Archive for February, 2008
TUG RENEGADE
Saturday, February 23, 2008 10:42 No CommentsThe best part of my job with (Tugfest) is meeting some of the wonderful people that come to the event. Bob & Sandy White participated in the 2006 Parry Sound Tugfest on there tour of the Greogian Bay & the North Channel. The Renegade, a Lord Neslon Tug has been their summer home for over [...]
Winter On Lake Superior
Sunday, February 10, 2008 10:13 No CommentsThese pictures give you a different perspective of those freighters which pass by St Clair so peacefully! Lake Superior in November…ever wonder why the Edmund Fitzgerald didn’t make it..?
A little taste of the seafaring life on the Inland Seas. These photographs were taken in November 2006 aboard Misener Steamships MV Selkirk Settler as she crossed [...]
Norms Gift
Wednesday, February 6, 2008 1:02 No Comments“Norm got his Christmas present from Maurice today….What patience, is all I can say!” said Helen. The Model is of Norm Menary’s Tug “Pankhurst M”, a gift from his brother Maurice. Norms wife Helen sums it up with the word PATIENCE. Detail is another good description. The first picture is of the “Pankhurst [...]
Puddle Tug
Friday, February 1, 2008 9:00 No CommentsA big hit at the 2007 Parry Sound Tugfest was this little guy, Puddle Tug. Powered by an electric trolling motor, it got the attention of the public at the dock. Capt Michael Round, of the tug North Sea built her from a Berkley Kit. It was a pleasure to see Puddle Tug moving [...]



