The last time I saw this lovely schooner was in 1995 (below) while travelling through Lunenburg on a sales/pleasure trip with my wife Janice for our 21st wedding anniversary.
Interesting stories of boats that I have photographed all over the world combined with a little humour, soul and my life experiences c):-D
Monday 30 April 2012
Bluenose II
While driving home along the St. Lawrence I stopped in at the marine park in Brockville and to my surprise moored at the wharf was the Bluenose II. Whether she stopped in Brockville to seek cover from a passing storm or knew I was driving through, regardless it was a real neat experience for me.
The last time I saw this lovely schooner was in 1995 (below) while travelling through Lunenburg on a sales/pleasure trip with my wife Janice for our 21st wedding anniversary.
The last time I saw this lovely schooner was in 1995 (below) while travelling through Lunenburg on a sales/pleasure trip with my wife Janice for our 21st wedding anniversary.
Sunday 29 April 2012
Self Unloader CSL LAURTENTIEN
When built is 1977 at Collingwood Shipyards her name was LOUIS R. DESMARAIS and her dimensions were 730'x75', the then "Seaway-max" size. In 2000, she entered Port Weller Dry Dock to have a forebody attached to her superstructure that met the new "Seaway-max" size of 740'x 78'. Obviously every extra foot that can be added a ship's length and beam means that more cargo can be moved and of course more revenue goes to the ship-owner. Unfortunately though, more repairs (and paint jobs) are also required due to these ships having to rub the walls while entering and leaving the Seaway's narrow locks.
It's the cost of doing business these days and fortunately during the winter of 2005, having CSL LAURENTIEN sitting high in ballast and using the ice surface as a platform allowed contractors the ability to complete the repair in harbour instead of at a costly dry dock. Definitely a true definition of the term "a penny saved is a penny earned" don't you think. c):-o
Self Unloader RT. HON. PAUL J. MARTIN (Revisited)
Above Lock 8 at Port Colborne - March 10, 2005 |
At Loyalist Park near Mariatown - May 19, 2013 |
Near Cardinal - Sept 14, 2014 |
While looking a little worse for wear in my 2005 pic or even when I have photographed her since, the RT. HON. PAUL J. MARTIN continues to be a hard worker for the "MARTIN" family-owned company, Canada Steamship Lines.
Unloading Coal at Hamilton - June 17, 2018 |
Winter Berth - SEGWUN & WENONAH II
It was a cold winter afternoon in January 2002 at about
3:30 when we came across the Muskoka Lake passenger ships SEGWUN and WENONAH II locked in the ice moored for
winter. The SEGWUN was built in 1887 and is North America’s oldest operating
coal fired passenger steamship. The WENONAH II was launched on 2002 as a
replica of the 1860 WENONAH, a wooden hulled sidewheeler that was the first
steamship on the Muskoka Lake. I’ve never been good at painting a tarpaulin on
a side of a ship, so I left it out.
Anyways, you never want to make a painting perfect. That’s what
photographs are for.