New river traffic in my back yard
Mar 24, 2015 11:32:36 #
Worrier headed for port of Albany
At Newburgh Landing 190.9m 208 yrds a little over 2 football fields
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Life on the Bridge 3/24/15 09:12
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Interesting loading mechanism
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Where most of action is
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At the Newburgh - Beacon Bridge
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Mar 24, 2015 17:29:24 #
mwoods222 wrote:
Worrier headed for port of Albany
Very cool looking ship. Nice.
Mar 24, 2015 17:45:24 #
As cool looking it is think about the people manning it. The deck hands,electricians, engineers,oilers, Capt 1st and 2nd Mates, cooks and stewards etc,etc
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Mar 25, 2015 10:24:01 #
mwoods222 wrote:
As cool looking it is think about the people manning it. The deck hands,electricians, engineers,oilers, Capt 1st and 2nd Mates, cooks and stewards etc,etc
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Having sailed years ago as a 3rd engineer, it's nice to know that some folks appreciate the job these crews do. I almost slipped and said "crewmen" when I remembered there are women aboard freighters now. Mostly deck officers. Cruise ships have had women for years as housekeepers and food service assistants. Thanks for posting these photos.
Mar 25, 2015 10:31:25 #
Finally someone sees the picture I see. Thats why I always try to give the vessels some humanity by focusing on the bridge to get profiles or the River Pilots or whomever :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:Thanks PS Check out my website had over 180,000 hits enjoy
Mar 25, 2015 10:50:55 #
The bridge is a very busy place when sailing a large ship into or out of port. There is a Pilot, helmsman, 3rd mate watch officer, the Chief Mate, and sometimes the Captain, and usually the 2nd mate who is responsible for navigation. You might find a newly graduated 3rd engineer who is not on duty in the engine room, in a safe spot out of the way. It is very interesting.
Mar 25, 2015 11:45:33 #
Thank you for the narrative, I find it most enlightening. I have an hand held marine band radio and monitor channel 13 which is the traffic channel. Once in a while a pilot will answer a question. One did tell me " I know I speak for all of us and we appreciate what I do because I am he only one that has any enthusiasm for what they do" and their family can see what they piloted up the river on me website as well as their children can show their friends what they do. Someone suggested I come up with a program for middle schoolers on the maritime industry. I also go to the Hudson River Pilots Association website where
i am a link and get lots of information Thanks again
i am a link and get lots of information Thanks again
Mar 25, 2015 15:09:47 #
Thanks for your interest in this field. It's one of those things that most people never think about. There are thousands of merchant ships carrying everything imaginable. Most of the time it is very routine, but when you get into a storm, it can get pretty scary. The big container haulers almost always lose a few of them in heave seas. When they report the loss, the location is marked and some organizations like NOAA will try to track the flotsam to measure currents etc. I personally remember being in 30ft. swells on a 600ft long ship. We were tossed around like a cork in the bathtub. You can book passage on freighters with a dozen or so passengers and see what life is like for the sailors. Thanks again for the photos and your interest.
Mar 25, 2015 19:06:21 #
I sailed back form Korea on a liberty ship for 3 weeks and sailed the USCG Eagle for 3 weeks in 99 to GITMO and through the Panama Cannel that was really cool
Do a youtube on the ship Peking and Capt Johnson a movie of that ship going around Cape Horn in 1932 40 minuets of the most reveting Maritime footage you will ever see you can only get short but look for the DVD and get it you would never be disappointed
Do a youtube on the ship Peking and Capt Johnson a movie of that ship going around Cape Horn in 1932 40 minuets of the most reveting Maritime footage you will ever see you can only get short but look for the DVD and get it you would never be disappointed
Mar 26, 2015 09:03:55 #
Wow, a Liberty ship. There is a fully operational Liberty in Baltimore and sometimes it cruises the East Coast. It was in Wilmington De. a few years ago, I took the tour. My dad was a Chief Engineer on a couple of these during WW2 on the North Atlantic run from New York to Murmansk. He survived several German wolf pack attacks. I can't imagine what that must have been like.
Mar 26, 2015 09:14:23 #
That must have been a nerve racking experience. I am aware of those north atlantic crossings. The North Atlantic is notorious for rough seas remember Victory at sea
When you live on a ship your body becomes one with the rhythm of the ship. A least for me. it can become bewitching.
When you live on a ship your body becomes one with the rhythm of the ship. A least for me. it can become bewitching.
Mar 26, 2015 09:33:27 #
That's true, you do become part of the ship. It's weird when you step off the ship for the first few minutes. You look like the proverbial drunken sailor. And yes, the North Atlantic is a rough go.
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