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Default TUG BOAT 1 , SCHOONER 0 Heron raised

On Thu, 17 May 2007 01:14:39 GMT, joevan
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On Wed, 16 May 2007 15:20:19 GMT, joevan
wrote:

On Tue, 15 May 2007 21:50:27 -0400, Canal Lee
wrote:

On Tue, 15 May 2007 12:38:56 GMT, joevan
wrote:

On Tue, 15 May 2007 12:32:32 GMT, joevan
wrote:

Voigt said divers would be brought in this morning to assist with
removal of the wreckage. He said the Corps hopes to have the Canal
reopened by Tuesday afternoon.
Contact Terri Sanginiti at 324-2771 or


LINK TO SCHOONER -
http://www.amschooner.org/node/83
Wow, I wondered what happened to my Heron. That is the ship I learned
to sail. She is a wonder and I sure hope she can be rescued again.
Many times I sailed on that beauty. Will never forget the good times.
Thanks for the links.
This is sort of a letdown in a way. I had heard nothing of her until
this post by you. I had no idea what if anything had happened to her.
She must have been completely rebuilt below the water line as she was
not in good shape last I was aware.
Nice to know she has been revived and now I hope she can be again.
Sad to find her and loose her at the same time.
Thank you for that link.
My friend seems to have come back from the dead. His writings about
Heron are there too as well as all information about restoration.

How interesting that you actually sailed on that classic rig !
I never know who knows what at ABP-TS . I can`t say i ever saw her
before , either here or elsewhere .

This morning ( Tuesday ) they used a crane barge and divers and
brought her up and on to a deck barge , then I heard over the marine
radio that they were taking her to Baltimore . Rumor has it that the
Heron had no lights on . The tug and barge had lights .Maybe
somebody fell asleep at the wheel ? Everything happened west of here
where I can`t get access for any pics .

If she is not too far gone , perhaps they can rebuild her , and you
can sail on the Heron once again .

Just to say that it would not be possible for anyone to fall asleep at
the wheel as Heron had none and they restored her fully, as I
understand. I remember having the tiller vibrating just so when Heron
was trimmed and sailing perfectly.



http://chesapeakecity.blogspot.com/2...-from-c-d.html

Can't tell from these shots but it may be possible to save her. I have
my fingers crossed and am hoping she will sail another day.


I don`t look at this blog too much because i know who runs it and I
can`t stand her .......however , I`m glad you posted a link
so we could see the schooner being raised . The photographer is
one of our new town councilman .

The blog is not free for anyone to express their views about the town
or anything else . You submit something and if "CANALSIDE " agrees
with it , then it gets posted . If not , it doesn`t .

There are two groups in control of Chesapeake City . Stalinists and
Nit Wits . CANALSIDE is one of the COMMIES .

At one time there was a link on the Official town website to this blog
, but I think they removed it .