I have been truly privileged to watch Onrust grow: the ship as well as the community and maybe the community more than the ship even. Sure, it’s a replica of the first decked vessel in the … more →
tugster: a waterblogtugster wrote 6 months ago: I have been truly privileged to watch Onrust grow: the ship as well as the community and maybe the … more →
tugster wrote 7 months ago: So I was just minding my own business, when Eagle Boston , over 99,000 tons dwt and 830′ loa, … more →
tugster wrote 8 months ago: As I post, Allie B steams eastwards 96 hours out of Boston bound for Gilbraltar and Romania. One si … more →
tugster wrote 9 months ago: Question: Can anyone recall ever seeing a Smit tug in or around the sixth boro? I’ve known t … more →
tugster wrote 11 months ago: A quick search of tugster archives (see left sidebar) shows many previous fotos of one of the more u … more →
tugster wrote 11 months ago: Many thanks to Joel Milton for this undated, “coloriferous” image of –well– … more →
tugster wrote 11 months ago: Launched two years shy of four score years ago, William Oscar Decker has appeared many times on this … more →
tugster wrote 12 months ago: I adopted the theme “three score plus” for this week. Anything still afloat in the harb … more →
tugster wrote 12 months ago: Like some farmers I know who use their tractors for decades, careful with maintenance, it seems vess … more →
tugster wrote 12 months ago: Here are the basics: come by land or water to a party for Mary Whalen’s 70th year next Saturd … more →
tugster wrote 1 year ago: “restless” in Dutch. And restless perfectly describes the efforts of a committed set of … more →
tugster wrote 1 year ago: Stapleton Service (ex-New Haven, 1966) assists at dawn. She was in the distance in the “Crazy … more →
tugster wrote 1 year ago: Left to right, it’s Linda Moran, Danielle M Bouchard, unidentified K-Sea, and Ruby M. And pl … more →
tugster wrote 1 year ago: Note: an unrelated “cursed” note appears at bottom of this post. I incubated this post … more →
tugster wrote 1 year ago: Perspicacious bowsprite snapped this vessel of a Canadian patrol vessel headed upriver a few days ba … more →
tugster wrote 1 year ago: It’s hard to believe Caspian Sea’s never appeared on this blog before, but each day play … more →
tugster wrote 1 year ago: Thank a vet, and another and another. Top foto is the USS Cole in the Chesapeake. Intrepid headed n … more →
tugster wrote 1 year ago: Caribbean Sea, above, heads into the obscuring fog. Only on clear days do I appreciate the fog. Atl … more →
tugster wrote 1 year ago: Tiny boat in KVK hits tugboat wake, samples submarine life. Here’s the same vessel seconds ear … more →