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Saturday, April 12, 2008

Picking Up

Things are starting to pick up around the waterfront albeit very slowly. A few boats have been splashed the last few days.

The Shearwater on the hook fresh from the yard-


Floppy's new (to him) 17 Whaler-


Kevin Conrad's 28 Parker-


The mooring barge, Walrus, setting moorings in the mooring field-


Work has started on the rebuilding of the Sanford Pier which was destroyed by a storm last November-

Friday, April 11, 2008

Eileen G

If you are a fan of tugboats as I am, this post is for you. This morning, I spotted a little tug rounding Brant Point. I caught up with her at the east face of Straight Wharf where she was preparing to tow one of AGM's barges. Her name is Eileen G and she's from Cotuit, MA. She is a very small tug, perhaps 40 feet, if that. Here are a few pictures I grabbed of the Eileen G-