Boats, plus or minus

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It's not all about pretty, pleasure boats when you're out cruisin'. Here's a sample of boats in different poses and circumstances. Many are working, while a few have been sadly tossed aside. Hope you enjoy the collage.

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Photos

Pontoon Bridge
This swing bridge is a pontoon boat... the only one of it's kind left on the ICW.

Serious Sailboats
Used for weekend therapy in Picton, Ontario... and by seascape artists everywhere

Gaff Rig Sailboat
Working hard to make headway at a steep angle.

Abandonned Boat
There are so many like this...left to disintegrate after a storm or an accident

Navy Museum
2009 ICW 2 4412 courtesy of Dr. P. Long

Working Dredge
2009 ICW 3 58 Dr. P. Long

Strange Dockmates
2009 ICW 5 35 Thanks to Dr. P. Long

Car Ferry
A nice $5/car ocean trip between Cape Fear and Southport in the Carolinas

Shrimp Boat
Lots of these, always working...

Tug heavy moving sawdust
They create smoke spontaneously. This one seemed to be sinking. One night we saw one run aground on a turn, back up and carry on.

Comments

[Elizabeth]

boat story
Thank you for the boat documentary. Enjoying your blogs - never a dull moment. You're doing a great job, Chris. Summer rentals booming - blooming? Lots of enquiries anyways. Too bad I'm on the road - I could realy! get things worked up - but got to keep things afloat financially too. Never my strong point. Hungry and hoping Robert will bring me food back! Off to Calgary tonight - so back to cottage work. Love you, Eliz xxoo

[MELODEON]

Elizabeth
Like the song: "On the Road Again!" Great to hear from you. I know how frustrated you must feel, wanting to be in 2 or 3 places at once with the luxury of being able to concentrate sometime. That's how frantic and weird we felt for years, trying to play beat the clock, work 3 jobs, get the boat going and squeeze in a pot-luck here or there. LOL We're still hectic part of the time, but we're doing it in warmer place. So there's hope...or light at the end of the tunnel. The third year for Windrovers might be the one that takes off. Miss you. Love CFG

[Wayne]

Great shots, guys.