Children's Beach Boat Ramp Woes

While I was launching my boat at the Children's Beach Boat Ramp today, I noticed a serious problem there. The area between the finger pier and the ramp has washed out. Before, there was a bed of rocks and gravel. Now there is a one foot deep trench there. This is an accident waiting to happen. Someone is going to get stuck in the trench and break a trailer axel. Or worse, someone is going to break an ankle. Someone was nice enough to put safety cones in the trench warning everyone of the danger. Here are a couple of shots of the problem at the boat ramp. Be careful down there when you are launching a boat and walking around on the ramp.

No Spring

No spring yet again this year. We have had rain every day for over a week now. It's getting really really old. Yesterday afternoon it stopped raining for a few hours. I dusted off my gear and went on a photo shoot around the waterfront.

Tug

I'm a huge fan of tugs. There are several that come and go here on a weekly basis. Toscana and Victor Paving own tugs to name a few. Here are a few shots of Victor's tug, Charleston, departing Nantucket this week with a barge in tow-





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Alabama

The wooden sailboat, Alabama, was in port here over the weekend. I went down to the docks just before she left and grabbed a few shots.

Summer Has Arrived

Summer arrived in force today. It was in the mid eighties all day. This happens every year at this time. It's in the 30's and 40's every day and then all of a sudden it's in the 80's. Summer is here. I went to Monomoy late in the day and grabbed a few shots.

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-