Nautical

To the left an off-shore herring trawler is resting in the harbor for the next haul. The herring fleet leaves in May for three months fishing the Grand Banks of New Foundland thousands of miles away from the home port.

The herring is cleaned, salted and caked aboard the fishing vessel and transported home by tenders that ferry back and forth between the home port and the fishing grounds. The salted herring is considered a delegacy and sold by vendors who prepare the raw herring for consumption from portable locations on markets and street corners. Above right (W-002) are replica whaling ships on the piers of the Whaling Museum at Mystic CT. The Museum displays many articles and tools from the old whaling industry. The vessels are replicas of the originals complete with the boiling pots that recovered the oil from chunks of whale meat. It is amazing to see the compact living quarters and working spaces available to process animals that often ranged between 50 to 80 ft. W-003 is the Mystic Museum light house. The light house is part of the Museum grounds and not functional. It makes for a neat picture. Nikon F2, 75-205 Vivitar, 64 Ekta

To the left is Ponce Inlet lighthouse located to the south of Daytona beach once providing a beacon to the Tomoka River Inlet. The lighthouse was restored in the last few years and is open to the public. Canon EOS Elan 7e, 28-90 MM lens AE AF, Kodak Supra 100. W-005 Sunrise at Noank, Connecticut. This image was taken about 5 O'clock on a late September cool and hazy morning from the Noank dock site while we (my fishing party) were waiting for Captain Rathbun to get the boat ready for a mornings fishing in the Race and area waters. The catch that day was good as you can see from W-007. The striped bass the man are holding

are 48 and 42 pounds respect- ively are in addition to about 52 smaller striped bass and blue fish. Nikon Vivitar 35/135 zoom, Kodak Ektachrome. To the right, a trawler net marker workboat. The colorful buoys are attached to curtain netting to indicate where the span of the net between trawlers.

W-008 and W-009 were taken in Point Judith R.I. while being there on a shark fishing trip. Needless to say that the colorful buoys in W-008 caught my attention. W-009 however has a different attraction. The dock pilings indicating a near 7 ft tide difference, the storage building and the just painted work boat created a perfect New England picture. Nikon F2, 35/135 Vivitar zoom. Kodak Ekta.

A replica of the Bounty moored at the St. Petersburg Fl. Pier. The Bounty comes to St. Pete for the winter months and sails North for the summer. Canon EOS 20D F11 250 Canon IS lens @ 430mm. Maintenance being done to the bow of the Bounty. Note the elegant bow decoration. Canon EOS 20D F11 80 100 ISO Canon lens @ 120mm

The Bounty moored on the St. Pete Pier take from the 4th floor upper deck. Cano EOS 20D ISO 100 F11- 100, 45mm To the right, whaling ships taken at Mystic Seaport CT. Nikon F2 55 Nikon F2.8 Ektachrome

To the right is the stern of the Charles W. Morgan. Notice the ships planking an example of magnificent workmanship. To the left, moored whalers in port. Nikon F2, Nikon zoom Kodak Ekta.

Shipyards are dirty and dangerous places but make good photographic subjects. You may find small and large ocean going vessels but many times the tooling used like cranes and the like make for good subjects. Very often welding is an on-going endeavor. Shielding the lens from the actual welding, the reflections and the welder with his helmet makes for interesting picture taking.

Fisherman's Warf made famous by the television series 'San Francisco Beat". On one of yearly vacations we visited the West Coast and of course, the Warf. Our kids were very disappointed due to the over-commercialization of the area. It was amazing to realize that as large as the area seemed to be on television, as small and crowded it actually was. At any rate, we made the best of it and took a bunch of unimpressive pictures of which the one to the right is one of them.

Many of the fishing boats are small and colorful and one wonders if they are actually used to catch fish or is it done to promote the tourist traffic. What ever the reason, it looks attractive as well as the deep-fry small of crab cakes being prepared all over the place. The vessel in the image to the left sports a green deck and orange trim. Colorful fishing boat displays are an everyday site in many parts of the world but one somehow does not expect to see this in San Francisco!

W-019Mechanic at work

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W-020 More fishing boats