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With the end of the year coming, it’s strangely difficult to put these posts together. I’ve chased down several ideas the past few days, and abandoned them. All these photos were taken in recent days, except one about a month ago. They strike me as showing the different skies and waters of the unacknowledged boro.
So, photos . . . like this of Christine M. McAllister, 125.5′ x 38′ and 6000 hp. She’s returning to town after a rough encounter on Christmas day . . . . Maybe someone else can tell the story of SS Denebola (T-AKR 289) first hand. It’s been a while that Christine M. has appeared on this blog.

Soon to be ex-Eastern Dawn, 52′ x 22 and 1200 hp, crosses the Upper Bay looking all resplendent in the new paint job.

Two Bouchard tugs are stacked up on the far side of Cape Henry, 109′ x 36′ and 5000 hp, and her DBL 103, 102,000 barrel capacity barge.

Dylan Cooper, 112′ x 35′ and 4720 hp, waits in the anchorage with RTC 108, around 108,000 barrels.

Genesis Vigilant, 98.5 x 34 and 3000 hp, also at anchor with GM 6508, 80,000 barrels capacity.

And finally . . . misclassified on purpose, notice several things this windy morning on the starboard side of OceanXplorer: a tender, a helicopter, and areas marked ROV and CTD. ROV I knew, but CTD I had to look up. Check out this blog post by New York Media Boat.

All photos and any errors of fact or interpretation, WVD, who wishes you all a happy new year, or as my parents would say . . . gelukkig nieuwjaar.
It’s winter, and that’s when I did all the previous posts by this name. It makes sense, since this is the northern hemisphere. Saint Louis registered Saint Emilion pushes a light A87 for refilling. Poor air quality days have the benefit that backgrounds beyond a half mile are obscured.

On the same foggy morning, Lois Ann L. Moran takes it slow, waiting for its berth. Brendan Turecamo assists alongside barge Philadelphia.

Normandy assists in keeping the barge off the dock

as Genesis Vigilant moves astern.


They cross, and the Moran unit goes into the same dock.


Once they’re in, Charleston-registered Sea Eagle sails past with Philadelphia-registered TMI-17. In the distance, Normandy assists the genesis unit into a new dock.


All photos, WVD.
On a recent foggy rainy day, I caught Elk River bunkering (I believe) Maritime Kelly Anne. That’s certainly an interesting name, although yesterday Endless Summer topped it, arriving from Brasil. Might there be a string of ships with movie name references out on the oceans?
I love how fog narrows the depth of field in a natural way.
The same day Genesis Vigilant nosed into an IMTT dock.
Wye River was traveling light on the way to and likely from a barge,
as were Morgan Reinauer,
Haggerty Girls, and
and Stephen Reinauer.
Brendan was following a ship to Port Elizabeth.
Stephanie Dann was headed for sea and south.
Ellen S. Bouchard was lying alongside B. No. 262, as her fleet and their crews languish. And exfiltrate?
Catherine Miller moves a Caddell crane . . . back to the KVK base.
All photos,WVD.
Today it’s all light, technically. Other than that, this set is all sizes, all ages, all powers, and all shapes.
Let’s start with Gabby L., built in 2007 (?), 25.9′ x 13.7′, and rated as 660 hp.
Comparing that, check out Genesis Vigilant, which I first met as Michigan Service, (same order of numbers) 1981, 89′ x 28′, and 3000 hp.
Emily Ann, ex-Solomon Sea, ex-Brandon Roehrig and ex-Diane Roehrig, 1964, 89′ x 28′, and also 3000 hp.
Sea Fox, 2012, 69′ x 24′, and 1400 hp.
Joyce D. Brown, 2002, 78′ x 26′, and 2600 hp.
Fleetmate Thomas J. Brown, 1962, 61′ x 19′, and 1000 hp.
As I said before, technically light but about to engage the Seaspan ship, Jonathan C, 2016, 89′ x 38′, and 6000 hp.
And since we started out with Gabby L, let’s end there also, but you may have to look carefully to the left of the VZ bridge towers . . . . to spot her. As I said before . . . all shapes and sizes, but they all work a niche in the sixth boro.
All photos by Will Van Dorp.
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