I just went to check something out at the Downtown Boathouse website and remembered that there is a photo of the Tamaroa, the US Coast Guard cutter involved in some heroic rescue attempts covered in "The Perfect Storm." The ship is now decommissioned and tied up to the north side of Pier 40 just a but north of the Boathouse. To see it, go to http://www.downtownboathouse.org/freepublicaccess.htm and scroll down to the fourth photograph. The Hudson River Park plans to have a place for historic and old ships and it is possible that the Tamaroa will be part of this. For now it appears forelorn and unkept with the name painted out and the only sign of its past glory, the still visible USCG diagonal red slash painted band near the bow. I never kayak past it without thinking of all that that ship and its crews witnessed on the open seas. ralph diaz -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph Diaz . . . Folding Kayaker newsletter PO Box 0754, New York, NY 10024 Tel: 212-724-5069; E-mail: rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com "Where's your sea kayak?"----"It's in the bag." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
From: "ralph diaz" <rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com> >The Hudson River Park plans > to have a place for historic and old ships and it is possible that the > Tamaroa will be part of this. Ralph, Perhaps you should suggest that they do with the Tamaroa what they did with the Canadian CG ship the Alexander Henry in Kingston ON: convert it into a bed & breakfast (http://www.marmus.ca/marmus/alexhenry.html). Mike *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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