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Thursday, January 1, 2009
Iced Up Dragger
One of my waterfront informants alerted me early this morning of a dragger heading through the jetties on a slow bell. She was heavily iced up and barely making way. She probably spent the night steaming up from down around Nantucket Shoals having a rough trip no doubt. Her name is Voyager and she's home ported in New Beige. Here are some pictures of her I grabbed soon after she arrived at Straight Wharf- CLICK HERE TO READ ABOUT THE DANGERS OF ICE BUILD-UP ON A FISHING BOAT
Late this afternoon, this dragger was leaving the harbor-
3 comments:
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That's a lot of ice. How much extra weight do you think that makes on her?
She didn't have that much ice on her. Not enough for her crew to get concerned enough to break it off. I've seen boats with much more ice on them than this one.
3 comments:
That's a lot of ice. How much extra weight do you think that makes on her?
any ice is alot of ice!
She didn't have that much ice on her. Not enough for her crew to get concerned enough to break it off. I've seen boats with much more ice on them than this one.
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