WE SAW LOTS OF INTERESTING BOATS TODAY

The tug Lindsey Foss

In a short 1.5 hour cruise we saw 4 interesting vessels today.
  This first picture is the tug Lindsey Foss.  This is a sister ship to the Garth Foss which we saw last week.  This tug was built in 1994 and is 137 feet long.  It's home port is Seattle . This boat also has two 4000hp engines.  I would not want to be buying the fuel for this baby!!!

Oil tanker Polar Discovery

                                                                                       

This ship is the oil tanker Polar Discovery.  It was built in 2003 and is 894 feet long and has a beam of 151 feet.  This vessel is used primarily to bring crude oil down here from Alaska.  She can hold 1,000,000 barrels of crude oil!!
 The small red vessel tied along side is a water taxi that runs from Anacortes out to these ships several time a day. The tanker is sitting very low in the water so it has not been off-loaded yet.

The tug Liberty

This is a very unusual vessel to see in our waters.    This is the last of three new tugs built for Crowley Maritime by Dakota Creek Industries here is Anacortes.  Powered by two 8,000 hp diesels this tug will be used to push 650 long oil barges.  It sure looks very tall for its length.  These tugs are currently the largest in the world for their class.

The ferry Elwha

Right next to the tug Liberty was the Washington State Ferry Elwha.  It is hard to tell in this photo but it is actually out of the water.  It is on a floating dry dock.  These dry docks are filled with water so they submerge and the vessel can be floated on to it.  Then the water is pumped out of the dry dock and it rises along with the ferry   It looks like it is getting it's bottom painted.  This ferry is 382 feet long and 73 feet wide.  It has a capacity of 2500 passengers.

On Thursday morning we arrived at James Island, just across the straits from Anacortes.  There is a state park here with a dock with just enough room for 2 boats. Shortly after arriving this 61 foot sail boat came in with 26 kids aboard. These kids were all 7th graders and were from Colorado and have been out all week on a science trip. I wasn't sure how quiet the night would be but they were all in bed by 9:00pm.
   After dinner we took the dogs for a walk and got caught in a rain storm.  We were all just soaked when we got back.  When we were back on the dock Max fell overboard when trying to jump on to the boat.  He was completely under the water when I lifted him out.  Good thing I still had a leash tied to him.

Friday turned out to be the warmest day so far.  The sun was out most all day.  Really felt good. had the place to our selves all day. That's about it for now. Would love to here from you guys. Either send me an email or you can post a comment on the blog. See ya. Russ