Jethro Tull Benefit Remastered Raritan

\'s third album is getting the deluxe reissue treatment this fall.\' Benefit,\' released in April 1970, marked a pivotal spot in the band\'s catalog, with songs that found them drifting further from the heavily blues-influenced sound of their debut and a lineup that saw keyboardist John Evan arriving just as bassist Glenn Cornick was on his way out. The 10-track set incorporated more progressive elements and more involved production techniques - and it was a sizable hit too, peaking at No. 3 on the U.K. 29, Rhino Records will release a newly remastered and expanded edition of \'Benefit\' that adds another CD\'s worth of material, as well as a DVD containing 5.1 surround mixes of the album plus bonus tracks.

Benefit Bonus Tracks, Remastered. 2001 CD Chrysalis / 7243 5 35457 2 7 Benefit Bonus Tracks, Remastered. Something of a black sheep in Jethro Tull\'s catalog, some people claim this album suffers from overly moody and depressing set of songs.

Additionally, the LP is restored to its original U.K. Running orders and comes in \'a handsome booklet filled with rare photographs, an essay by Martin Webb, and interviews with band members.\'

Rhino will also offer a digital edition of the record, minus the DVD content, for $14.99; the physical edition is listed at $29.98. Have a look at the CD track listing below.

Jethro Tull\'s \'Benefit\' Collector\'s Edition Track ListDisc One \'With You There to Help Me\' 'Nothing to Say\' 'Alive and Well and Living In\' 'Son\' 'For Michael Collins, Jeffrey and Me\' 'To Cry You a Song\' 'A Time for Everything?\'

Creatures of the Deep: this sank in the Cape Cod Canal, was raised in 4 days and went back to work, busy in NYHarbor.This sank in the Wicomico River, was raised after 3 years, came to NYC under her own power (at 4kts), and works hard as a restaurant/bar on pier 66.And this one sinks and rises for a living, and did so in Lower Bay and left, carrying some of our tugs off, away to the East. Type in Blue Marlin or “” to see Tugster’s reportage of her ups and downs.And this laid in harbor mud, was salvaged, and now is the, the host of the art show. Curated by Karen Gersch, the show is currently on view until August 22.

The Artists’ Reception will be on July 22 at Brooklyn Bridge Park.Thank you, for sinking in the sinking/raising idea which gave rise to this post!Happy July to all! See you in August! Mariners from around the world, both licensed and not, float into NYHarbor.

A look here at the is to see a complete array of pretty little flags. The people who serve as crew come from as many nations.This story comes from a seasoned tug captain:When finished bunkering and pulling away from a visiting ship, the tug captain maneuvers to position the barge to catch its lines as the ship deckhands cast them off. The trick is to slide quickly beneath the lines, and to take up the slack, so that the lines land on the barge and not go in the water.“But if they want them to go in the water, there’s really nothing we can do to stop them,” and so, sometimes, the lines are flung off into the drink, leaving the crestfallen tankerman below to retrieve the heavy, wet, freezing lines.“Yes, it happens. The deckhands lean over the rail and gloat.

And, a handful of times, from hongkong nationals, I’ve heard the accompanying: “Hahaha! You go now, Round-eye!\'

That is absurd!!! No self-respecting asian would say ’round-eye!’ Round-eye is a “round-eye’s” term!”“Well, I’m at eye-level, and I tell you, I see them. They take the line off the bitt and let it slide through the chock, and there’s no way you can take up all the slack in time. When the line goes into the water, their heads pop out over, they look at each other and laugh. And they say, “You go now, Round-eye!”According to this, the more probable insult of choice at the friendly work level would be da bi zi, “big nose” (though i’ve heard this used as a term of affection when an old chinese father called his american son-in-law that.) “Round eye” would not work because big eyes are very popular in china, and women undergo the knife to widen the eyes.

I suppose it could be insulting for a deckhand to accuse you of having plastic surgery.Blissfully disregarding the fact that they are the foreigners and not allowed off their ships, chinese mariners may still refer to the NYHarborer as an “old foreigner”: lao wai.As for cultural exchange, a fascinating glimpse into the plight of the stranded, visiting mariner is. And over in our own Howland Hook, a Regardless of your nationality: If you are throwing lines in the water, shame on you! What would your parents say?Another on. This story is told by Sandy Eames, a tallships sailor, so it must be true:A schooner came into Cherbourg, France to dock.

As it approached the wall, its bowsprit impaled a 2CV. The skipper put her into reverse, but it as the waters would have it, the bow lifted up as it backed out, and the boat took the little car out with it. And as luck would have it, the cafe overlooking the dock was full of diners who could testify that Sandy’s tale is true.Si vous etiez present lors de cet evenement, merci de nous envoyez votre temoignage pour confirmer sa veracite!I love the rich colors of!

The 1964 film, however, was shot on the unstable negative stock. The director, knowing that the negative would fade quickly, had three color bands shot on black and white negative, and thirty years later, created a new color print that is lavish and rich.

The entire film’s dialog is sung! It takes a bit of getting used to, all composed by the incredibly prolific, who also helped to digitally remaster the score for the new version. The experience is something else: elegant dresses matching the wallpaper, beautiful old painted numbers on the bows of fishingboats, sailors in their uniforms, umbrellas, cobblestones, a sweeping, teary score Probably not shown on a tug flatscreen soon, but here is it, because it is beautiful!Ah!

It ain’t just for ships.And, in a “of all the gas joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine” moment(click on the youtube link, then on “cc” to view subtitles). This has a 12h watch system: 0600 to 1800, 1800 to 0600.

The crew of 35 are on 6 weeks, off 6.A front watch gets the sun. A back watch gets no sun–and no Captain down their backs.This one is using a 7-5, 5-7 watch (0600-1300-1800-2300-0600), deviating slightly from the industry standard of 6/6.This offshore tug has the luxury of a 3-watch system (the benefit of any voyage more than 600 nm): 4 on-8 off, 8 on-4 off. Their breakdown is 0600-1000-1400-1800. “We do it this way so whoever cooks does not end up with the pots.”You were on watch to see the sun rising, the smell of breakfast is cooking, the engine is loud, someone is hammering: it is time to go to bed.I am not going to touch the fatigue issue on boats. However, I will direct you to some fascinating sites.

The urges mariners to report issues relating to fatigue as part of their database.Peruse the USCG’s literature. Reactions to it are on and by, with links to studies on the matter. Good reading on the experiences are found on and on Old Salt Shaker’s, and.A reference on these manning issues are.

Quite interesting is this of seamen vs USCG. If you need help falling asleep, all the codes are collected.So, don’t request a tug to blow their horn as they go by: there is always someone trying to sleep. They fight constant noise, vibration, light, motion, odors; are interrupted by drills — I just cannot imagine it. As one chief mate puts it: “bear in mind that we work aboard vessels that are essentially designed to collide with things”One offshore tug chief mate said, “I don’t know how harbor guys do it. I had to do it for 2 weeks, and at the end, I couldn’t remember my name.”Another mate wrote: “It was a 2-watch system (captain, mate, two deckhands and an engineer) until the economy fell apart – and then most ship assist tugs went to “singled-up” crews (captain, engineer, and deckhand) – don’t ask how they complied with work and fatigue!”Knowing all this, though, it still might help to take the advice of one well-meaning should you attempt to date someone who goes to sea/incommunicado for weeks at a time:thank you Julie, Will, Jed, Robert, Wesley and O, Linked Ones! On VHF 13: “Look at at that moon!” At 0604h in Bayonne, the moon was a half hidden, huge, beautiful orange glowing ball. Onboard the, we sailed past and, and south towards the Narrows to greet the PCU (pre-commissioning unit).

See for amazing photos and writings from the day; be sure to read the very good that Jed sends! & look at ‘s breathtaking aerial photos!USS New York, LPD-21 will be commissioned tomorrow, Saturday November 7th at pier 88.The harbor never really sleeps.

I love the amber glow of the deck lights of the tugs.At Global Marine Terminal (above), Cap Breton & OOCL Malaysia were being pushed into place. Below: Pearl Ace.As we neared the Verrazano Narrows bridge, we sailed in the midst of another working day on the harbor: a cruise ship, ferries, more tugs & barges, a CircleLine all moved along, doing their business. The battleship was in view, far away.

Once we were in Lower Bay, the spray came flying in through here:At 0621h, Zachary Reinauer calls out and asks the Sturgeon Bay to switch to its working channel where it asks what its position in the parade is to be.“Do you have the list of vessels and their orders?”“We woke up to orders to be in the parade, so here we are. We do not know the order.” They fell in behind us. 1–the OTHER vessel named New York!–seemed to lead, followed closely by the pilot book Sandy Hook.This is how I love the harbor: a big fuzzy flotilla of parading vessels, working vessels, fireboats spraying red, white and blue jets of water.

Pleasure boats would get too close and get chased away by the swooping Defender class boats. A, a schooner, a sloop, even a duck boat made little appearances in the parade. Only missing the tallships.Southbound barges seemed to collect as we neared the George Washington bridge. A couple of tugs and barges were anchored in the anchorage channel, but seemed to be VERY much too close. The (International Maritime Organization)’s was held last weekend on Chelsea Piers:Hydrographic Research Vessel208′ Ship(formerly one of three U.S.

Navy survey ships, all named the USS.)Coast Guard Buoy TenderCoastal Buoy Tender (WLB 555)Coast Guard Patrol BoatPatrol Boat (WPB 1343)Tug BoatK-Sea TransportationCoast Guard Medium Response Boat(RB-M 45614)Passenger Vessel: ferry, Miss Gateway (sorry, not shown. She left before I could thaw out to draw her.

Also, the advertised Staten Island ferry did not seem to be in attendance, but they are not far from this pier and our hearts.)(not done yet! More to come on this event and the ships). Rendezvous with on a cloudy day to shipspot on the KVK.Tugster: “Can you read what the name of that tanker is?”I could, but I liked his version better.Ice Base (2008)Type: oil tanker, double hullFlag: CyprusBuilt by: STX Shipbuilding Co. Ltd, Pusan, South KoreaLength: 228 m / 748 ftBreadth: 32.2 m / 105.6 ftDepth: 19.1 m / 62.7 ftOrange Wave (1993)Type: juice tankerFlag: MonroviaBuilt by: Sterkoder Shipbuilding A/S – Kristiansund, NorwayLength: 157 m / 515 ftBreadth: 26 m / 85.3 ftDepth: 6.6 m / 21.7 ftDWT: 16.700 tonsNeed a ship identified?

Call Tugster. Need a photo of a ship? Need information on a ship? Among what he can dig up:Orange, Orange, Orange, Orange, Orange Orange you glad we have Tugster? More thunderstorms to come this week! One tug captain, recounts an event that occurred one summer afternoon:“I had just gone below when a tremendous clap of thunder shook the tug and the clean smell of ozone filled the air.

It turns out that we became part of the circuit for some of that dangerous, cloud-to-ground lightning. The lightning bolt struck the tallest point on the upper pilothouse — a six-foot radio antenna — leaving only a few inches of charred fiberglass sticking up. The radio attached to the antenna was fried, as was our navigation light panel, but that was it. All in all, we got off pretty easy.

But I wondered what could have happened had I been up there when the lightning hit.Our upper house is made of aluminum and the tug itself, including the mast, is steel. We were in saltwater. The boat did a great job of conducting the bolt into the bay with minimal damage, especially considering that lightning is generally not taken into consideration when vessels are designed. This may sound strange, but it’s true. In any case, I was just plain lucky that I was not in the upper pilothouse.”Below, a summary of what he had written in magazine:.

Give the lightning a place to go rather than through you. “A mariner has more of a chance of being hit by a side flash from the main bolt. The body is an excellent conductor. If your body provides a lightning bolt with a better path to the ground than a part of the vessel does, then it will likely take it. So the better your vessel can conduct the charge, the safer you are.”.

“All-metal vessels conduct electricity quite well. This makes them less susceptible to damage from lightning and inherently safer for crews. Fiberglass and wooden vessels, however, are very poor conductors. Consequently, the likelihood of damage to the vessel and injury to the crew is much greater. ”. “Salt water conducts electricity very well, while fresh water is a relatively poor conductor. Vessels in fresh water are much more likely to be damaged during a lightning strike.”.

“Everyone onboard should stay inside. Keep all doors, windows and portholes closed, and stay away from them. Avoid contact with any metal objects if possible, particularly with your hands. Do not hold metal steering wheels, jog levers, throttle controls, searchlight handles, etc., which gives the electricity a direct path through the heart and increases the odds of being killed. Donning a radio headset or holding a radio mike or cell phone is also very risky.

And hold off on showers or washing the dishes.”. “Turn off any electronic devices that are not immediately necessary for safe navigation or communications. Disconnecting radios and GPS receivers from their antennae and/or lowering the antennae may save them from damage, although this is seldom practical.

You must also weigh the benefit against the risk to personnel by unnecessarily exposing them to a lightning strike. ”. “Keep in mind, that lightning can easily strike in the same place again.”“For those who wish to learn more, two excellent sources of information can be found at and.”Many thanks, Capt. Milton, for permission to use this article which is taken from Workboat Magazine, 2005. 0300h – Lightning and thunder roared right by my ear, deafening claps of powerful electric eruption that then boomed with full might up North River, echoing, unstoppable, seemingly without end.Times like this make me think of those days, of people high up in the rigging, perched precariously on wet footropes, furling in heavy wet canvas on a pitching ship with other shipmates roused from sleep to climb the masts in driving rain. To find the street that corresponds with a pier along the west side of Manhattan, subtract 40. So:pier 66 is on 26th street,pier 89 is on 49th street,pier 90 is on 50th street.pier 40 is on Houston Street, or ‘zero street’.Pier 89 and 90, is where the Iwo Jima and the USS Roosevelt were docked for Fleet Week.unfinished drawing of the Iwo JimaWhat a crowd to see the Iwo Jima!

How patiently people–children!–stood on interminably long lines to wait to enter the ship.I set up in a quiet spot at the end of the pier 89, just past the throng, the booths with advertising, brochures, and paraphernalia, and past the navy ride simulator machine, but still within the boundary set up to pen visitors in from the end of the dock.The ship is daunting. She’s BIG, long, complicated, and I contemplated how to squeeze her bulk onto my sketch pad.The smell of low tide was lovely (yes briny and pristine! NYC’s lowtide smells good!) After drawing for 20 minutes, a marine with a big gun came by and apologetically asked me to move.

“I’m really sorry. My OIC asked me to tell you, uh, but you have to go somewhere else. I’m not sure. Et cetera.)Ok. How about here? I moved next to the ride simulator booth. I got a friendly nod, and continued to draw.

But after 10 minutes, another marine came by to tell me I could not stand there. No, I could not!–the exhaust from the ride was choking me.I moved into the line of folks waiting for the ride, and my fellow citizens patiently accommodated by filing around me while I drew. Surely I can stand here? Everyone’s standing here! More armed marines appeared.

I continued to sketch, chatted with children.Apparently, standing is not the issue. One OIC came to tell me that anyone standing in a place photographing–or drawing–for a long time was going to cause a bit of concern. He was very nice about it. I had my TWIC card suspended around my neck on a 1-800-USA-NAVY ribbon I got from FleetWeek last year, and mentioned that I had worked on these piers, but he smiled apologetically and said, “You’re probably innocent, but, sorry” With the TWIC, I got the same reaction I get at airports–blank glance.They who fight for liberty and freedom were good enough to grant me the liberty to finish my drawing, sort of.I do understand their reaction, though.

I think it was when I peered through the binoculars to see how the light fixture was attached on the stern of the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship that I raised a red flag. I’m glad I left the VHF at home.Perhaps it was the detailed drawings that they objected to. I turned the page, switched to a cut reed pen and loose-&-groovy mode. The kids liked this much better:What are your rights, should you find yourself in a similar situation? US military personnel (including military police) have no authority over non-military property or people. I was not on the ship nor standing on a tank, but on the pier which is is owned by the City of New York, though was probably also a USCG regulated facility for the visiting ships and various cruise ship companies.

On non-military installations, they have no jurisdiction. If it was a security concern, the police might have been called. No one ever told me not to draw, but I was not able to stand around to draw. I chose not to make it an issue. There’s plenty to draw, it was a beautiful day, people were happy.USS ROOSEVELT (DDG80), LOA-509′For good photos and a literary stroll through the interior showing machinery, marines, where barnacles reside and the NAVY’s tweeting address, look at Tugster.I watched the marines in their various uniforms debark from the ship, pausing at the head of the gangway to turn to the river to salute the flag on the stern of the ship which was not visible. They would then come off the gangway and joyfully go off into the city with their comrades. I wish for them safe journeys, I wish for them to be able to return home, mentally and physically healthy.I have the same wish, though, for those with whom they might cross paths, or swords.

\'s third album is getting the deluxe reissue treatment this fall.\' Benefit,\' released in April 1970, marked a pivotal spot in the band\'s catalog, with songs that found them drifting further from the heavily blues-influenced sound of their debut and a lineup that saw keyboardist John Evan arriving just as bassist Glenn Cornick was on his way out. The 10-track set incorporated more progressive elements and more involved production techniques - and it was a sizable hit too, peaking at No. 3 on the U.K. 29, Rhino Records will release a newly remastered and expanded edition of \'Benefit\' that adds another CD\'s worth of material, as well as a DVD containing 5.1 surround mixes of the album plus bonus tracks.

Benefit Bonus Tracks, Remastered. 2001 CD Chrysalis / 7243 5 35457 2 7 Benefit Bonus Tracks, Remastered. Something of a black sheep in Jethro Tull\'s catalog, some people claim this album suffers from overly moody and depressing set of songs.

Additionally, the LP is restored to its original U.K. Running orders and comes in \'a handsome booklet filled with rare photographs, an essay by Martin Webb, and interviews with band members.\'

Rhino will also offer a digital edition of the record, minus the DVD content, for $14.99; the physical edition is listed at $29.98. Have a look at the CD track listing below.

Jethro Tull\'s \'Benefit\' Collector\'s Edition Track ListDisc One \'With You There to Help Me\' 'Nothing to Say\' 'Alive and Well and Living In\' 'Son\' 'For Michael Collins, Jeffrey and Me\' 'To Cry You a Song\' 'A Time for Everything?\'

Creatures of the Deep: this sank in the Cape Cod Canal, was raised in 4 days and went back to work, busy in NYHarbor.This sank in the Wicomico River, was raised after 3 years, came to NYC under her own power (at 4kts), and works hard as a restaurant/bar on pier 66.And this one sinks and rises for a living, and did so in Lower Bay and left, carrying some of our tugs off, away to the East. Type in Blue Marlin or “” to see Tugster’s reportage of her ups and downs.And this laid in harbor mud, was salvaged, and now is the, the host of the art show. Curated by Karen Gersch, the show is currently on view until August 22.

The Artists’ Reception will be on July 22 at Brooklyn Bridge Park.Thank you, for sinking in the sinking/raising idea which gave rise to this post!Happy July to all! See you in August! Mariners from around the world, both licensed and not, float into NYHarbor.

A look here at the is to see a complete array of pretty little flags. The people who serve as crew come from as many nations.This story comes from a seasoned tug captain:When finished bunkering and pulling away from a visiting ship, the tug captain maneuvers to position the barge to catch its lines as the ship deckhands cast them off. The trick is to slide quickly beneath the lines, and to take up the slack, so that the lines land on the barge and not go in the water.“But if they want them to go in the water, there’s really nothing we can do to stop them,” and so, sometimes, the lines are flung off into the drink, leaving the crestfallen tankerman below to retrieve the heavy, wet, freezing lines.“Yes, it happens. The deckhands lean over the rail and gloat.

And, a handful of times, from hongkong nationals, I’ve heard the accompanying: “Hahaha! You go now, Round-eye!\'

That is absurd!!! No self-respecting asian would say ’round-eye!’ Round-eye is a “round-eye’s” term!”“Well, I’m at eye-level, and I tell you, I see them. They take the line off the bitt and let it slide through the chock, and there’s no way you can take up all the slack in time. When the line goes into the water, their heads pop out over, they look at each other and laugh. And they say, “You go now, Round-eye!”According to this, the more probable insult of choice at the friendly work level would be da bi zi, “big nose” (though i’ve heard this used as a term of affection when an old chinese father called his american son-in-law that.) “Round eye” would not work because big eyes are very popular in china, and women undergo the knife to widen the eyes.

I suppose it could be insulting for a deckhand to accuse you of having plastic surgery.Blissfully disregarding the fact that they are the foreigners and not allowed off their ships, chinese mariners may still refer to the NYHarborer as an “old foreigner”: lao wai.As for cultural exchange, a fascinating glimpse into the plight of the stranded, visiting mariner is. And over in our own Howland Hook, a Regardless of your nationality: If you are throwing lines in the water, shame on you! What would your parents say?Another on. This story is told by Sandy Eames, a tallships sailor, so it must be true:A schooner came into Cherbourg, France to dock.

As it approached the wall, its bowsprit impaled a 2CV. The skipper put her into reverse, but it as the waters would have it, the bow lifted up as it backed out, and the boat took the little car out with it. And as luck would have it, the cafe overlooking the dock was full of diners who could testify that Sandy’s tale is true.Si vous etiez present lors de cet evenement, merci de nous envoyez votre temoignage pour confirmer sa veracite!I love the rich colors of!

The 1964 film, however, was shot on the unstable negative stock. The director, knowing that the negative would fade quickly, had three color bands shot on black and white negative, and thirty years later, created a new color print that is lavish and rich.

The entire film’s dialog is sung! It takes a bit of getting used to, all composed by the incredibly prolific, who also helped to digitally remaster the score for the new version. The experience is something else: elegant dresses matching the wallpaper, beautiful old painted numbers on the bows of fishingboats, sailors in their uniforms, umbrellas, cobblestones, a sweeping, teary score Probably not shown on a tug flatscreen soon, but here is it, because it is beautiful!Ah!

It ain’t just for ships.And, in a “of all the gas joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine” moment(click on the youtube link, then on “cc” to view subtitles). This has a 12h watch system: 0600 to 1800, 1800 to 0600.

The crew of 35 are on 6 weeks, off 6.A front watch gets the sun. A back watch gets no sun–and no Captain down their backs.This one is using a 7-5, 5-7 watch (0600-1300-1800-2300-0600), deviating slightly from the industry standard of 6/6.This offshore tug has the luxury of a 3-watch system (the benefit of any voyage more than 600 nm): 4 on-8 off, 8 on-4 off. Their breakdown is 0600-1000-1400-1800. “We do it this way so whoever cooks does not end up with the pots.”You were on watch to see the sun rising, the smell of breakfast is cooking, the engine is loud, someone is hammering: it is time to go to bed.I am not going to touch the fatigue issue on boats. However, I will direct you to some fascinating sites.

The urges mariners to report issues relating to fatigue as part of their database.Peruse the USCG’s literature. Reactions to it are on and by, with links to studies on the matter. Good reading on the experiences are found on and on Old Salt Shaker’s, and.A reference on these manning issues are.

Quite interesting is this of seamen vs USCG. If you need help falling asleep, all the codes are collected.So, don’t request a tug to blow their horn as they go by: there is always someone trying to sleep. They fight constant noise, vibration, light, motion, odors; are interrupted by drills — I just cannot imagine it. As one chief mate puts it: “bear in mind that we work aboard vessels that are essentially designed to collide with things”One offshore tug chief mate said, “I don’t know how harbor guys do it. I had to do it for 2 weeks, and at the end, I couldn’t remember my name.”Another mate wrote: “It was a 2-watch system (captain, mate, two deckhands and an engineer) until the economy fell apart – and then most ship assist tugs went to “singled-up” crews (captain, engineer, and deckhand) – don’t ask how they complied with work and fatigue!”Knowing all this, though, it still might help to take the advice of one well-meaning should you attempt to date someone who goes to sea/incommunicado for weeks at a time:thank you Julie, Will, Jed, Robert, Wesley and O, Linked Ones! On VHF 13: “Look at at that moon!” At 0604h in Bayonne, the moon was a half hidden, huge, beautiful orange glowing ball. Onboard the, we sailed past and, and south towards the Narrows to greet the PCU (pre-commissioning unit).

See for amazing photos and writings from the day; be sure to read the very good that Jed sends! & look at ‘s breathtaking aerial photos!USS New York, LPD-21 will be commissioned tomorrow, Saturday November 7th at pier 88.The harbor never really sleeps.

I love the amber glow of the deck lights of the tugs.At Global Marine Terminal (above), Cap Breton & OOCL Malaysia were being pushed into place. Below: Pearl Ace.As we neared the Verrazano Narrows bridge, we sailed in the midst of another working day on the harbor: a cruise ship, ferries, more tugs & barges, a CircleLine all moved along, doing their business. The battleship was in view, far away.

Once we were in Lower Bay, the spray came flying in through here:At 0621h, Zachary Reinauer calls out and asks the Sturgeon Bay to switch to its working channel where it asks what its position in the parade is to be.“Do you have the list of vessels and their orders?”“We woke up to orders to be in the parade, so here we are. We do not know the order.” They fell in behind us. 1–the OTHER vessel named New York!–seemed to lead, followed closely by the pilot book Sandy Hook.This is how I love the harbor: a big fuzzy flotilla of parading vessels, working vessels, fireboats spraying red, white and blue jets of water.

Pleasure boats would get too close and get chased away by the swooping Defender class boats. A, a schooner, a sloop, even a duck boat made little appearances in the parade. Only missing the tallships.Southbound barges seemed to collect as we neared the George Washington bridge. A couple of tugs and barges were anchored in the anchorage channel, but seemed to be VERY much too close. The (International Maritime Organization)’s was held last weekend on Chelsea Piers:Hydrographic Research Vessel208′ Ship(formerly one of three U.S.

Navy survey ships, all named the USS.)Coast Guard Buoy TenderCoastal Buoy Tender (WLB 555)Coast Guard Patrol BoatPatrol Boat (WPB 1343)Tug BoatK-Sea TransportationCoast Guard Medium Response Boat(RB-M 45614)Passenger Vessel: ferry, Miss Gateway (sorry, not shown. She left before I could thaw out to draw her.

Also, the advertised Staten Island ferry did not seem to be in attendance, but they are not far from this pier and our hearts.)(not done yet! More to come on this event and the ships). Rendezvous with on a cloudy day to shipspot on the KVK.Tugster: “Can you read what the name of that tanker is?”I could, but I liked his version better.Ice Base (2008)Type: oil tanker, double hullFlag: CyprusBuilt by: STX Shipbuilding Co. Ltd, Pusan, South KoreaLength: 228 m / 748 ftBreadth: 32.2 m / 105.6 ftDepth: 19.1 m / 62.7 ftOrange Wave (1993)Type: juice tankerFlag: MonroviaBuilt by: Sterkoder Shipbuilding A/S – Kristiansund, NorwayLength: 157 m / 515 ftBreadth: 26 m / 85.3 ftDepth: 6.6 m / 21.7 ftDWT: 16.700 tonsNeed a ship identified?

Call Tugster. Need a photo of a ship? Need information on a ship? Among what he can dig up:Orange, Orange, Orange, Orange, Orange Orange you glad we have Tugster? More thunderstorms to come this week! One tug captain, recounts an event that occurred one summer afternoon:“I had just gone below when a tremendous clap of thunder shook the tug and the clean smell of ozone filled the air.

It turns out that we became part of the circuit for some of that dangerous, cloud-to-ground lightning. The lightning bolt struck the tallest point on the upper pilothouse — a six-foot radio antenna — leaving only a few inches of charred fiberglass sticking up. The radio attached to the antenna was fried, as was our navigation light panel, but that was it. All in all, we got off pretty easy.

But I wondered what could have happened had I been up there when the lightning hit.Our upper house is made of aluminum and the tug itself, including the mast, is steel. We were in saltwater. The boat did a great job of conducting the bolt into the bay with minimal damage, especially considering that lightning is generally not taken into consideration when vessels are designed. This may sound strange, but it’s true. In any case, I was just plain lucky that I was not in the upper pilothouse.”Below, a summary of what he had written in magazine:.

Give the lightning a place to go rather than through you. “A mariner has more of a chance of being hit by a side flash from the main bolt. The body is an excellent conductor. If your body provides a lightning bolt with a better path to the ground than a part of the vessel does, then it will likely take it. So the better your vessel can conduct the charge, the safer you are.”.

“All-metal vessels conduct electricity quite well. This makes them less susceptible to damage from lightning and inherently safer for crews. Fiberglass and wooden vessels, however, are very poor conductors. Consequently, the likelihood of damage to the vessel and injury to the crew is much greater. ”. “Salt water conducts electricity very well, while fresh water is a relatively poor conductor. Vessels in fresh water are much more likely to be damaged during a lightning strike.”.

“Everyone onboard should stay inside. Keep all doors, windows and portholes closed, and stay away from them. Avoid contact with any metal objects if possible, particularly with your hands. Do not hold metal steering wheels, jog levers, throttle controls, searchlight handles, etc., which gives the electricity a direct path through the heart and increases the odds of being killed. Donning a radio headset or holding a radio mike or cell phone is also very risky.

And hold off on showers or washing the dishes.”. “Turn off any electronic devices that are not immediately necessary for safe navigation or communications. Disconnecting radios and GPS receivers from their antennae and/or lowering the antennae may save them from damage, although this is seldom practical.

You must also weigh the benefit against the risk to personnel by unnecessarily exposing them to a lightning strike. ”. “Keep in mind, that lightning can easily strike in the same place again.”“For those who wish to learn more, two excellent sources of information can be found at and.”Many thanks, Capt. Milton, for permission to use this article which is taken from Workboat Magazine, 2005. 0300h – Lightning and thunder roared right by my ear, deafening claps of powerful electric eruption that then boomed with full might up North River, echoing, unstoppable, seemingly without end.Times like this make me think of those days, of people high up in the rigging, perched precariously on wet footropes, furling in heavy wet canvas on a pitching ship with other shipmates roused from sleep to climb the masts in driving rain. To find the street that corresponds with a pier along the west side of Manhattan, subtract 40. So:pier 66 is on 26th street,pier 89 is on 49th street,pier 90 is on 50th street.pier 40 is on Houston Street, or ‘zero street’.Pier 89 and 90, is where the Iwo Jima and the USS Roosevelt were docked for Fleet Week.unfinished drawing of the Iwo JimaWhat a crowd to see the Iwo Jima!

How patiently people–children!–stood on interminably long lines to wait to enter the ship.I set up in a quiet spot at the end of the pier 89, just past the throng, the booths with advertising, brochures, and paraphernalia, and past the navy ride simulator machine, but still within the boundary set up to pen visitors in from the end of the dock.The ship is daunting. She’s BIG, long, complicated, and I contemplated how to squeeze her bulk onto my sketch pad.The smell of low tide was lovely (yes briny and pristine! NYC’s lowtide smells good!) After drawing for 20 minutes, a marine with a big gun came by and apologetically asked me to move.

“I’m really sorry. My OIC asked me to tell you, uh, but you have to go somewhere else. I’m not sure. Et cetera.)Ok. How about here? I moved next to the ride simulator booth. I got a friendly nod, and continued to draw.

But after 10 minutes, another marine came by to tell me I could not stand there. No, I could not!–the exhaust from the ride was choking me.I moved into the line of folks waiting for the ride, and my fellow citizens patiently accommodated by filing around me while I drew. Surely I can stand here? Everyone’s standing here! More armed marines appeared.

I continued to sketch, chatted with children.Apparently, standing is not the issue. One OIC came to tell me that anyone standing in a place photographing–or drawing–for a long time was going to cause a bit of concern. He was very nice about it. I had my TWIC card suspended around my neck on a 1-800-USA-NAVY ribbon I got from FleetWeek last year, and mentioned that I had worked on these piers, but he smiled apologetically and said, “You’re probably innocent, but, sorry” With the TWIC, I got the same reaction I get at airports–blank glance.They who fight for liberty and freedom were good enough to grant me the liberty to finish my drawing, sort of.I do understand their reaction, though.

I think it was when I peered through the binoculars to see how the light fixture was attached on the stern of the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship that I raised a red flag. I’m glad I left the VHF at home.Perhaps it was the detailed drawings that they objected to. I turned the page, switched to a cut reed pen and loose-&-groovy mode. The kids liked this much better:What are your rights, should you find yourself in a similar situation? US military personnel (including military police) have no authority over non-military property or people. I was not on the ship nor standing on a tank, but on the pier which is is owned by the City of New York, though was probably also a USCG regulated facility for the visiting ships and various cruise ship companies.

On non-military installations, they have no jurisdiction. If it was a security concern, the police might have been called. No one ever told me not to draw, but I was not able to stand around to draw. I chose not to make it an issue. There’s plenty to draw, it was a beautiful day, people were happy.USS ROOSEVELT (DDG80), LOA-509′For good photos and a literary stroll through the interior showing machinery, marines, where barnacles reside and the NAVY’s tweeting address, look at Tugster.I watched the marines in their various uniforms debark from the ship, pausing at the head of the gangway to turn to the river to salute the flag on the stern of the ship which was not visible. They would then come off the gangway and joyfully go off into the city with their comrades. I wish for them safe journeys, I wish for them to be able to return home, mentally and physically healthy.I have the same wish, though, for those with whom they might cross paths, or swords.