Tugboat Roundup in Waterford! What a great morning we had along the waterfront, looking at all the tugboats, both large and small, commercial and privately owned. It was the biggest turnout of vessels that we had seen in several years.
The 65 ft. Coast Guard Cutter Hawser...
Dave got to go in the engine room of the 'Otter'.
The featured tug of the 2022 show 'J. Arnold Witte' was built in 2021.
The New York State Marine Highway's tugs...
Many of the tugs' wheelhouses slide up and down to get under the low bridges of the canal system, which you can see on 'Edna A'.
This was a first time seeing the tug 'Joncaire'.
The group of mini tugs has really expanded.
One couple built their own tug out of a kayak, complete with electric motor which ran on a battery recharged with a solar panel. It looked to be a bit unstable with the extra weight and height.
There were even some radio-controlled tugs that were perfectly detailed, including tiny cranes that worked.
As we were walking up to the top of the first lock on the Erie Canal, the gates opened and about 50 kayakers and canoeist came paddling out. I believe that it was a charity run.
To top off the show, we sat in on a talk given by Art Cohn who is Director Emeritus of the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum and famous for finding and studying shipwrecks in Lake Champlain (among many other accomplishments). His talk included history of the NYS canal systems and his most current quest of charting the bottom and finding shipwrecks in very deep Seneca Lake. It was fantastic and so interesting!
Day 2 of our weekend was a huge hit. Tomorrow will be day 3...motorcycles (we ARE the definition of diverse 😉)!
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