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Here was “pairs in winter 8” from four years ago. The others can be found in the search window. The title started as my attempt to be too clever and parody this Edith Piaf title, which someone else–not me–liked. Number 4 might be my favorite.
Not much to say other than that yesterday morning was quite foggy before the rain started. Eventually I gave up because the fog got too thick, gruelly although not quite peasoup. Fog serves almost as a way to narrow the depth of field; the names of Caroline M and Mount St Elias are clear but farther from them, details drop out.
Ditto Dace with RTC 83 and Silver Dubai,
Bohemia and Doris,
Brian Nicholas and Stephen Dann,
Kirby and Mary,
and the incongruous Gelberman and MSC Lisa.
All photos, any errors, WVD.
Unrelated but interesting: a gray whale off Nantucket!
It’s been over four years since number 13 in this series here. Of course, besides the first measurable snow today in 700ish days, the past week has had some weather highlights as well.
The next eight photos I took in the space of less than one hour, as clouds swirled above and around, rain fell twice, winds gusted, and temperatures plummeted.
Helen might be doing all the work as Mister Jim tags along. Some brightness was trying to break through to the west, but
directly above, the sun was blotted out by a dark cloud over Stephen Dann and Sea Gull. Only five minutes elapsed between the two photos above and the one below.
Less than half an hour later, rain fell over Jersey City and Manhattan, but Robbins Reef Light bathed in sunshine.
Then Manhattan cleared briefly before
a moist veil draped itself back over it,
a veil that then came my way.
All photos, any errors, WVD, who’s doing a presentation on Great Lakes cruising in Port Washington this Friday at noon. Registration is required.
You can type in the search term weather with numbers from 1 to 12 to see all the installments, but weather 11 and weather 3 might be best comparison, from January 2018 and March 2010, respectively.
We’re almost half a month into this year, time for a look at what’s been working the sixth boro. Stephen Dann had a barge alongside NCC Najem. Was that a bunkering op?
Liz Vinik was moving barge Lisa into the Kills.
Name that tug coming in from sea?
It was Bayou Dawn in a Narrows dawn.
Grace McAllister returned to the Kills after seeing a ULCV out.
Genesis Eagle was tied up over by Caddells.
A unit more commonly seen during heating oil season, Mary H was moving barge Patriot.
Here was a seldom seen boat . . .
Caribbean Dawn, in her first appearance on this blog.
All photos, any errors, WVD.
New Year’s dawn interests me much more than old year’s countdown away. These are some sights I saw in the first daylight of 2024.
Integrity and her barge were alongside IMTT; currently they’re Galveston bound and off Cape Hatteras.
Lincoln Sea has already been from IMTT to Providence and is heading back west.
Denali is New England bound as of this posting.
Count the boats here?
I’d say a dozen of more.
Teal Ray was just coming in, and has now
headed out for Tampa.
All photos, any errors, WVD.
Let’s wake up this . . . the longest series on this blog. At very first cooperative light, Topaz Coast passed.
Mary Turecamo headed out to a job.
Nothing shows the satin finish on this tugboat, like the satin finish on this fleet.
Jill Reinauer had a mission with RTC 28.
Stephen Dann appeared to be positioning, or repositioning.
It was time for Cape Fear
as well as Philadelphia to harness up.
Margaret had a job to get to,
as did Lightning.
And Pegasus, likely returning from a job, never looked so good.
All photos, any errors, WVD.
With greater focus today, let’s start where we left off yesterday . . . here, with that large red mooring ball behind tugboat Maverick.
The mooring was attached to a section of flexible dredge hose that
was getting towed. Any guesses on Maverick’s date launched? Decide that for each of these and arrange them by age, before checking the answers at the end?
Carolina Coast came in light the other day, possibly just off a sugar barge.
Meagan Ann was eastbound, maybe heading north for scrap.
Michael Miller was moving who knows what. As a reminder, have you decided the launch date on each of these as you’re going through? Answers are posted at the end here.
Miss Madeline a bit earlier was working on a dredge project.
Charles A was in from another dredge project.
Susan Rose was pushing oil.
Stephen Dann has since gone to Bridgeport.
Charles James is still the the boro as of this writing.
And that’s where we leave it today.
All photos and any errors, WVD.
Maverick 1967
Carolina Coast 1970
Meagan Ann 1975
Miss Madeline 1976
Charles A. 1979
Charles James 1985
Stephen Dann 1999
Susan Rose 2019
I’ve mentioned before that I’m always looking for novelty. Here’s one, new to me at least,
the 4400 hp Chincoteague with Double Skin 802. I’d love to get closer-up pics one of these days.
Nicole Leigh Reinauer, a 7200 hp beauty twenty years almost senior, passes Chincoteague on her way to
rejoin her barge, RTC 135.
Meanwhile Miriam Moran follows in a ship as one of the assists.
Moments earlier, the 1979 3000 hp Miriam had accompanied 1982 4610 hp Doris Moran to meet the ship.
The 2021 4000 hp Jordan Rose, ex-Evening Star and now in Rose Cay colors, is high and dry alongside Sorenson (?) Miller on the hard at Bayonne Drydock.
The 2008 4200 hp Pocomoke passes the KV buoy, which made soothing noises as it rose and settled in the chop.
The 1999 4500 hp Patrice heads out to meet a ship.
And finally, 1999 3600 hp Stephen Dann looked particularly good as she headed out to her next job.
All photos, this week, WVD.
Photos from the sixth boro . . . although I’m a thousand miles away and in the eastern mountains… 1974 ex-Exxon Ocean State and
and slightly smaller 1975 ex-Exxon Granite State, now Marjorie B. McAllister and Brendan Turecamo.
The 1999 ex-Crosby Knight now Stephen Dann was pushing a Centerline barge.
The 2009 ex-Allison Crosby is now Mount St. Elias, is one of the Kirby boats in the boro that I perceive as a winter boat. Where was she all summer?
The 1975 Robert IV has been in the boro since 1989. Where was she for her first decade?
And finally, the 2020 Janice Ann Reinauer is the newest, largest, and most powerful tugboat in this post, here overtaking the 2010 6589-teu Maipo.
All photos, WVD.
As you know from some earlier posts, those red morning skies . . they mark my favorite times.
Here Coral Coast with Cement Transporter 5300 has just departed the dock with Ruby M‘s assistance.
Soon afterward, Sapphire Coast arrived with Cement Transporter 1801, and assisted
by Stephen Dann.
Later in the morning, Sarah Ann pushes scow Michelle D.
Durham moves deck barge Arlene, bound for some work in the East River.
Harry McNeal returns with barge 1962 to IMTT to continue the job there.
Nicole Leigh stands by with RTC 135.
Pathfinder delivers empty garbage containers from the railhead to the marine transfer station.
Charles D. returns from Earle.
And finally, departing IMTT,
Genesis Victory gets an assist from Normandy.
All photos, WVD.
Stephen Reinauer westbound as the sun heads in the same direction.
Mary Turecamo assists an MOL ship into port.
Ava M pushes toward the pilot’s door on the side of another container ship.
James D heads to the next job amid two container ships in the approaches.
Margaret throttles up alongside.
James William travels toward Howland Hook.
James E. heads, no doubt, for the car float with rail cars awaiting it.
Stephen Dann heads in to get some fuel.
Emily Ann travels light toward the Upper Bay.
All photos from a socially-distanced, physically-isolated, seasonally-adjusted, pent-up energized, freely-masked, and emotionally-stale WVD.
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