I said I wasn’t going to take more pictures tonight.
I said I was just going to “scout” and come back tomorrow in better light.
And here I am.
Y’all ain’t gonna get “oooh and ahhh” like the OCEAN A. GAUTHIER photos recently posted. The sky tonight looked like a mix between radioactive Lake Erie sludge and Betty White’s mascara. Golden light (not to be confused with Golden Girls) was nowhere to be found in this hemisphere.
It was quite the nail biting evening. For this layman anyway. I’m sure some of the old (and young) salties I know wouldn’t have batted an eyelash. But my heart was racing.
I went and grabbed something to eat, and I honestly thought ALGOMA INNOVATOR would be moored by the time I got down there.
As my car crested the Oshawa Creek bridge, I could see them both. It looked like ALGOMA INNOVATOR was on the west berth and of course ISABELLE G was on the east berth. I was half right.
I do not presume to know more than the captain of a 650 foot bulk carrier. But. I was shocked he was bringing that monster in without a tugboat. Especially with a sizable portion of the harbour occupied by the equally mammoth ISABELLE G. (They vary in length by barely a meter. From a distance they could pass for twinzies.)
Anyway, he got it in. And although I am fully cognizant that the Marine Traffic map is “not to scale” I think this screenshot clearly demonstrates that the master of ALGOMA INNOVATOR justly deserves the “MOST LIKELY TO NOT TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER” award. 🏆
That’s a mighty short piece of pier you have there, son.
Everyone who was gathered at the dock was certain that he was going to bury it in the old marina and they were going to need LAPRAIRIE, GAUTHIER, SIMARD, GOLF, and three of their friends to pull her out.
So anyway. Here are the photos of the two nautical gladiators (hey, that’d be a great name for a ship) jockeying for position. Enjoy.
