BoatingÉ

 

I spend a lot of time on my boat, a 42-foot trawler, named the ÒFebruary 13Ó.

 

                                       

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

Every November there is a local contest for decorating the boat for the holidays.  This was the entry two years agoÉ.

 

 

 

 

This isthe view from the front deck when docked at the marina:

 

 

 

 

I spend a lot of timefishing from the boat, sometimes more successfully than othersÉ.

 

 

 

 

IÕvealso had these boats in the pastÉ

 

28Õ Chris Craft.  I kept the Chris Craft in Monroe Harborin Chicago (seen here), and at a marina on the Chicago River from1999-2001.  It was really funcruising on the river through the heart of the downtown, and then through alock onto Lake Michigan.  We wouldgo out on the lake on the 4th of July, and watch the fireworks fromthe water.

 

 

 

34Õ Hatteras, 1964 model,1987-1998  This was built the firstyear civilian boats were made out of fiberglass.  The Hatteras moved with me from Long Island to Cleveland,and then on to Chicago.  My mostmemorable trips in it were on Long Island Sound along the Connecticutcoast.  I took it through HellÕsGate into the East River, and then up the Hudson.  Also circled Manhattan (see picture below).

 

 

Hereare photos from some of my nautical adventures over the yearsÉ

 

This isthe Chrysler building, in a picture taken from my Hatteras cruising down theEast River about 1991.  On anothertrip I visited Ellis Island, and circled Manhattan.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here IÕm on the back deckof the Hatteras on Lake Erie in 1993; behind me is an approaching waterspoutÉ

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WhenI lived in Chicago in the late nineties, I would cruise south on the IllinoisRiver and then into Lake Michigan. Then I would travel north on the lake, andenter the Chicago River through the lock next to the Navy Pier, and eventuallycomplete the circular trip back to the marina.  Below is a view of the river:

 

 

These days IÕm oftenfound in Galveston harbor, which has itÕs own history, including a Civil Warbattle, and as an installation for defense against Nazi U-Boats during WorldWar II (the U-boats were tasked with sinking oil tankers from Houston).  Below is a recent visitor to Galveston,a tall ship operated by the Spanish government as a training vessel, making astop here as part of a world tour. The picture is taken from the bridge of my boat as I cruised by.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thisis another interesting shot from Galveston harbor, just to the right of wherethe tall ship docked, in the previous shot.  The sunken boat seen here used to be MussoliniÕs yacht.  It was brought to Galveston, and wasoutfitted as a luxurious floating hotel, until it sunk in a storm.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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