Waterford Tugboat Roundup 2013 d

Here’s a collage of images as my last roundup 2013 post:

a half dozen working tugboats and a covered barge as seen looking east from the Second Street Bridge,

a float plane that might have imagined this to be a different type of gathering,

a swimmer in the water either doing a northern style Richard Halliburton re-enactment or setting out to do an underwater survey mission as the lock is –unbeknownst to her–about to open,

(For more complete info on what’s going on here with the swimmer, check this post by bubbling-blowing bowsprite.)

my possible future employer shoehorning an Eriemax passenger vessel into the first lock in the flight,

waterdogs go fishing,

Onrust resplendant,

a Dutch barge,

Urger dried out for some emergency surgery along

with Tappan Zee II,

Eighth Sea and Bill’s exercise machine,

Stu’s Dragonfly,

the pilot’s understanding of the pushoff contest,

and in Troy, some public art designed to assist memory . . .  the Soldier’s and Sailor’s Monument with goddess Columbia blowing her horn high above Troy, as seen from Tug44.

All fotos by Will Van Dorp.  See you in Waterford in 2014, I hope.

Waterford Tugboat Roundup 2013 a

It’s the weekend after Labor Day in Waterford, time to call a muster.

And stuff starts happening.  Atlantic Hunter arrives via the highway.

Tug-of-the-Year Gowanus Bay travels from the south.

Buffalo parades from Waterford back to Waterford.

Grand Erie travels as the dais.

As the parade approaches the Waterford Visitors Center, a water salute awaits Eighth Sea,

Frances, Margot, and Benjamin Elliott . . .

as well as Cornell and Iron Chief.

Parts B and more soon.  All fotos by Will Van Dorp, who met great people, missed many others, and heard fabulous stories to be followed up on soon.

Here are parts A   B   and C from 2012.    More links to past roundups tomorrow also.

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