"NOTHING GOES TO WEATHER LIKE A 747." A friend said to me after I expressed my utopian wish of living in a perpetual July. This conversation took place during the tail-end of a super-cold extended deep-freeze that occurred around the new year, here in Rhode Island and surrounding areas.
Not long after that conversation I took my friends suggestion to heart. And then, just like that, in what seemed an instant, I was walking about in 70+ degree Fahrenheit weather. Ahhhh...
I'd never been to Miami before and had very few preconceived ideas of the city as I strolled about, thawing, the warmth penetrating deep into my bones, basking in the strong medicine of the jet age.
This strolling for a while had me walking along the well developed banks of the Miami River and its river-walk that meanders through the city of Miami's urban core.
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| Miami River, Miami, Florida. January, 2018. Photo by Captain Bill Podzon. Sailing Hither and Thither. |
I'd noticed a couple of drawbridges crossing the Miami River, which brought to mind my days of navigating the Atlantic Intra-Coastal Waterway.
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| US Route 1/ Biscayne Blvd. drawbridge crossing near the mouth of the Miami River, January, 2018. Photo by Captain Bill Podzon. Sailing Hither and Thither. |
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| BRIDGE SCHEDULE for the US Route 1/Biscayne Blvd. bridge that crosses the mouth of the Miami River, in Miami, Florida, January, 2018. Photo by Captain Bill Podzon. Sailing Hither and Thither. |
At one point during my traipsings along the river-walk of the Miami River, alarm bells began to ring. These alarm bells turned out to be the signals announcing that the drawbridges were about to open. Then, a short time later, a fair bit of nautical maneuvering skills began to occur before my eyes. The next series of photos I hope will illustrate to you these skills.
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| MIAMI RIVER MANEUVERING SKILLS. The tugboat M/V Atlas pulling the M/V Aniek through the Miami River and a narrow drawbridge, January, 2018. Sailing Hither and Thither. Captain Bill Podzon. |
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| MIAMI RIVER MANEUVERING SKILLS. Friendly waving crew of the M/V Aniek as their vessel is getting a tow from the tugboats M/V Atlas and M/V Jean Ruth on the Miami River in Miami, Florida, January, 2018. Photo by Captain Bill Podzon. Sailing Hither and Thither. |
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| MANEUVERING SKILLS ON THE MIAMI RIVER. The tugboat M/V Jean Ruth works hard to keep its' tow, the M/V Aniek, in the center of the narrow Miami River as they make way in January of 2018. Photo by Captain Bill Podzon. Sailing Hither and Thither. |
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| MANEUVERING SKILLS ON THE MIAMI RIVER. The two tugboats, M/V Atlas and M/V Jean Ruth continue towing the vessel M/V Aniek through another narrow drawbridge on the narrow Miami River in Miami, Florida, January, 2018. Photo by Captain Bill Podzon. Sailing Hither and Thither. |
Kudos to crew of the tugboats M/V Atlas and M/V Jean Ruth for their making it look easy as they towed the M/V Aniek through the narrow Miami River in Miami, Florida in January of 2018. MIAMI RIVER MANEUVERING SKILLS! That's what I call it, but I also have the feeling that these pros perform this work all the time, and maybe to them it's simply another day on the job.
Meanwhile, up at street level...
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| US Route 1/Biscayne Blvd. drawbridge over the Miami River in Miami, Florida is opened to allow a sailboat to pass, January, 2018. Photo by Captain Bill Podzon. Sailing Hither and Thither. |
After getting my inner core warmed back up to a sanity regaining level, I returned to the great frozen northeast. Such a tease I know, but better than nothing I guess.
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| U.S. Coast Guard buoy tender "Ida Lewis", servicing green can "3" at the entrance to Newport Harbor, February, 7, 2018. Photo by Captain Bill Podzon. Sailing Hither and Thither. |
Fair Winds
Captain Bill
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