scenes from the sixth boro and gallivants beyond by any and all the crew
Montreal is a good place to see vessels supplying the Arctic. The best shot I’ve ever gotten was back in October 2019 here. A few days ago I caught Mitiq, possibly beginning a loading process to run up north.
Small barges of the sort that carry supplies close to the settlements were on the deck, but nothing else.
I should follow Mitiq to see where and when she goes. More on Mitiq and NEAS here and here. Click here for the fleet.
All photos, any errors, WVD.
With heavy rains and melt coinciding, the St Lawrence is flying today. At one point last night, the speed through water was 13 knots and the speed over ground . . . 4. As we approached Montreal, we passed a number of boats in the anchorage above Sorel.
A steady stream of downbounders passed us as well.
Federal Sutton may have been loading for sea while CSL Welland was discharging grain, but this is just a guess.
Later today we’ll take this route to enter the St Lambert lock ultimately for Lake Ontario, but for the moment, we
headed into the Old Port.
All photos, WVD. Apologies for limited commentary.
Pilot boat was a tug.
Short gangway folds down.
Icebreakers are done for the seaason here.
All photos, WVD
H. J. Lawson was about to leave Charlottetown on Monday. She’s a CELRE Detroit icebreaking tugboat, one of two. R. J. Pearce should already be up there. Lawson is on its way.
I caught them as they headed out to the Northumberland Strait, and from there they’ll head to the Soo, a 5000-mile journey from Morgan City, LA, where they were built and around Gaspé.
Bon voyage. All photos, WVD.
What does CELRE expand to?
Quick post to catch up. The sister ship arrived as we departed Portland, with Andrew McAllister delivering the docking pilot, I presume.
Thirty-six or so hours later we picked up the Halifax pilot from Foundation Pilot.
Later the Chebucto Pilot headed out for a job.
Thirty or so hours later, Muir Pilot came out of the fog to get us through Canso Canal.
And a few hours ago, JRG dropped off a pilot to get us into Charlottetown.
Next post when I can, WVD.
Here are previous pilots posts.
Here was 18. This assist started before 0600, and we shifted from one berth to another.
I took these photos
Below, that’s the deckhand ready to assist the docking pilot back aboard.
Once the pilot was aboard, it was on to the next job, posthaste.
All photos, any errors, WVD.
I saw this boat coming toward me, and it had an interesting name, but I was some distance from my camera. I ran for the camera, assuring myself that I would get a stern shot with that name. But I was wrong. The name follows at the end of this post; meanwhile, I’ll let the question wander around in your mind for a while.
Right? Names are always on the stern, as on New England, surprisingly [well, not really] registered nowhere in New England.
Charles D is waiting for a signal to assist Palanca Rio, I believe.
I’m still annoyed with myself to have called this boat Rosemary McAllister, and if you look at these photos of Rosemary, you might agree that my memory was working but certainly not my eyes.
That downeast boat was called Miss Understood, but I’ll likely not see the bow again.
We sail tomorrow, and there may be some disruption to my regular posting because my access to WiFi is not yet sorted out.
Quick post today. Can you identify the object below. I “erased” some language on the “arm” and restored it in the original photo posted farther down.
One of the photos in yesterday’s post is related. How would you expand the AMP abbreviation? Answer can be found here.
See the restored language? More on Wabtec can be found here.
What I don’t know is how many “rechargeable” ferries are there in the Portland fleet.
All photos, WVD.
SUNY Maritime got theirs back in 2023. It has been at sea multiple times already.
Yesterday I saw Maine Maritime’s training ship. Here’s more.
This is downtown Portland.
All photos, WVD.
The principles of sailing a tug and barge are the same as sailing a tanker. But first the tugboat has to reconnect with the barge.
Denali eases into the notch of DBL 104.
The connection, i.e., pins, do what they are designed for.
Then Rosemary McAllister arrives to assist the unit away from the dock.
Denali and Rosemary uses their power to point the unit toward the opening in the bridge.
Someone gives the signal, and the bridge closes to road traffic to open for safe boat passage.
Line gets taken in.
Rosemary negotiates to the other side to assist from that side if needed.
All photos, any errors or significant omissions, WVD.
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