Beacon Marine Crane At Dawn, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
My View of Life on the Dock
Lobster Buoys Ready To Be Auctioned, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Thanks To Linn Parisi for forwarding this to me-
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The fog was just lifting that day. I was driving back to work. I grabbed my camera and watched the picture-perfect scene unfold. I like the rippled reflections on the water.

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Swan Swims Past The Tully IV, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
See this ginormous forktruck? It’s called a marina bull(thanks Toby for the correction) and instead of flat forks which we have on our forktruck to move pallets of fish and lobsters around, the marina bull has long round tubes coming off it’s front. The marina bull is also about triple the size of our forktruck so you can get an idea of the scale of it’s size. The marina bull is used to manuver smaller boats into the rack storage system at Brown’s where they store boats warehouse style in the racks (you can see Brown’s Rack storage system in front of the marina bull in this shot).
These marina pulls need to be incredibly heavy especially in the rear end so they can counterbalance the weight of the boat that will be lifted straight out in front on the long tubes. Note to Peter -you might wanna get the maintenence guy to grease up the chains.
Brown’s Yacht Yard Marina Pull, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Only Three More Hours Til The Lobster Buoy Auction at Cruiseport tonight! 6PM! $5 includes food from Gloucester’s Finest Restaurants!
Art Haven Lobster Bouys Up For Auction, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Don’t forget tonight’s Lobster Buoy Auction at Cruiseport. I’ll be there as soon as I get out of work.
Art Haven Lobster Buoys Up For Auction, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

This photo is part of the Wall St. Autumn collection, but isn’t included in the video tonight. —Sharon
Beautiful Industry- Essex Shipbuilding Museum Dip Stick, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Please Click The Picture And Select “all sizes” To See This One Full Size. It’s a beauty.
Beacon Marine Crane At Dawn, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Beautiful Industry- Essex Shipbuilding Museum Gears, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Those gears belong to this winch-
It’s amazing how they lift expensive boats in and out of teh water like toys. I’d be scared shitless that a strap would break or the boat would slip out and come crashing down. The boys must know what they’re doing though because you never hear of a mess up and they put tons of boats in and out of the water every year.
Could you imagine being at the controls while a million dollar boat was in the straps? Yikes!
Beacon Marine Crane At Dawn, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Gloucester At Dawn- Beacon Marine Forktruck, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Beacon Marine Crane At Dawn, originally uploaded by captjoe06.