Quiet

Not a whole heck of a lot going on down around the waterfront the past few weeks. Looks as though the new Old North Wharf is nearing completion. The workers are putting the finishing touches on it now. The work on the new dolphin at the Steam Ship Authority's north slip was completed last week. Work has begun on the bulkhead at the new Great Harbor Yacht Club. Children's Beach is still a mess. The ramp is still open most days but it's very tight navigating a truck and trailer down there. Private moorings are starting to go into the water and I saw Dennis Metcalf has started putting his moorings in as well. Before you know it, Summer will be here and in full swing.

A few pictures I grabbed recently.

A snow squall approaching Madaket last week-


The latest wreck to grace our once pristine waterfront-


The crane used to build the new water tower in Polpis as seen from the Town Pier-


The Dreamland Theater is almost completely demolished. The view from Easy Street-



Easter Sunday Sunset from Brant Point-

Nice Early Spring Morning.

Nice morning today down around the waterfront. I went down to the docks early this morning and grabbed a few shots.

Sunk Boats/Sewer Work

Two boats have succumb to their watery graves recently. Both at the Town Pier. A twin engine inboard Trojan and a scallop boat. The Trojan is leaking fuel into the harbor. Someone was nice enough to place a boom around a portion of the boat to prevent some of the fuel from making it into the harbor.
The Trojan-



Next is a scallop boat at the floating part of the Town Pier-



What a mess. Hopefully these two wrecks will be removed as soon as possible.

AGM has moved their barge and crane over to the Brant Point Coast Guard Station. Not sure if they are just storing it over there or if they are going to be doing some work on the pier there.


The roads around the waterfront are in shambles. Especially Easton Street, Brant Point and Children's Beach. It looks like a bomb went off. They are busy working on replacing sewer lines. I'm sure the work will be completed and the roads put back together and paved just in time for the Summer people's arrival. Here are a few scenes of the mess-




The commercial bay scallop season ends on the last day of this month. The highliners are getting their full 5 bushel limit every day. It turned out to be a very good season after all.

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Old North Wharf Dock Update

The new Old North Wharf dock is nearing completion. The guys from AGM have been making a lot of progress the past few weeks. I'd hate to see a big storm wipe out the dock again.

Here are a few recent pictures of the dock-



I spotted this 41' Coast Guard utility boat at Old South Wharf recently. She's from Florida. I'm not sure why she is here.


Other than that, it's been pretty uneventful as of late around the waterfront. A lot of the guys are still getting their 5 bushel limits of scallops every day. It turned out to be a very good year for anyone willing to put the time in.

Here are a couple of aerials my buddy, George Riethof grabbed of me when I was scalloping last week-

Really Nice Morning

Really nice morning out there scalloping today. I grabbed a few shots on the way to the grounds.

Passing by Brant Point Light-


The M/V Martha's Vineyard on her first run of the day-


Sunrise over a peaceful harbor-

Draggers/Old North Wharf Progress

Several draggers were here for the blow today. All western rigs-




Paravane birds-


Day shape in a dragger rigging-


Bow of the Mayflower-


Draggers tied to the east face of Straight Wharf-


Bucky-


A house on the waterfront being rebuilt. Notice only a very small portion of the original structure was saved-


Work on the rebuilding of the end of Old North Wharf is moving along nicely. The AGM guys have laid the frame for the walkway and are getting ready to deck it over-



And finally a Common Goldeneye in the Boat Basin-