Comments on: Blistering Barnacles! http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/03/03/blistering-barnacles/ Why bother seeing the world for real? Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:55:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: drew http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/03/03/blistering-barnacles/#comment-10230 drew Thu, 09 Mar 2006 22:01:54 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=812#comment-10230 Barges are also "parked" this way fairly commonly in order to wait for their turn in locks. We see this just outside the locks at Louisville, KY all the time. Barges are also “parked” this way fairly commonly in order to wait for their turn in locks. We see this just outside the locks at Louisville, KY all the time.

]]> By: Tom http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/03/03/blistering-barnacles/#comment-10212 Tom Thu, 09 Mar 2006 12:58:03 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=812#comment-10212 They also do this in order to re-tension their lines. It's fairly normal to see them nosed-in. They also do this in order to re-tension their lines. It’s fairly normal to see them nosed-in.

]]> By: todd http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/03/03/blistering-barnacles/#comment-10125 todd Tue, 07 Mar 2006 06:00:17 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=812#comment-10125 lol good eyes. yeah it looks like the same one lol good eyes. yeah it looks like the same one

]]> By: Timhogs http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/03/03/blistering-barnacles/#comment-10110 Timhogs Mon, 06 Mar 2006 17:53:56 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=812#comment-10110 Hey, Papapenguin, is it me, or in your second link is there another shot of the same barge just a few hundred meters up the river? Hey, Papapenguin, is it me, or in your second link is there another shot of the same barge just a few hundred meters up the river?

]]> By: DBerkowitz http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/03/03/blistering-barnacles/#comment-10070 DBerkowitz Sat, 04 Mar 2006 20:00:03 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=812#comment-10070 Ya got me there Tim - but what if Snowy spotted a bone on the shore? Ya got me there Tim - but what if Snowy spotted a bone on the shore?

]]> By: Papapenguin http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/03/03/blistering-barnacles/#comment-10068 Papapenguin Sat, 04 Mar 2006 17:44:40 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=812#comment-10068 There's another waiting to beach here: http://maps.google.com/maps?t=k&hl=en&ll=35.09478,-90.185341&spn=0.006944,0.008615&t=k And here is one that looks as though he is moving out after a passing move: http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&t=k&ll=36.215489,-89.671826&spn=0.015546,0.026822&t=k I'm amazed at how close to the riverbanks a lot of these tugs get. There’s another waiting to beach here:

Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

And here is one that looks as though he is moving out after a passing move:

Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

I’m amazed at how close to the riverbanks a lot of these tugs get.

]]> By: Tim http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/03/03/blistering-barnacles/#comment-10057 Tim Sat, 04 Mar 2006 00:42:45 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=812#comment-10057 Gotta disagree with you there, DBerkowitz. Snowy could win the frickin' America Cup, and he'd be sailing this in it too. It would take the Thompson twins to do that. Gotta disagree with you there, DBerkowitz. Snowy could win the frickin’ America Cup, and he’d be sailing this in it too. It would take the Thompson twins to do that.

]]> By: Bob E. http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/03/03/blistering-barnacles/#comment-10052 Bob E. Fri, 03 Mar 2006 23:56:59 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=812#comment-10052 You can see the captain there, at the wheel, but he is looking up....his log entry says: "Just spotted something directly overhead, appears to be a lens looking down at us...what the devil?" .... WHAM! You can see the captain there, at the wheel, but he is looking up….his log entry says: “Just spotted something directly overhead, appears to be a lens looking down at us…what the devil?” …. WHAM!

]]> By: kjfitz http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/03/03/blistering-barnacles/#comment-10038 kjfitz Fri, 03 Mar 2006 16:03:44 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=812#comment-10038 This actually pretty common. There was a good article in the New Yorker in the last couple of years written by a guy who spent a week on a tug shoving barges up the Ohio (I think) river and he described this maneuver. The navigable portions of the waterways are much narrower than the river in general. They are divided into segments. As a tug enters and leaves each segment he negotiates with other tugs approaching or in that segment as to who will have right of way based on size and direction of travel. If the channel is too narrow for both boats one will nose-in to the bank and hold there while the other passes. Hunt up and down these rivers and you'll find <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=33.381615,-91.107795&spn=0.007573,0.007930&t=k&hl=en" rel="nofollow">other tugs nosed in</a>. In this case I don't see the 'other' boat but usually you'll see another tug very close either approaching or just past. This actually pretty common. There was a good article in the New Yorker in the last couple of years written by a guy who spent a week on a tug shoving barges up the Ohio (I think) river and he described this maneuver.

The navigable portions of the waterways are much narrower than the river in general. They are divided into segments. As a tug enters and leaves each segment he negotiates with other tugs approaching or in that segment as to who will have right of way based on size and direction of travel. If the channel is too narrow for both boats one will nose-in to the bank and hold there while the other passes.

Hunt up and down these rivers and you’ll find Placemark: other tugs nosed in / Google Earth. In this case I don’t see the ‘other’ boat but usually you’ll see another tug very close either approaching or just past.

]]> By: Keith T. http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/03/03/blistering-barnacles/#comment-10037 Keith T. Fri, 03 Mar 2006 15:43:39 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=812#comment-10037 What's creepy is that this appears to have *just* happened, judging from the visible wake. What’s creepy is that this appears to have *just* happened, judging from the visible wake.

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