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In Remembrance: Captain Fred Kosnac Jr. (1928-2004)
Capt. Fred Kosnac was the first tugboater I ever met. If a career can be considered in spiritual or symbolic or abstract terms to be "a life," then Fred Kosnac wouldā¦
On Tugboats
There have been plenty of books published on the subject of tugboats in the past few years, sharing a cookie-cutter similarity - they're large, handsome, colorfulā¦
Memo to the New Staten Island Ferries: Welcome to New York
How long does it take to build a double-ended municipal ferryboat? Any boat with two bows should have two answers, if not more. If by "build a ferryboat" we meanā¦
NYās New āTaxi Driverā
If you want to call yourself a taxi in New York, you've got things to live up to. Take tradition. A New York taxi always beat everybody to the punch. It was the first away when the light changedā¦
Talking About the John J. Harvey
Everybody talks about the John J. Harvey, and quite a few of them are doing something about it. The chipping, scraping, and painting you'd expect a 74-year-old fireboatā¦
The Fleet Week: Shipdocking Extravaganza
When was the last time 15 ocean ships docked almost all at once in New York, and undocked again, and sometimes redocked in-between, all in a week? In the near-400 years since the Dutch first arrivedā¦
Roberts: NY Tug Races Back on, Probably
Capt. Jerry Roberts (L) presides over the tattoo competition during the 2003 tug races. Tattoo must be on a part of the anatomy "that can be shown in public." (Don Sutherland.). Capt.
Book Review: Tugboats of New York
"Tugboats of New York" is one of those rare constructions where everything works just about perfectly. The text is insightfully, appreciatively, and masterfully written.
Rigdon Completes $200M Refinancing, Secures Contract to Double Fleet
Rigdon Marine Corporation announced the completion of a series of financial transactions which will strategically position the company for future growth. Rigdonā¦
Feature: Independence Day
What do you get when you spend 19 hours at a Fourth of July party onboard a tugboat in NY harbor? A sunburn, welts from hurled bagels, about 12,000 calories and some incredibly good memoriesā¦
Tanks for the Memories
How many things that we thought were forever, that were around since the beginning, have vanished absolutely from view? If you're twenty or over, you may recall the typewriterā¦
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