My View of Life on the Dock
Taking this picture in the early morning before there is anyone around doesn’t allow me to get a human in the frame to give you the idea of the scale of just how big the net reels on the Mid Water Trawlers are.
These bad boys are ginormous.
Beautiful Industry- Voyager Herring Boat Net Reel, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Thanks To Linda Morse For This Pic.
Gloucester Doors -the Birdseye Building From Linda Morse, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Beacon Marine Crane At Dawn, 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.
Brown’s Yacht Yard Travelift, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
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.
This morning I expected it to be freezing cold but it was beautiful. I decided to take some pics down at Beacon Marine before work. The temps are supposed to plummet this afternoon so bundle up!
Gloucester At Dawn- Beacon Marine, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Gloucester At Dawn- Beacon Marine Fork Truck, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Beautiful Industry- Essex Shipbuilding Museum Truck Tire, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Beautiful Industry- Essex Shipbuilding Museum Truck Tire, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Beautiful Industry- Bollard, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
This fan belt and radiator are part of the engine attatched to the Lister. Notice on this fan belt that it is not one continuous belt but a series of interconnecting links that can be taken out or added to to adjust the size of the belt. It’s good to have these aboard boats in case you need to replace a broken one while out at sea.
Beautiful Industry- Essex Shipbuilding Museum, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
This is the top of a Lister. Many fishing boats used them to generate electricity. Click this text to see the Lister Wikipedia page which describes their uses Many fishermen use the term Lister for any brand generator. Interestingly enough the head quaters and Manufacturing facility for Lister are in Dursley, Gloucestershire in the UK.
Beautiful Industry- Essex Shipbuilding Museum Lister, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Old School Baby! You do not wanna fall down this shute, trust me on this one.
Beautiful Industry- Cape Pond Ice, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
The ice travels down that troth and into the funnel looking thing where it gets blasted out by the huge motors and delivered through large hoses to either boats or trucks. The same way today that it was done 25 years ago. Some times when things work you stick with it.
Beautiful Industry- Cape Pond Ice, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Good Morning Gloucester 