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I Spy…

One reason that I prefer Canadian winter lay-up to American winter lay-up is that Canada is so much more public-friendly, and you can usually get close to the ships without being “on the inside”. Take...

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100

Hooray! After my first post on 10/30/11, I have reached 100. To prepare the milestone, I went out to the Detroit River today. I didn’t see as many as last weekend, but it wasn’t bad boatwatching. I...

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Cason Opens It Up

I began this whole boat thing in 2005, and through mid-2011 the only Great Lakes Fleet boats I had seen were Philip R. Clarke, John G. Munson and Edwin H. Gott. Basically, I was in a prolonged...

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Ten in the Morning Part II: Riverside

After a short stay at Delray Park, I proceeded upriver to Riverside Park to get a better look at the early morning action. Remember: I got to five boats at Delray, half of the way to my record for a...

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Spyshotting in Toledo

Boatwatching in Detroit is pretty straightforward. Go to a park along the river, and see boats. In Toledo it’s not that easy. Especially during the winter. It usually requires shooting across long...

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Memorial Day Weekend

Unfortunately, I’m almost a week late in posting these, seeing as they were taken last Sunday. Not quite Memorial Day, but the day prior. Also, I am only giving a very brief photographic summary of my...

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Great Return

Remember me? Seriously… do you? If you don’t remember why I haven’t posted since the beginning of August, I’ll try to make a long story short: camera broke in June, camera sent to manufacturer for...

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Out of the Fog II

This is the second post from this weekend, and I’m picking up where I left off on Saturday afternoon at Belanger Park. The Orion re-emerges from the boat launch slip as action unravels in the...

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Action in January III

Yesterday looked like it had the makings of a good day for watching ships. I might as well try to see as many as I can before the season ends for the winter. So I went down to Belanger Park to do just...

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Action in January IV

Yesterday I posted the first set of photos from Saturday afternoon, and today I will finish it off. After the Roger Blough passed, this was the scene looking upriver. From left to right are the Edwin...

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Holy Toledo

It’s been a long and busy Winter for me, but heading into last weekend I still had one more thing to do before the arrival of Spring. That thing was to visit Toledo, something that I’ve done almost...

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