Fourth Of July 2009

Nighttime At The Boat Basin

The horrible weather we had the entire month of June finally broke yesterday. It's finally starting to look and feel like summer around here. I grabbed some shots of the Boat Basin tonite while I was there.

Nice Sunset Yesterday.

The sun finally came out for a little while yesterday. I grabbed a few shots of the sunset from the waterfront-

Summertime Nor'easter

We are right in the middle of a three day summertime nor'easter. Winds are gusting to 50mph. There are boats starting to break free from their moorings and drifting up on the beach or sinking. Here is a video clip I shot today from down at Sayle's Seafood.


During the gale today, there were two draggers anchored side by side up in the lee of First Bend. They were the Drifter and the Underwing. I don't ever remember seeing draggers laying to on anchor up in there before. I don't understand why those two draggers were allowed to anchor on the bay scallop bed up there in First Bend. I thought the Marine Department recently enacted laws against that type of practice. Why weren't they ordered to leave? Anyone? An old local salt just e-mailed me with the answer. He said that the boats are allowed to anchor up in First Bend during a storm. Mystery solved!



June 23. Very little damage observed around the waterfront today. One big sportfisher sunk on her mooring off Shimmo and what looks like a 23' Seacraft sunk off Monomoy-

First Day Of Summer

The calendar says it's the first day of summer. It feels and looks more like the first day of January around here. I have never seen anything like this in all the years I've lived here (44 years). If this horrible weather pattern doesn't break soon, we're in big trouble. I bundled up and ventured down to the waterfront this afternoon and grabbed a few shots.

Sunset. June 16, 2009

New Dragger

A new little dragger showed up at the Town Pier recently as part of the fluke fleet. Her name is Underwing. Mark, the owner of the Drifter owns her. He just finished her off. There is no net reel or winches installed yet. She will be used as a buy boat this summer for the fluke boats that fish out of here. She's a big, heavy wide boat. I've never seen a boat as wide as her. She must be at least 20' wide. I'm guessing she's around 45' long. Here are a couple of pictures of Underwing I took tonite-

Egrets At Monomoy

There were a lot of egrets at Monomoy Beach this afternoon. They were feeding on bait that was in the shallows.

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Will It Ever Get Nice Around Here?

Seems as though the weather is never going to get nice around here. This is THE worst Spring I can ever remember here. It feels Like January. Hopefully, we'll be able to salvage July and August. In any event, I bundled up and went down to the waterfront this evening to see what was going on-

Captain Ken

I caught up with Captain Ken Wiggin while I was out and about in my boat today.
If you ever want to catch some fish or just go for a cruise, call Ken at (508) 221-8278. The name of his charter company is Fishy Advice.

Here are a couple of shots of Ken in his boat from today-

Evening At Brant Point

Merlin & Other Scenes

The offshore lobster boat, Merlin, was splashed recently. She's an offshore lobster boat owned by Chuck Butler. Chuck once dived on the wrecked ocean liner, Andrea Doria.




Some other scenes from around the waterfront I grabbed recently-









Today's sunset-

Boat Ramp Repaired

The boat ramp at Children's Beach has been repaired for now. There was a deep trench between the concrete slab and the finger pier on the south side of the ramp for several weeks. This was an extreme hazard to the boaters using the ramp and the general public. I'm glad nobody broke an ankle and no boat trailers were damaged while the deep trench was there. I'm not sure who did the repairs but it looks like they used a combination of stone dust, gravel and large stones. This is a temporary repair until the next easterly wind washes everything out into the harbor. Here are some shots of the repair work-



There have been three or four little western rigged draggers fishing in the sound every night for the past several weeks. I believe they are targeting squid but don't quote me on that. The boats show up every night around 5 and fish through the night just to the NE of the fairway buoy and along the backside of Coatue up to about Second or Third Bend. I'm not sure where these boats are homeported. I would tend to think Hyannis. Here's a picture I grabbed last week of two of them working-


Toscana's barge was recently moved from the Town Pier over to the Great Harbor Yacht Club. Looks like they are working on the new travel lift pier over there. Notice one of the Reinemo boys using his C-Hawk boat as a little tug-


And finally, mother duck and her babies at the Cricks-

Foggy Monomoy.

Beautiful Morning.

Nice morning down at the waterfront today. I grabbed a few shots-

End of Old North Wharf Almost Done

I went to have a look at the Old North Wharf project early this morning. I'd say it's around 99% complete. The guys from AGM Marine did a really nice job on it. Everything is straight and level and it feels rock solid underfoot. I just hope the next big E or SE storm doesn't wipe the whole thing out. We'll see. Here are a few pictures I took today. Notice the floating pier section.

Children's Beach Boat Ramp Woes

While I was launching my boat at the Children's Beach Boat Ramp today, I noticed a serious problem there. The area between the finger pier and the ramp has washed out. Before, there was a bed of rocks and gravel. Now there is a one foot deep trench there. This is an accident waiting to happen. Someone is going to get stuck in the trench and break a trailer axel. Or worse, someone is going to break an ankle. Someone was nice enough to put safety cones in the trench warning everyone of the danger. Here are a couple of shots of the problem at the boat ramp. Be careful down there when you are launching a boat and walking around on the ramp.

No Spring

No spring yet again this year. We have had rain every day for over a week now. It's getting really really old. Yesterday afternoon it stopped raining for a few hours. I dusted off my gear and went on a photo shoot around the waterfront.

Tug

I'm a huge fan of tugs. There are several that come and go here on a weekly basis. Toscana and Victor Paving own tugs to name a few. Here are a few shots of Victor's tug, Charleston, departing Nantucket this week with a barge in tow-





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Alabama

The wooden sailboat, Alabama, was in port here over the weekend. I went down to the docks just before she left and grabbed a few shots.