Exotic Queen
I’ve usually used “exotic” for offshore windfarm-related vessels or others that are rarely-seen, because prior to five or so years ago, such vessels never called here. In this case, cruise ships became quite scarce because of Covid, and so I counted myself fortunate to catch QM2 arriving this morning. The fog blocked out the familiar […]
Exotic Friday
You know that day after T’giving? Maybe you call it by another name, whose derivation you might not know. For me it’s sometimes a good day to keep my eyes open, as was the case back in 2012. Permute that number to 2021, and it was also a good day to be out, despite the […]
New Exotics, New Names
I’ve done “new hulls, new names” and “old hulls and old and new names” and “new hulls, lines, and liveries.” Sorry I could not have come up with more streamlined nomenclature. But I hope, as always, you enjoy these photos all taken on an ideal last day of summer. If summer has to end, this […]
Exotics 30 Follow-Up
I’m not exactly sure what HOS Browning does each time she goes to sea, but she has a lot of deck space, and a derrick to work with. It turns out I’ve seen ship before down in Port Fourchon eight years ago, when she went by the name Betty Pfankuch. Specs on this Mexico-flagged vessel […]
Exotics 28
I knew some of what was arriving there, just not everything. How it was configured I didn’t know, and this fata morgana version from a half dozen miles out didn’t help, especially since it looked a bit like a sea monster. It had rained twice already this afternoon, and with a long rain the day […]
Exotics 27
I’m back in the boro; the twenty teens and twenties here have brought in these exotic vessels involved in wind farm work. Fugro Brasilis has been here before; I caught her just over a year ago at the Narrows. I’m wondering about that boot stripe; did she leave much heavier than her return? If you […]
Exotics 26
I knew it was not a container ship, not a tanker or bulker, fishing boat, lift boat, experiment, military vessel, a megayacht. Despite the vertical structure, it’s not a sailboat, although it’s a wind boat. That makes it exotic. For what it’s worth, I document as many of these vessels as possible because they are […]
Exotics 25
Summer haze and location compromise these photos, but in the interest of documenting specialty vessels that enter the sixth boro, I present to you . . . Geoquip Saentis, a recently overhauled 2005 geotechnical drill vessel. She was in the boro last year as well here. She’s been working in a tight clutch with her […]
Exotics 24
I’m always thrilled to see these specialized vessels in the sixth boro. I’d seen Regulus before, but see how her deck machinery back in November 2019 was different than it is now. Versatility is key. That red T identifies her as a Tidewater boat, a PSV (platform supply vessel), one of hundreds of speciality vessels […]
Exotics 28 Follow-up
Not quite a month ago, I caught HOS Mystique‘s arrival in the boro here. The other morning I caught the 250 class MPSV from a closer vantage point. The H in HOS is Hornbeck. Back when I started this blog in November 2006, Hornbeck had a fleet of tugs and barges, many of which […]
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