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I do not try to group tugboats in posts by company, but in the past week I’ve noticed an inordinate number of Weeks boats in the sixth boro.  Let’s start with this shot of Trevor, which I caught yesterday.   Here are some previous Trevor shots.

Earlier I’d caught Trevor tailing a tow pull by Alexandra.  I might have to dig in the archives to 2009 and 2008 to find my previous photo of Alexandra.

Here was that tow, the Weeks 533, the flagship of the Weeks fleet.   The 1965 crane also has tragedy associated with it now.

A few days ago I caught Thomas and

Shelby over on the KVK.  Beyond Shelby here are Jill Reinauer and Brooke Chapman.   This was a first to see Brooke Chapman in the sixth boro.  Will she become a regular?

All photos in the past week by Will Van Dorp.  And speaking of Weeks tugs, I’d be happy to see Candace again.

My favorite Shelby photos have her towing the Starship Enterprise. and tailing here.

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Please read the El Faro Relief event notice at the end of this post.  TODAY is the deadline to sign up.

It’s rained most of this week and last . . . and the forecast is the same for next week, but that just means sheltering (and wiping) the lens of the camera, as needed.    I wonder if John Huibers knows something we need to pay attention to . . .  but that’s another story.

For now, I noticed a lot of Reinauer boats the other day, like  . . . the 1971 Matton-built Zachery Reinauer,

interrupted by the 1960 Blount-built Eric R. Thornton with the best logo in the sixth boro,

the 1984 Rayco Ship and Main Ironworks Franklin Reinauer,

the 1983 Cenac Shipyard-built Stephen B,

the 1967 Main Iron Works Jill Reinauer,

the 1966 Allied Shipyard Brian Nicholas,

1973 Jakobson Lucy Reinauer,

the 2010 G and S Marine Incorporated Crystal Cutler,

the 2011 Senesco Reinauer Twins.

and the 1978 Eastern Dawn, though I know not the builder.  And it appears to the the 1947 Harbor II alongside, though I noticed that almost too late.

All photos by Will Van Dorp, who’s been evading raindrops.

Anyone have more info on the previous Lucy Reinauer, the 1943 Odenbach Shipbuilding M/T?  Birk has this photo, but I’d love to see some more and to know what became of her.

And here’s a note from the organizers of the El Faro fundraiser event:  “On Sunday,  May 15th from 12-2 at Club Macanudo we will be holding a fundraiser for the families affected by the loss of the El Faro. All proceeds will go to the Seamen’s Church Institute El Faro Relief Fund. Pricing is $75.00 per person with Beer and Wine being served. Email me at Goodwindmaritime@hotmail.com. Please see the attached flier (the link in the first sentence above).
Please send your checks as soon as possible.   Make the checks out to Good Wind Maritime Services and mail to Good Wind Maritime Services 14451 25th Drive, Flushing, NY 11354″

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If you have a lot of free time, you can trace this back to the first installment.

These photos are all from the past week, starting out with Bouchard Boys, 1975.

Pelham, 1960.  Behind her is USNS Red Cloud.

Barney Turecamo (1995) and

 

Scott Turecamo (1998).

Eric R. Thornton (1960)

Jill Reinauer (1967) and Dace Reinauer (1968) with RTC 61.

Add Stephen-Scott (1967) and Ruth M. Reinauer (2008) pushing RTC 102.

 

Margaret Moran (1979) starting a backing-down of Heina with

James D. Moran (2015).  More on this backing down later this week.

Captain D (1974) with CVA-604.

Meagan Ann (1975)

Houma (1970).

Frances (1957) and I think I know the crewman forward of the house.

And finally, I put this photo here because of a boat in the background.  Is that Kristy Ann Reinauer (1962)?  I thought she was scrapped half a year ago already.  Hmm.

Other boats here are L. to r.) Realist, Kristy Ann, Hubert Bays, Long Splice, Samantha Miller, Stephen B, and Hunt Girls, which has been in the yard there for (?) two years now?

All photos by Will Van Dorp.

 

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Taken about 10 days ago . ..  Lyman headed south towing Sea Shuttle.

Lyman used to sport a red star on its stack.

Harry McNeal (1965) escorts Clyde, whose vintage I don’t know.  Here’s a very similar scene (foto 4)  from almost four years ago.

Atlantic Coast dates from 2007.

Perennial “repeater” on this blog, Gramma Lee T Moran, waiting to retrieve the pilot.

34-year-old Emerald Coast used to answer to the name Maggie Swann.

Calusa Coast first appeared here six and a half years ago.

Jill Reinauer and Kimberly Turecamo westbound in morning light.

As I went into work this morning, there was no more than 10 minutes of spectacular dawn light, before the clouds dulled it.

Arctic Sixth Boro

Call me a wimp . . .  but it’s icy out there.  And yet people work outside.  Bravo and hats on for the crews and shipyard workers out there where the spray sometimes freezes.  Some quick fotos I took yesterday.  Would you believe this is the same DBL 140 barge you see in the 5th and 6th fotos here?

Here’s DBL 140 and Lincoln Sea from across the Upper Bay.

Traffic never stops because of some cold.

A tanker with a classic name 

lighters just north of the VZ Bridge.  Here’s the rest of the fleet and more.

One positive about cold, low humidity air . . . it’s clear.  Ocean Leader could never look this good

on a muggy summer day.

Ditto Ruth M. Reinauer moving RTC 102 with an assist from Jill Reinauer.

Anyone handling line on a day like this needs the right gear and

a focus on getting the work done safely.

Bravo and hats on!!