A Few Interesting Boats

I'm always cruising the mooring field in my boat and at Brant Point looking for unusual and interesting boats. I found a few recently.

The Espresso 3 is here from Palm Beach, Florida. She's a big and very tall vessel-



Not sure what kind of a boat this one is but she sure is salty looking! She's moored on the eastern edge of the mooring field. Notice her crow's nest-





Here's an interesting looking rig. Looks like a double ender to me.




Check out this old girl-


A catboat-


The Argonaut-


The western rigged, sea scalloper, It Ain't Easy, recklessly steaming at full throttle through the no wake zone off Brant Point-


Station Brant Point's 47' MLB heading out on a call-


And finally, a 37' Nordic Tug approaching Brant Point Light-

Commercial Bass Fleet Off Sankaty

There was quite a gang commercial bass fishing this morning off
Sankaty. I counted at least 60 boats there. I have counted up to 100
boats in recent years. 98% of them were Cape boats. I saw around 5
Nantucket guys there. I grabbed a picture and took a short video-

Featured Boat- SanJuan 48

I met up with Captain Kirby Jones at the waterfront yesterday. One of his clients owns a SanJuan 48 FB (flybridge). Captain Kirby invited me aboard and gave me the grand tour. Thanks, Kirby!

I was very impressed with this boat. She's big and heavy. No expense was spared in building her. She felt good and solid underfoot. Here are a few pictures I grabbed from my tour.

Captain Kirby up in the flybridge-


Flybridge steering station-


Inside the main cabin looking out through glass to the stern-


Her expansive bow as seen from her flybridge-


The compartment where her inflatable dingy is stored under the deck in the stern-


A shot looking inside the main cabin area-


The hatch to her holy place-


Of course I crawled around in her holy place for a bit-



Inside steering station-


Her electronics package-

A Cruise On The Shearwater

Captain Blair and his son, Captain Max, invited me on a cruise around the harbor on the Shearwater this afternoon. It was a beautiful afternoon for a cruise. Thanks for having me along, Blair and Max!

Captain Max at the helm coming up on Brant Point-


Rounding the lighthouse-


Passing First Point-


Blair at the bow-


Wheelhouse-


Kids on the cruise taking turns at the wheel-


Captain Tobey Leske passing by-


A catboat-


Heading back to the dock-

Cloud Formations & Other Scenes

Interesting cloud formations late today over East Polpis Harbor-



If you look closely you can see a rainbow-


The Endeavor-


Sailboats returning from a race in the Sound yesterday afternoon-


A pup on the Point-

Sunset & Moon

It looked like the sun was setting and the moon was rising tonite at the same time.

Sailboat Catches Fire On Straight Wharf

A big sailboat named Timoneer med-moored off the east face of Straight Wharf caught fire this afternoon. Looks like it started in the engine room. The fire was quickly put out. Captain Tobey Leske was out on the water in his boat and grabbed a few shots. Photos Copyright 2008 by Tobey Leske. Not to be used without permission-