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Here was “pairs in winter 8” from four years ago. The others can be found in the search window. The title started as my attempt to be too clever and parody this Edith Piaf title, which someone else–not me–liked. Number 4 might be my favorite.
Not much to say other than that yesterday morning was quite foggy before the rain started. Eventually I gave up because the fog got too thick, gruelly although not quite peasoup. Fog serves almost as a way to narrow the depth of field; the names of Caroline M and Mount St Elias are clear but farther from them, details drop out.
Ditto Dace with RTC 83 and Silver Dubai,
Bohemia and Doris,
Brian Nicholas and Stephen Dann,
Kirby and Mary,
and the incongruous Gelberman and MSC Lisa.
All photos, any errors, WVD.
Unrelated but interesting: a gray whale off Nantucket!
It’s been over four years since number 13 in this series here. Of course, besides the first measurable snow today in 700ish days, the past week has had some weather highlights as well.
The next eight photos I took in the space of less than one hour, as clouds swirled above and around, rain fell twice, winds gusted, and temperatures plummeted.
Helen might be doing all the work as Mister Jim tags along. Some brightness was trying to break through to the west, but
directly above, the sun was blotted out by a dark cloud over Stephen Dann and Sea Gull. Only five minutes elapsed between the two photos above and the one below.
Less than half an hour later, rain fell over Jersey City and Manhattan, but Robbins Reef Light bathed in sunshine.
Then Manhattan cleared briefly before
a moist veil draped itself back over it,
a veil that then came my way.
All photos, any errors, WVD, who’s doing a presentation on Great Lakes cruising in Port Washington this Friday at noon. Registration is required.
You can type in the search term weather with numbers from 1 to 12 to see all the installments, but weather 11 and weather 3 might be best comparison, from January 2018 and March 2010, respectively.
We’re almost half a month into this year, time for a look at what’s been working the sixth boro. Stephen Dann had a barge alongside NCC Najem. Was that a bunkering op?
Liz Vinik was moving barge Lisa into the Kills.
Name that tug coming in from sea?
It was Bayou Dawn in a Narrows dawn.
Grace McAllister returned to the Kills after seeing a ULCV out.
Genesis Eagle was tied up over by Caddells.
A unit more commonly seen during heating oil season, Mary H was moving barge Patriot.
Here was a seldom seen boat . . .
Caribbean Dawn, in her first appearance on this blog.
All photos, any errors, WVD.
New Year’s dawn interests me much more than old year’s countdown away. These are some sights I saw in the first daylight of 2024.
Integrity and her barge were alongside IMTT; currently they’re Galveston bound and off Cape Hatteras.
Lincoln Sea has already been from IMTT to Providence and is heading back west.
Denali is New England bound as of this posting.
Count the boats here?
I’d say a dozen of more.
Teal Ray was just coming in, and has now
headed out for Tampa.
All photos, any errors, WVD.
Happy dawn of a new year. I’m out seeing the sights of 01012024. A decade ago, Capt Log still ranged, filling tanks wherever beckoned. Now extinct.
Stephanie Dann and Sarah Dann tag teamed these dump barges out into wider water, where
Sarah began her solo tow south.
SS United States already languished then, holding on for a savior.
Elizabeth McAllister, now recycled, passed the anchored Mattea. Mattea became Runner, then Oil Runner, and is now likely recycled as well.
Mary Gellatly became Mackenzie Rose, and will soon arrive in the sixth boro with an interesting tow.
Tuckahoe is currently in Norfolk.
Specialist was looking good but unaware of a sad fate.
McAllister Girls has been scrapped, and Sassafras lives on as George Holland.
Twins works on, and looks as new as the day she launched. January a decade ago was a cold month.
Chesapeake is the new Kristin Poling.
And the big crane first arrived in the boro on January 30, 2014.
I got to my regularly scheduled job late that day because Lauren Foss arrived from SF Bay with the Left Coast Lifter later than expected, and I was not going to miss it. The crane instrumental in the replacement of the bridge at Tappan Zee is still towering over the harbor although finished with her projects. Lauren is at the outer edge of the Salish Sea as of today.
All photos, any errors, WVD. May your year be the best.
The sun was setting when we met Allie B at sea. Click on the link in the previous sentence and you’ll read that’s exactly what I wrote almost a year ago about another encounter with Allie B at sea.
She’s been working on a dredge project the past month or so in the boro, towing dump scows whose registry numbers I don’t know.
Here are her fleet mates and their specs. I might be mistaken, but Dann Ocean has recently been expanding their fleet in both numbers and in the size of their vessels.
When I was early on this journey, I once drove to Quincy to watch Allie B depart for the Black Sea with a tow.
All photos, any errors, WVD.
PS: Did you see that sailboat in one of the photos above? More on that soon.
Random Tugs has been the most frequently used title on this blog. Yet, in 2023, I’ve used it sparingly, as evidenced by the fact that this is only the 11th time I’ve used it this year. Here was the first time in 2023.
No matter. As I said before, it makes me look around. Let’s play it with numbers. Cape Canaveral. 2019. 105′ x 36′. I’m assuming what those numbers mean.
Mount St Elias. 2009. 95′ x 34′.
Charles A. 1979. 86′ x 28′
Ava M McAllister. 2018. 100′ x 40′. Christopher Edward has its own noteworthy specs here. Ditto USNS Red Cloud (T-AKR 313). 1999. and 950′ x 106′ and more here.
Discovery Coast. 2012. 96 x 34
Allie B. 1977. 107′ x 32′.
Mister Jim. 1982 72′ x 26′.
Buchanan 12. 1972. 87′ x 30.
All photos, any errors, WVD.
A few of you have inquired about calendars. Thanks for asking. I have most of the choices made but am waiting to see if I get anything stellar on December 1. PAlternatively, I can choose a photo from December 2022, and I already have that narrowed down to three. Once the calendar is ready, I will certainly let you know.
Here’s a tugboat related story you might have missed involving Sarah Dann, a frequent actor on this blog.
Here are previous installments of this title.
ONE Hawk above and Rana Miller below.
The venerable Twin Tube with Robert Burton below and with Nave Equinox above.
Charles A passes the graving dock where Red Cloud gets a refurbishment,
Maddie K moves some rock.
Ava M and Hayward are on the hard in Bayonne.
And finally, Kristin Poling waits in the anchorage.
All photos, any errors, WVD, who wishes you a thankful week this week, and another next week, etc.
I appreciate photos you all send; they give different perspectives, as is the case below Name that city below?
Allie B has recently been working on a sixth boro dredging project. Allie B first caught my attention back in early 2009 here when she did a tow from coastal Massachusetts to the Black Sea. In the photo below, that’s the northeast side of Staten Island in the distance.
Doris is a regular on this blog, a versatile four-decade + machine. The big crane along the right side is a clue to location here. Said crane will soon have been in the area for an entire decade, having first passed under the VZ Bridge in January 2014, just before the “super bull” athletic event.
Emily Ann has worked for Donjon for just over a decade now. Before that, she worked as Solomon Sea. Before that she was Brandon C. and Diane E. Roehrig. And before that . . . well, I loved this blog comment I received about her as Cabo Rojo.
Resolute here gives an assist to Mount St Elias. Resolute first appeared on this blog here. The first appearance of Mount St Elias might be here.
Elk River here tops off the tanks on Anthem. I’m shocked to see Elk River is already pushing 15 years! Anthem is a bit newer than Elk River.
All photos from Kaptein Navnløsk. Any errors, WVD.
Top photo was taken on the Delaware River.
Let’s wake up this . . . the longest series on this blog. At very first cooperative light, Topaz Coast passed.
Mary Turecamo headed out to a job.
Nothing shows the satin finish on this tugboat, like the satin finish on this fleet.
Jill Reinauer had a mission with RTC 28.
Stephen Dann appeared to be positioning, or repositioning.
It was time for Cape Fear
as well as Philadelphia to harness up.
Margaret had a job to get to,
as did Lightning.
And Pegasus, likely returning from a job, never looked so good.
All photos, any errors, WVD.
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