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enervated experience

- photo by Mitch Waxman Apologies for the mid day update, lords and ladies. Today’s Maritime Sunday post focuses in on an event which occurred several years ago. Mundane and ordinary, it all started...

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hovering expectantly

“follow” me on Twitter at @newtownpentacle - photo by Mitch Waxman A lone tug plies the stormy harbor in this shot from 2012, and is our singular image for this Maritime Sunday. In the distance are the...

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cunning mask

- photo by Mitch Waxman Recently, a college student contacted me and asked if she might tag along on one of my walks around Newtown Creek. After enduring my usual admonishment toward the wearing of...

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lifelong seclusion

“follow” me on Twitter at @newtownpentacle - photo by Mitch Waxman Welcome, once again to Maritime Sunday at this, your Newtown Pentacle. With the return of agreeable weather, a humble narrator has...

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The 2013 Spring and Summer Tours Schedule

“follow” me on Twitter at @newtownpentacle - photo by Mai Armstrong Want to see something cool? Odds are that a bunch of the folks who will be reading this might have no idea who Mitch Waxman is, why...

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troubled eyes

“follow” me on Twitter at @newtownpentacle - photo by Mitch Waxman A short one for today’s Maritime Sunday, Miriam Moran wresting the MSC Carole- a cargo ship- from the influence of tide and current...

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tireless and continuing

“follow” me on Twitter at @newtownpentacle - photo by Mitch Waxman Missives regarding the Newtown Creek reach my desk all the time, mostly describing activist causes and far reaching governmental...

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Hidden Harbor Tours: Newtown Creek tour with Mitch Waxman

“follow” me on Twitter at @newtownpentacle - photo by Mitch Waxman On Sunday -the 26th of May- the Working Harbor Committee is producing and offering a boat tour of the Newtown Creek for any interested...

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deeds and aspect

“follow” me on Twitter at @newtownpentacle - photos by Mitch Waxman For this Maritime Sunday, check out the show (visible from the infinities of Brooklyn) which was playing out on the East River last...

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another phenomenon

“follow” me on Twitter at @newtownpentacle - photo by Mitch Waxman That’s the estimable Sea Wolf towing a barge of recyclables down the East River, captured on a foggy day in the spring. The barge...

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feverish digging

Today’s Maritime Sunday post, from Port Newark. - photo by Mitch Waxman The 2013 Working Harbor Schedule is underway, and while attending one of Captain Doswell’s intriguing “Beyond Sandy” Hidden...

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gnaw and glut

It’s Maritime Sunday at Newtown Creek! - photo by Mitch Waxman While hanging around Newtown Creek recently, specifically the Newtown Creek Waste Water Treatment Plant’s Nature Walk, the Kimberly Poling...

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seldom alone

Its tugboat Morgan Reinauer in today’s Maritime Sunday post. - photo by Mitch Waxman Weighing in at 184 tons, Morgan Reinauer was built in Louisiana in 1981, and is enjoying its third incarnation. It...

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July 9 Newark Bay tour

Want to see something cool? -photo by Mitch Waxman A Hidden Harbor® Newark Bay Tour is in the offing, which will take place onboard the luxury tour boat Zephyr. Produced by the Working Harbor Committee...

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moment grows

Maritime Sunday once more washes ashore. - photo by Mitch Waxman A short post today, with a single shot depicting the Franklin Reinauer and Dace Reinauer tugs in port at Erie Basin in Red Hook,...

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silent tongue

Maritime Sunday floats in with today’s tide. - photo by Mitch Waxman The Evening Mist tug, owned by the redoubtable Bouchard company, motoring its way down the East River and past the iconic and...

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definite utterance

Maritime Sunday bobs to the surface. - photo by Mitch Waxman Joan Turecamo, IMO number 7902025, is a 392 ton Tug which was built in 1981 at the Matton Shipyard in Cohoes, NY. She’s owned and operated...

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blind alleys

You never know what might float by. - photo by Mitch Waxman Recently, while onboard the Staten Island Ferry, I noticed the gargantuan DonJon tug Atlantic Salvor towing an interesting rig. Atlantic...

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inaccessible places

Tugboats, three different ways. - photo by Mitch Waxman Maritime Sunday once more crashes into port, and this week, its just a few photos and not a lot of talk. Witness the Miriam Moran on the Kill Van...

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nervous overstrain

Maritime Sunday drifts into port again. - photo by Mitch Waxman A “Ro-Ro,” car carriers like Courageous Ace allow a fleet of newly manufactured vehicles to be driven on and off the ship and unloaded...

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