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The tug is the Morton S. Bouchard Jr.
It is in the notch and outside she will tow. If it's calm outside she may stay in the notch. She is a common visitor to Portland, Maine and I've been on it several times. Mark |
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"MWB" wrote in message ... The tug is the Morton S. Bouchard Jr. It is in the notch and outside she will tow. If it's calm outside she may stay in the notch. She is a common visitor to Portland, Maine and I've been on it several times. Mark Thank you, so the "Morton S. Bouchard" it is. In fact "Morton S. Bouchard" yields many results with Google Images, such as this one which confirms your info: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jblough...29517/sizes/l/ So it travels a good deal! The name Bouchard can be seen on the left "box" at the rear of the barge also. Any picture(s) of your own? Can such barges as the one it was pushing be used on the open sea? Thanks again! PS. I have addicted to tugs since I was 4 years old, when I saw my first one during WWII in amazing circumstances that I will have to tell in some future blog. That was at the mouth of the Onilahy River between Tulear and Soalara in Madagascar, actually I was aboard the tug with my parents and the sea was pretty, pretty rough. We were expecting the little barge it was towing to go under (not to mention the smallish antique tug itself) at any time, but in the end nothing happened... aside from being drenched with a lot of spray. :-) |
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On Thu, 3 Jun 2010 14:46:13 -0400, "Pierre Lanuéjols"
wrote: "MWB" wrote in message ... The tug is the Morton S. Bouchard Jr. It is in the notch and outside she will tow. If it's calm outside she may stay in the notch. She is a common visitor to Portland, Maine and I've been on it several times. Mark Thank you, so the "Morton S. Bouchard" it is. In fact "Morton S. Bouchard" yields many results with Google Images, such as this one which confirms your info: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jblough...29517/sizes/l/ So it travels a good deal! The name Bouchard can be seen on the left "box" at the rear of the barge also. Any picture(s) of your own? Can such barges as the one it was pushing be used on the open sea? Thanks again! PS. I have addicted to tugs since I was 4 years old, when I saw my first one during WWII in amazing circumstances that I will have to tell in some future blog. That was at the mouth of the Onilahy River between Tulear and Soalara in Madagascar, actually I was aboard the tug with my parents and the sea was pretty, pretty rough. We were expecting the little barge it was towing to go under (not to mention the smallish antique tug itself) at any time, but in the end nothing happened... aside from being drenched with a lot of spray. :-) I for one, would like to hear more. |
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On Thu, 3 Jun 2010 14:46:13 -0400, "Pierre Lanuéjols"
wrote: "MWB" wrote in message ... The tug is the Morton S. Bouchard Jr. It is in the notch and outside she will tow. If it's calm outside she may stay in the notch. She is a common visitor to Portland, Maine and I've been on it several times. Mark Thank you, so the "Morton S. Bouchard" it is. In fact "Morton S. Bouchard" yields many results with Google Images, such as this one which confirms your info: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jblough...29517/sizes/l/ So it travels a good deal! The name Bouchard can be seen on the left "box" at the rear of the barge also. Any picture(s) of your own? Can such barges as the one it was pushing be used on the open sea? Thanks again! PS. I have addicted to tugs since I was 4 years old, when I saw my first one during WWII in amazing circumstances that I will have to tell in some future blog. That was at the mouth of the Onilahy River between Tulear and Soalara in Madagascar, actually I was aboard the tug with my parents and the sea was pretty, pretty rough. We were expecting the little barge it was towing to go under (not to mention the smallish antique tug itself) at any time, but in the end nothing happened... aside from being drenched with a lot of spray. :-) I for one, would like to hear more. |
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"Pierre Lanuéjols" wrote in message . .. "MWB" wrote in message ... The tug is the Morton S. Bouchard Jr. It is in the notch and outside she will tow. If it's calm outside she may stay in the notch. She is a common visitor to Portland, Maine and I've been on it several times. Mark Thank you, so the "Morton S. Bouchard" it is. In fact "Morton S. Bouchard" yields many results with Google Images, such as this one which confirms your info: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jblough...29517/sizes/l/ So it travels a good deal! The name Bouchard can be seen on the left "box" at the rear of the barge also. Any picture(s) of your own? Can such barges as the one it was pushing be used on the open sea? Thanks again! PS. I have addicted to tugs since I was 4 years old, when I saw my first one during WWII in amazing circumstances that I will have to tell in some future blog. That was at the mouth of the Onilahy River between Tulear and Soalara in Madagascar, actually I was aboard the tug with my parents and the sea was pretty, pretty rough. We were expecting the little barge it was towing to go under (not to mention the smallish antique tug itself) at any time, but in the end nothing happened... aside from being drenched with a lot of spray. :-) I will look for a photo. I download my photos in files labeled by date, not vessel. I have over 20,000 photos and I will hopefully stumble on it. That is a sea going tug and it does go weather bound in rough weather, because it tows. It can't stay in the notch in rough weather. The newer pinned tugs stay in the notch. On the COHO you can see the pins that hydraulicy lock it to the barge. These pinned barges can handle rough weather and don't go weather bound unless it's really messy out. Mark Mark |
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