth boro, and we’ve just had unusual weather. On January 2, I was splitting NY wood wearing a t-shirt in the balmy almost 60 degrees.
As you may have guessed, I slipped my noon deadline today because I wanted some evidence of the normal snow accumulation that happened overnight.
Enjoy the results.
Decks are cleared, but snow blown into the outside of the bulwarks is just decorative.
Docklines and footing DO need to be cleared so that
operations proceed with safety.
If you’re not accustomed to this weather, you may not appreciate how unpleasant this pretty stuff can be,
especially if, as I hadn’t, you’ve not waterproofed your boots. Wearing the right clothes and footwear, helps you stay warm and safe.
Bollard pull remains the same, a little snow notwithstanding.
All photos today, WVD.
Consider this to be in the spirit of Dawn 2021. I wasn’t there at dawn because the ship I wanted to catch–CMA CGM Von Humboldt–departed in the 0’darks, but I arrived a bit later, cold notwithstanding.
The first tugboat I photographed in 2022 was Zeus! Truth be told, her profile against the Raritan highlands was unmistakeable, but I was a half hour too late for a better shot; I hadn’t expected a traffic tie-up. She’s headed for Hampton Roads and beyond.
The second and third are Bruce A. McAllister and
Ava M, going to the Narrows to see someone about a ship
Next it was Brendan Turecamo assisting a Liberian-flagged tanker, Horizon Thetis. If you want some interesting origin stories, check a mythology text about the relationship between Zeus and Thetis.
Chemical Petrochemical Trader with Brownsville as the prime mover was next.
A while later Bruce A and
and Ava M came in with their catch, Ever Far. I’ll put up more photos of this new Ever F-class vessel later.
And finally, it’s my first view ever of Centerline’s Rubia, ex-Denise A. Bouchard. If you look closely, you can see Centerline’s lion on the stack. And the name Rubia . . . that’s Spanish for “blonde”… hmmm; it looks more platinum to me.
All photos, January 4, 2022, WVD, who finds it interesting what cold, clear winter temperatures do to photos.
Over in Stapleton only one Bouchard tugboat remains.
That was true when last I looked, which was last week. Jane A. is no longer where I saw it, outside the dry dock in Bayonne.
Evelyn Cutler was hauled out on the MOTBY peninsula.
Barry Silverton was headed south past the CNJRR Terminal.
Atlantic Enterprise crawled slowly across the Upper Bay.
All photos, WVD, who hopes to return to the boro at some point this week.
You might have known that I had the good fortune to gallivant most of last week, and it’s tough to gallivant without recording some images. I took several hundred photos, and not only of boats and ships. As with infants, humans in unfamiliar places detect patterns, familiar details.
Pattern recognition kicked in when I glanced across the Mississippi toward the Algiers side and saw Bouchard colors, although a little digging yielded info that Robert J. Bouchard, name notwithstanding, is now a Centerline Logistics vessel. I suppose she’ll be painted soon. Robert J. has worked in the sixth boro, but the most recent time she appeared on this blog was over 12 years ago here.
Dann Ocean colors are also familiar, but the profile is as well. Rodney is one of several formerly Moran boats dating from class of 1975. Rodney at one time was Sheila Moran. Of that same class, Moran’s Heide is now Dann Ocean’s Helen and Moran’s Joan is now Dann Ocean’s Roseada. There may be others I’m unaware of, like the barge Carolina.
“Diaspora” refers to those who depart from a location, and they should be distinguished from the incoming (I’m wondering if there’s a word for them more general than immigrant) . And as I understand it, Courageous, downbound here a few days ago on the Mississippi, was on its delivery and will be arriving in the sixth boro early this week, maybe today. I didn’t notice her on AIS, but FB reports her departing Charleston SC for the sixth boro yesterday, Sunday. She’s sister vessel to Commodore, involved in a mishap this past summer.
I’d never have guessed that Crescent’s Miriam Walmsley Cooper had a sixth boro connection, but a little digging shows the 1958 boat once worked in the boro as Harry M. Archer M. D., an FDNY boat. Anyone have a photo of her in FDNY colors? Was she single screw already then?
I saw a pattern in the photo below because another formerly huge Bouchard tug saw transformation in the same drydock, Donna J. Bouchard to Centerline’s Robin Marie.
As it turned out, this was the former Kim M. Bouchard, now to be Lynn M. Rose. Her eventual appearance will match Susan Rose.
And it appears that next in line for rehab and transformation, Robert J. will become a Centerline vessel as well.
All photos last week, WVD, who is happy to be back in the boros, any of the six.
Gallivants are intended to stimulate change, a path forward for which I’m seeking. How strange it was then when I exchanged business cards with a Nola gentleman yesterday and his card was in the form of a Tarot card; it was Death, the Grim Reaper signifying imminent major change in one’s life. The old has to die for rebirth to be possible, like with plants.
Speaking of change, the calendar year too is about to change and in preparation, I recently created a 2022 calendars, of which 15 are left for sale. I’m expecting the shipment will arrive at Tugster Tower shipping office today. More details later but if you’re interested, email me your interest and your address. Send no money at this time, please, but prices will likely be up a tad because, of course, (fill in the blank here with your favorite scapegoat).
Unrelated: Grain de Sail is back in the boro, their third time calling here in less than a year.
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Here’s one that got away: the tug to the right is the 1975 Mary Emma, ex-Evening Light. I’d been waiting in St George hoping she’d move from Mariner’s Harbor eastbound. Finally I gave up and boarded the ferry. Partway to Whitehall, I noticed she was headed east, right past where I’d been. Once in Whitehall I boarded the next ferry south, hoping to get photos near the St George side. It’s not a great shot and it would have been if only I’d stayed put . . . but life is full of as many missed opportunities as fulfilled ones.
Sarah Dann (1983) recently made a big move of a crane from Wisconsin to Maine, a longer trip by water than by land. Two years ago, she made another long tow with components for a refinery.
Franklin Reinauer (1984) has been based in the boro and carried that name since she came out of the shipyard.
Osprey (1961) is a recent newcomer to the sixth boro.
Christian Reinauer (2001) is the most powerful of this batch, with 7200 hp moving her payload.
A year ago Eastern Dawn (1978) was still painted white.
Andrea (1999) came here without the upper wheelhouse.
Thomas D. Witte (1961) and James E. Brown (2015) pass each other in the Back Channel.
Diane B (1980) seemed to drift through this part of the channel the other day.
And finally, I believe, Morton S. Bouchard IV (2004) is the only remaining Bouchard tugboat over at the stack in Stapleton. When will her transformation to Jesse Rose begin?
All photos, WVD, who has left the boro for a while.
By the way, a few days ago I made up some 2022 calendars, of which 17 are left for sale. I used a subjective process for selection this time. More details later but if you’re interested, email me your interest and your address. Send no money at this time, please, but prices will likely be up a tad because, of course, politics.
I hope you’re enjoying the morning light as much as I am. The first four shots here were all from roughly the same location. I took this one of Seeley first with the sun mostly behind me, and
then the next three with the sun on my right side.
The lower 40s temperatures make sea smoke on the warmer water.
Then I headed down to Conference House in Tottenville in time to catch
Atlantic Salvor connect with a dredge spoils scow to take to the HARS for dumping.
That’s Great Beds Light, named for the oysters that once thrived there.
While waiting for something that never appeared or happened–I seem to do that a lot, said I to my “wise person”–I had an unexpected treat. I told my wise person that too, that a plus of waiting for nought is that often what you really need but didn’t know you needed often comes by. But I digress.
This is the first appearance of 1977 West Coast Kodiak on this blog; there’s also a 1981 Alabama-built tug by that name. This Kodiak was built in Long Beach CA.
Heading out to assist Atlantic Salvor with that scow, she passed in front of this surprising terrain over along the south shore of Raritan Bay.
All photos, WVD, who needs a wise person now and then.
Happy 31st, aka Halloween, World Savings Day, Day of Seven Billion, National Candy Apple Day, Annual visit a cemetery or graveyard day . . . and more. If you need suggestions for a graveyard, consider this one. And just yesterday, I learned of this one and this one. Who knew?!!? Want to revisit a tugster ghost post?
For this post, there’s a quiz. The first part is … name the oldest and newest boat here. The second part … identify the only two boats here NOT built in Louisiana. Of course, building is one thing, and designing is another.
All photos taken this October. Susan Miller,
Miriam Moran and Pegasus,
Andrea,
Gregg McAllister,
Robert IV,
Buchanan 12,
Navigator,
Robert Burton,
Shawn Miller,
Pearl Coast,
Miss Ila,
Mary Turecamo,
and the always seasonal Kimberly Turecamo.
There you have it . . . And I’ll give the answers tomorrow.
And my question is . . . who is Miss Ila‘s namesake and what do you call that shade of red?
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