Calendar Choice May 2026

May 4, 2026 in photos, Stasinos Marine | Tags: , , , , , , | 2 comments

It seems I mixed up the months, and should have posted this for the beginning of April to match the calendar. But it really does not matter, so let’s enjoy these Stasinos photos for the start of May, beginning with David Winslow. All of these photos were taken in either 2025 or 2026.

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Charles James and Brinn Courtney met in the Upper Bay.

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Mary Emma used to be Frederick E./Evening Light

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Charles James was once Megan McAllister.

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James Charles was Peggy Winslow.

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Brinn Courtney was Patricia Winslow.

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At the top, David Winslow was previously David/Charles Winslow, and other names before those.

All photos, any erroros, WVD.

Great Lakes Details 1

May 3, 2026 in Great Lakes, photos | Tags: , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

I’ll pattern this after sixth boro [of NYC] details, which works best sometimes, juxtaposing disparate photos just because they were taken around the same time but not implying there’s a relationship other than that.

The 1928 Colorado is not a museum piece; it’s an honest-to-goodness long-lived work boat.

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Two salties meet in the St Marys River below the locks, illustrating the difference in bows.

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An unidentified fishing tug sits behind a breakwater at Wawatam Light in St Ignace. The light looks old but is not.

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Recognize the livery on the tug boat? Know the name? Andave H of Port Dover ahead of the tug dates from 1949.

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Indeed, that’s Stasinos William Eugene.

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Cason J Callaway is still in Escanaba, and off her bow, it’s

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a former USCG vessel that worked in the sixth boro,

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Erika Kobasic, the 1939 USCG Arundel WYT 90. She has definitely been around, and did some ice-breaking on Lake Michigan this past season.

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All photos, any errors, WVD.

Retro 93

May 2, 2026 in photos | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 comments

Quick post today with a look-back to May 2016. This one’s no longer blue.

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Jaguar brought in a schooner.

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Austin is now in Boston.

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Sand Master might still be working in the Caribbean.

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Eric R. Thornton was dismantled in 2020.

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Robert Burton has a new livery but same company.

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I’ve not seen Ross Sea in the sixth boro in a long time.

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Summer Star then was in the Caloosahatchee River, but I don’t know where she is now.

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James E. Brown is now Seward’s Kayla T.

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Kings Point and Fort Schuyler still work the boro, as best I can tell.

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North Sea is now Kokua.

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And I saw Ken Boothe Sr and Lakes Contender just the other day as Clyde S. VanEnkevort and Erie Trader. Like Emily Ann at the top of this post, this one’s not the same blue any more either.

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All photos, any errors, WVD, who’s not in the same place himself these days.

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Ojibway Supplies

May 1, 2026 in Great Lakes, photos | Tags: , , , , | Leave a comment

Soo Marine Supply uses Ojibway to deliver supplies to vessels on the go, usually heading down the St Marys River. Enjoy this sequence.

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She heads to meet Mesabi Miner,

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Mesabi Miner has just left the Poe Lock at the Soo and is picking up speed.

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Mesabi Miner crew stand by ready to unload the pallet when it’s hoisted to their deck.

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The whole process takes just minutes.

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Ojibway returns to the dock to ready for supplying the next vessel, and the freighter heads for lower Lake Michigan.

All photos, WVD.

Welland Canal Traffic

April 30, 2026 in Great Lakes, photos, Welland Canal | Tags: , , , , | 2 comments

In most sections of the Welland Canal, traffic is one way. This is true in the area just south of lock 8. Note Baie St Paul in the foreground, and Frontenac in the background near the grain elevator.

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Frontenac was still there as G3 Marquis came through, cooling sprinklers working.

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G3 passed us and then Octantis, with just feet to spare.

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All photos, WVD.

Toronto Bound

April 28, 2026 in Canada, photos, Saint Lawrence River | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

When we departed Montreal and headed upstream via the canals of the St Lawrence Seaway (SLSW), the weather was spectacular. My goal here is to share some watery sights of the SLSW and the north side of Lake Ontario, Toronto bound.

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Above and below, that’s the Cornwall Bridge.

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Snell Lock,

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headquarters of the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation of Washington, D.C.,

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sunrise over Lake Ontario,

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and Toronto emerging from the mist.

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We entered as Petit Forte was pushing

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outbound.

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All photos, any errors, WVD.

Mitiq

April 27, 2026 in Canada, photos, Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , , | 2 comments

Montreal is a good place to see vessels supplying the Arctic. The best shot I’ve ever gotten was back in October 2019 here. A few days ago I caught Mitiq, possibly beginning a loading process to run up north.

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Small barges of the sort that carry supplies close to the settlements were on the deck, but nothing else.

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I should follow Mitiq to see where and when she goes. More on Mitiq and NEAS here and here. Click here for the fleet.

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All photos, any errors, WVD.

Montreal Bound

April 24, 2026 in Canada, photos, St Lawrence watershed | Tags: , , , , , | Leave a comment

With heavy rains and melt coinciding, the St Lawrence is flying today. At one point last night, the speed through water was 13 knots and the speed over ground . . . 4. As we approached Montreal, we passed a number of boats in the anchorage above Sorel.

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A steady stream of downbounders passed us as well.

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Federal Sutton may have been loading for sea while CSL Welland was discharging grain, but this is just a guess.

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Later today we’ll take this route to enter the St Lambert lock ultimately for Lake Ontario, but for the moment, we

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headed into the Old Port.

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All photos, WVD. Apologies for limited commentary.

Morning QC Bound

April 23, 2026 in Canada, Ocean Groupe, photos | Tags: , , | Leave a comment

Pilot boat was a tug.

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Short gangway folds down.

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Icebreakers are done for the seaason here.

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All photos, WVD

Soo Bound

April 21, 2026 in Canada, photos, USACE | Tags: , , , | 3 comments

H. J. Lawson was about to leave Charlottetown on Monday. She’s a CELRE Detroit icebreaking tugboat, one of two. R. J. Pearce should already be up there. Lawson is on its way.

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I caught them as they headed out to the Northumberland Strait, and from there they’ll head to the Soo, a 5000-mile journey from Morgan City, LA, where they were built and around Gaspé.

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Bon voyage. All photos, WVD.

What does CELRE expand to?

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