Checking Back 2015 a

Here’s what I did two years ago.  And here’s what I did last year.

This time I’ll do it differently, as post –more or less but close–the first and last photo I took each month, starting below with Buchanan I entering the Narrows on January 1 not long after sunrise.

And I won’t mention each date, but this was January 28 just before midday, Durance entering the KVK with Laura K Moran taking the stern.

Winter sees fishing boats like Eastern Welder in the Upper Bay, adding to the regulars in the anchorages like Asphalt Star and Emma Miller.

If you’ve forgotten how cold it stayed throughout the month of February, here are two photos from just off the Battery

taken on February 28.

James Turecamo ushers in March, actually that was March 6, and there’s still snow on the ground.

At the end of the month, Grey Shark was in town for repairs, an extended stay.

April 1 saw Margot continuing to extend NYS Marine Highway right through the sixth boro . . . the same day that

Kismet enters the cold waters after leaving its lair in the Caribbean.

April 29 . . . I finally caught Simone in the harbor . . . here tailed by MSC Monica.

All photos by Will Van Dorp.

People on the Boro 17

Here’s the index.  Here and here are some from far enough back that you can note change on the sixth boro.

Any ideas on the photo below?  I believe that’s Robert Burton in the background?

Here’s the rest of that image.  The two photos come from Bjoern Kils of New York Media Boat, which has the story on their blog here.

This photo comes from Ashley Hutto, and shows what I would deem a risky rowing feat over between the tanker Fidias and unseen a barge landing at Bayonne.

I’ll have more Pacific Link photos tomorrow, but the crewman in yellow jacket and orange hat no doubt circles the globe like some of us circle the town.

Count them . . . three crew members standing watch.

Three fire fighters on M4, one of

four FDNY RIBs out on training.

I didn’t see the crewman at this point, but I heard him banging on metal structure with a crowbar . . . there under the third row back.

there.

Still see him?  I still heard his banging.

Greetings to the Shelby crew pushing scows northbound.

Driftmaster crew make a visual assessment of floating debris.

Way up high there on Torino . . . crew with a white apron, that’s not something you see every day.

Hail to the chef!

Here a crewman contemplates the state of the universe from the afterdeck of Laura K Moran.

Harvesting goes on in the springtime boro.

Crew of Stolt Sapphire pose for pics on the stern of their parcel tanker as the skyline of Manhattan cliffs passes by.

And here’s a good bookend to this post, which could otherwise go on and on.  Best wishes to Team Ocean Valour . . .

All photos unless otherwise attributed by Will Van Dorp.   Thanks to Bjoern and Ashley for their photos.

 

 

Random Ships 39

Here’s the index to the previous posts in this series.

Self-unloaders are not unheard of in the sixth boro;  in fact, some of my favorite vessels like here, here, and here . . . I’ve followed them.  Here’s a link to the Oldendorff site showing how the self-unloaders work.    Rt Hon Paul E. Martin is named for this politician from our neighbors to the north.

Traveling through those same waters . . . MSC Monica.

A few days before the Martin, Ultra Colonsay was replenishing the pile at Atlantic Salt.

Other vessels calling in the sixth boro recently include Vladimir,

Sypress escorted by Marie J. Turecamo, 

Atlantic Compass passing by Joyce D. Brown, leaving an ominous sky to the west

and finally Torino.  This photo was taken by regular contributor John “Jed” Jedrlinic, who–in addition to being a great raconteur, took

a photo of this ne’er do weel.

Besides the two photos by Jed, all photos were taken by Will Van Dorp.