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Tugboats Take the Challenge At lPM on 11 September, a herd of stampeding tugs vying fo r honors in the Second Annual Intrepid Tugboat Challenge thundered down the Hudson River to a trul y spectacul ar finish at the Intrepid Sea Air Space Museum . It was a neck-and-neck struggle watched by several hundred people from as hore and won by a mere five feet by the Brooks McA llister (1986, 4,300HP) over the Kosnac tug Gotham ( 195 1, l ,800HP). Third place was taken by the Maryland which was not even scheduled to participate . She was coming PHOTO: BETSY HAGGERTY up the ri ver to pi ck up a barge as part of her regular work-aday schedul e when she saw the race gathering and decided to join in . Follow ing the first three were the independent Terror, the C&R tug Tilly, and, last but not least, the Coast Guard tug Wire . The race was fo llowed by a Tugs lin e up at the 79th Street Boat Basin at the beginning nose-to-nose pu shing cha!- of the Intrepid Tugboat Challenge. lenge issued by the Gotham and answered by Terror (1943 , 1800HP). Surro unded by observing vessels, the two tugs revved up and locked horns in a detennined battle of horse-power which was at last resolved as the Gotham began to slowly but surely muscle the Terror astern . Other events included a line throw ing contest won by the crew of the Tilly, the tug " beauty contest" won by Brooks, and the "tin y-tug" troph y going to the venerable Wire. The day's top honor, the "Elizabeth Cup," went to Capt. Roy Olson of the Gotham who was retiring that day after 50 years a board tugs. The event is organized by the museum to celebrate the mighty tugs and hard working crews which keep our - JERRY ROBERTS ports active.
Milwaukee Schooner Project Forges Ahead Milwaukee has a new maritime heritage group that is moving swiftly to accomplish its major goal, the building of a full size replica 19th-century Great Lakes schooneron Milwaukee's lake front. Plans forthe 130-ft, three-masted schooner have been drawn up by naval architect Timothy Graul. Construction materials have also been accumulating on the group 's new Milwaukee Mari time Center property, the first being a generous donation of six 75foot white pine timbers by Menominee Tribal Enterprises, cut from the tribal reservation near Neopit, Wisconsin . The schooner will be built under US Coast Guard inspection and be certified fo r approximately 50 passengers. (MLS, 500
orth Harbor Drive, Mi lwaukee WI 53201-0291 ; 414 276-5664)
Tall Ship Race off East Coast in 1995 Several of South America's nava l training ships, such as Venezuela ' s Simon Boli var, Colombia 's Guayas, Mex ico's Cuauhtemoc and Uru guay 's Capitan Miranda , are ex pected to go head-tohead with the USCG bark Eagle in a Tall Ship Race from Norfolk, Vi rgini a, to Montauk Point off the East end of Long Island in late June 1995. The event, organized by Ameri cas' Sai l, a Long Island group including MHS stalwarts Frank Braynard and Peter Stanford as trustees, will be held in conjunction with the l995SpeciaJOlympics WorldGames in New Haven, Connecticut. The Eagle will then lead a parade of ships that will include the full -rigged ship Rose, the barkentine Gaze/a and the brigantine Black Pearl into New Haven harbor on 2 Jul y. (America's Sail , PO Box 462, Oyster Bay NY 11 77 1; 516 922-0979)
C&O Canal Corridor Plans Forming In C umberland , Maryland , a unique public-private partnership has begun to take fonm along a three-mi le stretch of the Potomac Ri ver. The goa l is to reclaim SEA HISTORY 71 , AUTUMN 1994