Storm Aftermath/Scallops on Beaches

Spent the day surveying the damage from yesterdays storm. Several boats either sunk or washed up on various beaches around the island.

This 30 foot live-aboard never made it-



These two wrecks were wedged up against the first pier at Monomoy-


The pier leading out to the very end of North Wharf collapsed-



Lionel Starr back in the water after hauling out for the storm-



Easton Street flooded-


Took a ride out to Madaket as well. It was a mess-






During the storm, thousands of bushels of scallops washed ashore in several different locations around the waterfront. I went to Folgers and Hulbert Ave to take pictures. Folgers had the most amount of scallops on the beach. I counted 75 people at Folgers today taking scallops off the beach. There were around 30 people along Hulbert Ave taking the scallops on the beach. I would say that over 90% of the scallops I saw washed up on the beaches today were adults. There were very little, if any, seed.

From Folgers-


This dog was getting in on the action too-


Scenes from Hulbert Ave and the scallops on the beach there-





Sunset over the storm damaged waterfront-

Storm

I shot the above video during the height of the storm this afternoon. The big steel dragger is tied to the end of the Town Pier. She was getting tossed around like a cork. I'm thinking it was blowing at least 70 mph at that point.

Here are a few more pictures I took. Sorry there are not more but it was just too nasty out to take pictures today.

Commercial Scalloping. Day Two

It was another beautiful day out on the water today. Light winds and cool. The scallops were jumping into my boat. Everyone was all smiles catching their limit of scallops in record time. Here are a few shots I grabbed this morning-

Cold sunrise-


Part of the fleet-



Irving and Ted-


Jan Jelleme and mate on a good tow-


One of my dredges full of scallops-


I hit the mother lode today. Scallops everywhere!

Opening Day Of Commercial Scallop Season

Commercial bay scallop season started at 6:30 this morning. It was a nice morning out on the water. Calm wind, sunshine and warm. I took my brother Richard along with me. We got my 5 bushel limit in no time and we were back at the dock unloading at 8:30am.

Here are a few scenes from this morning-

10/29/2002

Toscana's Barge and tug were here the other day. They were loading containers on the barge. Not sure what was in the containers. Captain Tim Reinemo is running the tug for Toscana. He told me that it takes 12 hours to go from here to New Beige towing a loaded barge.




The guys are splashing their scallop boats and getting ready for the start of the commercial scallop season which begins this thursday.



The wreck of the Sargent still at Monomoy and still posing a severe threat to navigation. This is going on 4 years now that it has been there. The Shearwater is in the background.


I spotted this nice 28 Parker in the Boat Basin this past weekend. A couple of local guys own her.


The Great Point laid up at Straight Wharf.

Mystery Boat

I discovered this old wooden boat on the hard in a remote location of the Island recently. I have never seen her before in or out of the water. She has a little pilot house in her stern and looks to be around 30-35 feet in length. She has extensive rot but I'm willing to bet that she is repairable. Does anyone know her history?

Tracker

An interesting old wooden boat came into the harbor late this afternoon. Her name is Tracker and she's from Vineyard Haven-





The beautiful fall weather is still with us. Here's a couple of shots I took one early morning this week down at Brant Point-



The Miss China and the Shearwater resting on their moorings-



Straight Wharf in the setting sun-

Fall Has Finally Arrived

After an endless Summer, Fall has finally arrived. The Waterfront is typically very quiet this time of the year bit if you poke around a little, you will find something going on.

The Nordic Tug, Tootsie coming into the Boat Basin-


An almost empty Boat Basin-




Working in the rigging of a sailboat-


The ever present dock dog. Does anyone know his name? He's usually riding in a golf cart on the docks with his owner-



The Miss China sitting level now-


A bay scallop boat in the Boat Basin ready for another year-