My View of Life on the Dock
Hey Joe,
These guys were steaming around the outer harbor a few weeks ago dropping moorings. They were pretty busy all afternoon, and were hitting spots between Rocky Neck and the breakwater. I’ve never seen this rig before, have you?
Thanks,
~Bill O’Connor
North Shore Kid
. . .aboard ENDEAVOR
and CHALLENGER
The show which was made possible by a seARTS grant and lots of hard work by Abby was a smashing success. Even though there was an incredible amount of things happening around town there were a ton of people who came to check it out.
Abby is really going places. The talent she has for boiling down incredible amounts of data into such an engaging and easy to understand handbook is nothing short of remarkable. She did it with her Biomes Project and she’s done it yet again with the Gloucester Fishing Handbook. People gobbled up all the copies of the twenty or so books she had printed and there was some exciting talk of possibilities for publishing it.
Rachel Carver-Brown did a fantastic job with the refreshments. It was just a great great Gloucester Day!
You can check out Abby’s website here for updates as to her next step with the book.
Ok! It’s past 6pm and the Rapture didn’t come. Maybe next time.
Here’s the location in photos. It should be easy enough for most.
The Rock was left at: 7:29pm and 59 seconds.
Goodnite and Goodluck!
Foggy, foggy, over the water,
Foggy, foggy, over the bay,
And through the fog the boats go slowly
While the fog horn tells them the way.
Edith H. Newlin
This is a great photo from Glenn. AKA “Swimdad” A Gloucester Fishermam now residing in the great State of California. Glenn is one on my biggest supporters when my posts get a little carried away. I always appreciate his support. Your right Glenn “we’re getting F’N Old!”
From Glenn AKA “Swimdad”;
Time for a Science Lesson.
Just kidding! There won’t be a Test.
I’m guessing not many GMG Readers would be able to pass.
From WIKIPEDIA;
“Oxidation of iron metal
When iron is in contact with water and oxygen, or other strong oxidants and/or acids, it rusts. If salt is present as, for example, in salt water, it tends to rust more quickly, as a result of the electro-chemical reactions. Iron metal is relatively unaffected by pure water or by dry oxygen. As with other metals, like aluminium, a tightly adhering oxide coating, a passivation layer, protects the bulk iron from further oxidation. Thus, the conversion of the passivating iron oxide layer to rust results from the combined action of two agents, usually oxygen and water. Other degrading solutions are sulfur dioxide in water and carbon dioxide in water. Under these corrosive conditions, iron hydroxide species are formed. Unlike iron oxides, the hydroxides do not adhere to the bulk metal. As they form and flake off from the surface, fresh iron is exposed, and the corrosion process continues until all of the iron is either consumed or all of the oxygen, water, carbon dioxide, or sulfur dioxide in the system are removed or consumed.[2]
Oxidation of iron metal
When iron is in contact with water and oxygen, or other strong oxidants and/or acids, it rusts. If salt is present as, for example, in salt water, it tends to rust more quickly, as a result of the electro-chemical reactions. Iron metal is relatively unaffected by pure water or by dry oxygen. As with other metals, like aluminium, a tightly adhering oxide coating, a passivation layer, protects the bulk iron from further oxidation. Thus, the conversion of the passivating iron oxide layer to rust results from the combined action of two agents, usually oxygen and water. Other degrading solutions are sulfur dioxide in water and carbon dioxide in water. Under these corrosive conditions, iron hydroxide species are formed. Unlike iron oxides, the hydroxides do not adhere to the bulk metal. As they form and flake off from the surface, fresh iron is exposed, and the corrosion process continues until all of the iron is either consumed or all of the oxygen, water, carbon dioxide, or sulfur dioxide in the system are removed or consumed.[2]“
Last of the Old Timers
The Little Sandra.
It’s got to be one of the last Eastern Rigged Wooden Side Draggers
left in the USA
joey – ran across this page in ‘atlantic fisherman’ from 1946. feel free to post in gmg. it’s from the collection of the cape ann museum, full set of the publication from the 1920s to 1950s donated by the publisher, gardner lamson, about 30 years ago. he also gave us a trove of original photos of the gloucester fleet and wharves, skippers and owners, fishermen, processing plant workers and managers, etc. there’s a lot of history in those pages.
fred buck
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Welding Days
A couple of Green Boats
The Lobster Boat Ayn
The Linda Gale Again
Waiting Their Turn
Good Morning Gloucester 