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This post is front-loaded with photos, text heavy at the end . . . . Have you seen this boat before?
The name is new, as is the livery.
And in a previous lifetime it was . .
Patapsco! Below that’s a photo of Patapsco I took on September 2, 2007!! After the tugboat race, she went nose-to-nose with Lucy Reinauer.
It’s the first Vane boat I saw in the sixth boro, and it was even the name of a class of 4200 hp boats that followed. See a few more here.
All photos by Will Van Dorp.
The venerable Frances came past to greet me first . . .
Lots of digital ink has been devoted to Frances on this blog. I even toured her once at the Waterford Tug Roundup.
I watched Potomac and Double Skin 59 made fast alongside Afra Willow as she slowly swung on her hook with the tide change.
Wicomico was outbound with a barge on the wire as
Patapsco had come in
with Double Skin 59 earlier.
And finally, this unidentified truckable tug came in. When she was way out, I imagined her a sailboat.
All photos by Will Van Dorp, who really should spend more time at the Narrows.
T-boats are up today, and seeing some in Baltimore led me into the archives. Click here for a short history of Carina, a T-boat I saw in Clayton NY but never got a good photo of. Here’s a database of the existing ones, although the info looks dated. Here’s another article on T-boats and Sea Scouts.
Enjoy. Higgins hull #424 from 1952.
taken in January 2011
Higgins hull 434 from 1952
taken in September 2015
Higgins hull 504 from 1953
taken in September 2015
Higgins hull 513 from 1953
taken in July 2014
same boat . . . stern
All photos taken by Will Van Dorp.
Unrelated but fascinating to me: the October 2015 National Geographic article on river transport on the Congo River in the DRC. The article describes conditions not unlike those I encountered on my travels on the River in 1973 and 1974. Click here for a post I did about that time.
Totally related: Here’s the book to read on Higgins.
Finally, a relatively close-up foto of Katherine.
Bruce A. McAllister pushes through the snowflakes, as do
Blue Fin . . . still gray,
Brooklyn and Patapsco,
and finally Pegasus.
And finally . .. escuse the poor quality, but these are cam-captures of Miss Lis at the Gatun Locks last Thursday, six days ago. Although it’s not legible here, the container at the bow of the barge reads “FLUOR.” Let’s keep a watch for this tow at the Narrows in the next few days . . . from the Left Coast and headed here for the Tappan Zee project, I presume.
All fotos by Will Van Dorp.
When I wrote about Dorothy Elizabeth in July, I raved about her rebirth. If you didn’t read this article by Don Sutherland then, read it now for the fantastic story of ex-Gotham, ex-Christine Gellatly, and ex-Mobil 11. Last week I learned of the special equipment pictured below with white neckerchief, as photographed by Rich Johnsen.
I took the foto below; “best mascot” winner’s name is Gotham, I’m told. Not Dorothy, Christine or Mobil. I just can’t hear it: “Here Mobie, Mobie . .”
As to the speediest for 2007, Lucy Reinauer.
All photos, Will Van Dorp, unless otherwise stated. Thanks, Rich.
Hordes on the pier, crowds on the tugs . . . historic Weehawken, NJ, in the background.
Tugs old and new muster…
racing and then shoving matches, Lucy Reinauer (smoking) v. Inland Sea while Durham and the Empire State Building watch . . . .
Dorothy Elizabeth v. two Miller Launch tugs (Susan Miller and Catherine Miller) at once with Time-Warner towers and Hearst Tower in background.
Inland Sea approaches the dock for a precision line throw
Janice Ann Reinauer approaches the same
and watches, crew guiding the line eye toward the bollard . . .
More on Tuesday . . . am posting early today.
Photos, Will Van Dorp.
Get set and go! Notice Riverside Church on heights in background.
Pictures have to speak here; I’m at a loss for words.
From farthest to nearest: Nathan Stewart, Lucy Reinauer, Patapsco, Dorothy Elizabeth, and Fournier Girls.
More throughout the week.
All fotos, Will Van Dorp.
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