Stephen Reinauer

What’s wrong with me that after all these years and thousands of posts I’ve still to do one focused solely on this boat! 

She dates from 1970 and the long-lived Exxon fleet, and her lines are beautiful. So many of the dispersed Exxon fleet still toil on, especially in the sixth boro.

But Stephen . . . I’m not sure what she’s like to work on, but she always a pleasure to see for this bank sitter.

 

Excuse the blurry photo from September 3, 2006 . . . the tugboat race, I recall being astonished by the height from which the deckhand tossed the line, missing the cleat in this case. By the way, dimensions on the boat are 100′ x 31′ ….

Looking at the photos above and below has me wondering whether she’s had her pin arrangement modified in the 16 years between those two photos.

She came into IMTT the other morning to give Ruth M an assist.

 

 

All photos, WVD.

 

Janice Ann 2

This is installment 2;  installment 1 was from April 1, 2009 here. 

The photo above I took on January 22, 2011.  The one below I took yesterday, when she was alongside RTC 102.  And obviously it’s not the same boat.  I post it here just because it qualifies at the newest hull in the sixth boro.

Since I used this format 12 years ago, let me do it again.

Vitals: This Janice Ann Reinauer was built in Rhode Island in 2020.  She brings 4720 hp to the job (The 1967 version had 2200) and measures in at 113′ x 35′.

All photos, WD, who hopes to get more photos of Janice Ann soon.

The top photo here shows Janice Ann without a bow pudding;  she once had an outstanding one as here.  I’m convinced the new Janice Ann will never sport as lush a pudding or any sort of pudding at all. 

 

Random Tugs 155

First, my take on the identification of the tug from the film in yesterday’s post, it’s a model and filmed in New Deal Studios in LA.    That would explain the logistics.

So, for today, let’s start with Miss Katie . . . outbound last Thursday.

Miss Katie, 1998

 

Mister T, 2001

 

Ruth M. Reinauer, 2008, pushing RTC 102

 

Discovery Coast, 2012

 

Kirby Moran, 2015, assisting STI Fulham

 

JRT Moran, 2015

 

McAllister Girls, 1968, moving B. No. 231

 

Amy C McAllister, 1975, also assisting B. No. 231

 

Brian Nicholas, 1966.   Sturgeon Bay, 1987

 

Eric McAllister, 2014, passing NYK Nebula

 

Irish Sea, 1969

 

James D. Moran, 2015, assisting NYK Nebula

And finally, we return to Miss Katie because two days later, she caught some unwanted attention.  Details here.

 

All photos by Will Van Dorp.

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!!