Sunrise

Beautiful sunrise down at the waterfront today. I arrived just as the sun was coming over the horizon-



The town clock-


Reflections-


A Cormorant silhouetted agains the early morning sky-


The Miss China resting on the calm and quiet harbor-

Gale

We are right in the middle of a non-spring. The wind will not stop blowing. Today, it was blowing a gale. Station Brant Point had the gale warning flags up all day-


Looking across the main channel. Note the two-masted sailboat holed up in the lee of First Bend-


A center console getting tossed around like a cork in the harbor-

Lady B

Not a whole lot going on down around the waterfront lately. We're back to our typical spring weather. Cold, windy and rainy. It looks like the lousy weather pattern isn't going to end anytime soon.

The Morro Bay is still moored to the east face of Straight Wharf while her crew works on the range light towers down at station Brant Point. She was taking a beating as the easterly wind was pushing her up against the pilings. She's all scraped up now even though several fenders were put out to protect her.

The little western rigged scalloper, Madi J, is also at Straight Wharf riding out the blow while her crew tends to mechanical trouble. My brother, Dan, told me that last night during the storm, her bow line parted and she ended up sideways in the slip. The crew was able to get the main engine running and straighten her out. Not an easy thing to accomplish during a gale of wind and only one screw to work with.

I spotted a nice lobster style boat laying against the Rope Walk restaurant today. She looks like a 32 BHM but I'm not sure. She's homeported in Harwichport, MA. Here are a few pictures of the Lady B-




Notice the station midship and the pot hauler. I would think that there should be a steering wheel there as well.

Here's a closer look at the station with the controls-

Scenes From This Morning

Nice morning this morning. I was poking around the waterfront early and grabbed a few shots.

The Morro Bay-


Moorings waiting for the onslaught-


Two cranes-


Low tide!!-


Horseshoe Crabs mating and laying eggs in the sand down at the cricks-



Don't you hate when this happens when you are trying to haul your boat at the boat ramp? I think it's time for the Town to rebuild the new ramp so this won't happen to anyone else.

Morro Bay

A couple of alert readers of my blog advised me of a Coast Guard vessel which arrived here yesterday while I was over in America. I went down to the docks early this morning to have a look. She's the 140' Morro Bay, a Coast Guard ex-icebreaker.


Click here for information on the Morro Bay


Here are a few shots of the Morro Bay from this morning-

Fuel Tanker, Great Gull

The fuel tanker, Great Gull, is here off-loading product. She is moored at the fuel dock in the Boat Basin. All of our auto gas and home heating oil comes to Nantucket via this vessel. I remember years ago all of our fuel was barged here towed by a tug. Every time you see the Great Gull here, you know the next day or so the price of fuel will go up.

Here are a few pictures I took late this afternoon of the Great Gull-

Still Morning At The Waterfront

Beautiful morning down at the waterfront today. Clear and still.

Sunrise-



Dory resting on the calm harbor-


Mist rising from the creeks-


The M/V Nantucket is back on line. It looks as though she has a new wheelhouse-



Brant Point Light all decked out for Daffy Day-


The waterfront in the early morning-

Frankie

If you look very closely at Nantucket Mooring's barge when it's out on the water hauling and setting moorings, you will no doubt see Frankie. Frankie mostly oversees the operation of the mooring barge from the roof.

Here's a couple pictures of Frankie I took yesterday and a picture of The Nantucket Mooring Company's crew-

Fog

Very foggy early this morning around the waterfront. I grabbed a few shots while I was down there.

Straight Wharf-


Brant Point-



Range Light-


Railway-



A Black-backed Gull-


And a Mute Swan-

Fast Ferries

We have two high speed ferries running between Nantucket and Hyannis. One is the Hy-Line's Grey Lady and the other is the Steamship Authority's Iyanough. The Iyanough just came back on-line a few days ago. The north slip of the Steamship Authority received extensive work this winter and is not ready for use as of this writing. When the M/V Eagle and the Iyanough come in at the same time, the Iyanough has to lay out at the edge of the mooring field and wait for the Eagle to leave. Hopefully the north slip will be ready for use next week and nobody will be waiting around for an empty slip.

Here's a shot of the Grey Lady leaving the harbor-


And a shot of the Iyanough-


I spotted this heron feeding at Folgers Marsh this morning-