Dorothy Anne/ Pathfinder

Okay, back to what I look for in pics.... :o)

Managed to catch the tug Dorothy Anne and her barge Pathfinder at both the Shiras dock and the upper harbor ore dock yesterday.  We used to be able to drive right in and under the boom to take pictures from the other side.  Now the fence is closed with a guard on duty when a ship is in.  

Still need to organize pics from Port Huron and post on the Boatnerd Public Gallery (too many to post here).  Life will slow down, one of these days!  Still, beautiful weather, birds, ships.....

Dorothy Anne/Pathfinder

On a bright and sunny Wednesday the tug BeeJay and barge were assisting divers searching for the missing prop/pod from the Dorothy Anne.  They did locate it, and hope to recover it some time this week and re-install it on the tug.  The Pathfinder/Dorothy Anne remains tied up at the ore dock.

Dorothy Anne/Pathfinder, Jackson, Pierson

Yesterday was quite the day!  the Dorothy Anne/Pathfinder dropped stone at Marquette's Shiras dock in the lower harbor, then, while departing the dock, hit something that took a piece from the tug and allowed fuel to leak into the harbor.  The USCoast Guard and the DEQ closed the harbor for a while.  Divers spent a lot of time checking and searching for the missing piece(!!).  The tug/barge remained in the harbor at anchor, but have moved this morning.  They have a load waiting for them at the ore dock.

The Herbert C Jackson loaded ore while all this was going on, and the Robert S. Pierson arrived for a load, too.   The Pierson had to tie up to the south side of the dock (which was loaded for the Pathfinder....companies take different types of ore) until the Jackson was finished, then moved to the north side for her load.  Will see how many pics this blog will let me post...  :o)