Our Programs
2010
Tug & Barge Week: Brooklyn Bridge Park
August 2010
We were very fortunate to have Etienne Frossard on the trip to take some spectacular photos of the tug and barge underway. His work starts us off on our trip from Red Hook to Pier 6, Brooklyn Bridge Park.
Some of his other work can be seen on the American Photographic Association website. Search here.
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Tug Pegasus coming into the slip in Red Hook to pick up the Waterfront Museum's and showboat barge, Lehigh Valley No.79. |
David Sharps of the Waterfront Museum and crew shorten up lines to get ready for the museum and showboat barge, Lehigh Valley No. 79, to depart her berth. |
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The slip is narrow with a questionable bottom, so the Tug Pegasus pulls the barge out into the stream. |
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The tug then falls off, letting the barge come ahead so that she will lie alongside. |
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The tug flat, with a spring line out, can now get the backing line and the stern line out. |
David is happy we're underway. |
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David communicating with the photographer. |
Hard left for the Statue... |
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Looking lovely.... Back to work. |
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Secure at the south side of Pier 6, Brooklyn Bridge Park. |
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Carter Craft also helped by running the Big G as the camera boat, helping Etienne get some of his great photos. |
Etienne shoots another famous photographer who has donated many of the photographs on this site, Jonathan Atkin.
Jonathan's photos can be found at http://shipshooter.com/ |
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Free public trips were sponsored by the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy. Photos by Jonathan Atkin. |
Engineer Frank Zic and CJ Simpson, volunteer. |
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A free public trip; photos by Etienne Frossard. |
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The Tug & Barge hosted a fundraiser at Brooklyn Bridge Park. Regina Myer, President of Brooklyn Bridge Park, and Nancy Webster, Executive Director of the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy, were honored. Etienne took these photos of the event. |
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Tug Pegasus Does Mystic Seaport!
Columbus Day Weekend 2010
The Tug Pegasus was invited to participate in the TUGS! Exhibit at Mystic Seaport.
Bob Hill, a friend of the Tug Pegasus and of Ocean Tug and Barge, tug design innovators and creators of the FACETTUG Class AT/B™ Tugboat, helped with the exhibit and suggested the Tug Pegasus as a living exhibit for the show.
The trip to Mystic was a big part of the adventure. We had a great crew, fair wind, and spectacular fall weather.
Photo by Norman Brouwer. |
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After letting us tie up for the night at his pier in
New London, we met Captain Adam Wronowski off the
entrance of the Mystic River, in Fisher's
Island Sound, the following morning on a making tide. Adam and his family own
Thames Shipyard & Repair Company in
New London.
Adam donated their tug John Paul to the
TUGS! Exhibit and offered to be our pilot on the way up this very narrow,
winding, rock- and wreck-strewn river—with bridges.
Photos by Norman Brouwer. |
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Into the Mystic River...closely behind our pilot. |
Dave and Pam in the wheelhouse. |
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Above: The Tug John Paul with Tug Pegasus following very closely. Here the
tugs are waiting for a bridge opening. |
Got the bridge opening.
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In the bridge. Photo: Jenny Kane |
Pegasus clearing the bridge. |
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Crew: Dave Sharps, John Dunn, Matt Umanov. Pamela Hepburn, Jenny Kane,
Justin Ryan, Kathy Dwyer, Glen Garver, and Norman Brouwer. |
Settling into our berth at Mystic, we showed 300 visitors through
the tug that day. Saturday and Sunday, we hosted 1,200 each day!
On Monday, we
had 900! Our eight stalwart volunteers, acting as docents and some as safety
officers, were essential on this wonderful and challenging opportunity. |
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The famous 1921 Essex schooner, L.A. Dunton. |
Our neighbor at Mystic, the 126' steam yacht Cangarda, built by
Pussey & Jones in 1901.
For info about her fantastic restoration please see http://www.tricoastal.com/Cangarda/Cangarda.html |
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Cangarda's Captain Steve in the exquisite steam engine room. |
This compound engine is from the S.O.Co. No. 14, also named Pegasus in her later years. (Our Pegasus was the S.O.Co. No. 16.) |
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Showing our 1953 diesel transplant to our new Mystic friends, a 1944
General Motors 12-567. |
Glen. Photo by Walt Fitzgerald. |
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John Dunn and Jenny Kane. Photo by Walt Fitzgerald. |
Jay Holmes at the companionway assisting visitors. Photo by Walt Fitzgerald. |
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Glen and Norman interpreting for visitors.
Photo by Walt Fitzgerald. |
Jan Andrusky greeting visitors. |
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In Mystic, the Tug Pegasus was surrounded by so many historic vessels and
so many people who appreciate them. |
Dusk, the visitors are all gone. Photo: Walt Fitzgerald |
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Relaxing in the galley, after a job well done.
Photo: Jenny Kane. |
12 October 2010, 1200: Time to leave beautiful Mystic. Photo by Will Van Dorp. |
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Through the bridges... Photo by Norman Brouwer. |
And the little towns... Photo by Norman Brouwer. |
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The small docks... Photo by Norman Brouwer. |
The last of the winding river... Photo by Norman Brouwer. |
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To the big water of Long Island Sound... Photo: Will Van Dorp. |
And on the way home after a wonderful trip... Photo: Will Van Dorp. |
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Ah, home. Photo by Jay Holmes. |
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2009
This was our first year of full-on underway programs interpreting the Port of NY/NJ.
After many years of restoration, the tug Pegasus made her debut, as an operational historic vessel at the 16th Annual New York Harbor Tugboat Race, 31 August 2008. This year, 2009, was our first full programming year--the Quadricentennial Year was the perfect kick-off.
Phase 1, On the Waterfront
From 16 May to 4 June, the Tug Pegasus Preservation Project and the Waterfront Museum ran the first phase of the Tug & Barge Tour 2009, the "On the Waterfront Program." Over 5,000 people were served in a three-week period, in three communities, with low-cost and free entertainment and educational programs, aboard the tug and the barge.
First Stop: Red Hook, Brooklyn
The Waterfront Museum aboard the 1914 barge, Lehigh Valley No. 79, hosted a reading of Budd Schulberg's "On the Waterfront."
The barge is also open for school groups and maintains open hours.
Photo: Steve Wilson
Second Stop: Pier 84 North River in Hudson River Park at 44th Street
While David, barge captain, was clowning it up on the barge Lehigh Valley No. 79, Pamela, tug captain, was running Ports & Parks™ trips aboard the tug Pegasus.
Third Stop: Hoboken, N.J.
Above, the 1907 tug Pegasus, the 1914 barge Lehigh Valley No. 79 and the beautifully restored 1907 Erie Lackawanna RR Terminal. NJ Transit 's Erie Lackawanna Plaza was a perfect berth to board visitors for and disembark visitors from both vessels.
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Photo: Carter Craft |
Photo: Bernie Ente |
Above, David is clowning it up again for a school group in Hoboken. |
Above, the tug Pegasus ran the Passport-to-the-Hudson™ for the Boys and Girls Club in Jersey City |
Both students and teachers were impressed with what they experienced getting out into the Harbor.
Photos above: Jonathan Atkin ©2009
Above, the "Ports & Parks" programs out of Hoboken. The question of the day: how many of our visitors had been under the Bayone Bridge?
A special thanks to:
Joan K. Davidson, Arjan Braamskamp, Netherlands Consulate General in New York, NY, Connie Fishman and the Hudson River Park Trust, A.J. Pietrantone and the Friends of Hudson River Park, the 44th Street Better Block Association , the Hudson River Foundation, North River Historic Ship Society, the Hudson County Office of Cultural & Heritage Affairs/Tourism Development and Thomas A. DeGise County Executive & the Board of Chosen Freeholders , Jack Raslowsky II and Hoboken Public Schools , Hon. David Roberts and the City of Hoboken , Danny Gans and George Vallone and the Hoboken Brownstone Company, Lawrence Bijou and Bijou Properties, Michael Barry and Applied Development Company , Kevin O'Connor and United Water Company, Tony Tirro and Warren George Inc., Richard Dwyer and PSE&G, Michael Burke and Statue Cruises, Willy Widdith and Sea Wolf Marine, and all of our visitors from both banks of the Hudson River.
Phase 2, Tug & Barge Hudson River Tour
Joining Empire State Maritime Alliance’s “Working on Water,” we visited Poughkeepsie, Waterford, Hudson, Kingston, and Albany (unexpectedly). We brought our own programs aboard the Tug Pegasus and the Barge Lehigh Valley No. 79.
In addition, the showboat barge hosted some new programs: forums about the Hudson River and Bruno’s Art Barge project, a series of workshops led by the internationally known French artist, Bruno Pasquier-Desvignes, that shared with residents the magic of making art out of recycled objects such as cardboard and plastic bottles.
The Quadricentennial is an opportunity to use the restored tug and barge as educational platforms, teaching New Yorkers about their ports and rivers as natural, cultural, and commercial resources. Programs onboard promote public access and awareness of our historic and current maritime industry, which is vital to our economic and ecological sustainability.
First Stop: Hudson River Park's Pier 84
The tug and barge celebrated Historic Ship Days with other historic vessels from the "Working on Water" program.
Above, the Tug Pegasus and the Waterfront Museum—the Barge Lehigh Valley No. 79—setting up for Historic Ship Days, an event hosted by the North River Historic Ship Society. The days featured tours of all the vessels and interpretive trips aboard the Tug Pegasus and the Tug Cornell. All the programs were free and open to the public.
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The New York State Tug Urger, with another New York State historic vessel, the Day Peckinpaugh, in the background. |
Ports & Parks™ trips aboard the Tug Pegasus: free educational programming to enable the public to learn more about our maritime, past and present, while out on the water. |
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Tug and barge captains Pamela Hepburn and David Sharps, getting ready to depart Pier 84 for Poughkeepsie. |
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All photos by Bernie Ente and generously donated for our use.
Second Stop: Poughkeepsie |
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Partners David Sharps, Waterfront Museum, and Pamela Hepburn, Tug Pegasus Preservation Project, started planning the up-river trip for the Quadricentennial in March of 2008.
Photo: Gary Baum |
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In Poughkeepsie, we provided free and low-cost programs: a circus aboard the barge, Ports & Parks™ trips aboard the tug, and open hours for visitors. |
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All photos by Jeff Anvevino and generously donated for our use.
Third Stop: Troy and Waterford, NY
The Tug Pegasus, unable to get under the Second Street Bridge in Troy, NY, stayed at the Troy wall. All the action was in Waterford. We had a few maintenance days and went up to waterfront to help out with the activities in the barge. |
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The tug Pegasus was asked to join in the Waterfront Round-up's parade from Waterford to Albany. It was a drizzly, gray day, but the stalwarts persisted, made Albany and then returned (the Pegasus to the Troy wall and the rest back to Waterford).
Photo: Pat Folan |
A great trip so far, but then trouble struck—but did not knock us down. Departing Troy with the barge Lehigh Valley No.79, bound for Hudson to programming commitments there, the stuffing box heated up. It smoked and smelled. We were only 15 minutes out of Troy in the middle of nowhere.
We stopped, and looked.... We then decided to run towards Albany on a slow bell.
Fourth Stop: Albany (Unscheduled!)
Reaching Albany, the stuffing box was cooled down and we tied up at the berth of the Crow and the Cheyenne, Port Albany Ventures. We got an old chief off the Slater, who helped us back off the packing gland of the stuffing box. Rick Scarano also hung around to see if he could help in any way.
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Bronze chunks of all sizes came pouring out. We cleaned things up and put the gland back in. The packing itself was undisturbed and maintained watertight integrity.
Glen and Don backing off the packing gland.
Photo: Amy Buccifaro |
Fifth Stop: Hudson
The Tug Crow towed us both to the cement dock in Hudson, where we had made arrangements to tie up. We arrived at midnight in plenty of time for David to do his 0900 program.
The Tug Pegasus then got a tow from the Crow down to Kingston where we were joined by the Lehigh Valley Barge after her obligations in Hudson. The tug had no programs scheduled for Hudson, except to get the barge there.
Hallelujah! Port Albany Ventures came to our aid.
The tug Crow towed us to Hudson.
Photo: Amy Buccifaro |
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The Tug Crow dropped the barge Lehigh Valley No. 79 and the Tug Pegasus on the cement dock in Hudson on either side of the projecting conveyor, which stuck out over the water!
Thank you for a great job, Capt. Dennis and your crew: John, Curtis, and Chris.
Photo: John Stiles |
The Crow again helped us get to our next spot. They waited for their barge to load in Catskill and then picked up the wounded Pegasus, made us up to the barge, and brought us down to Kingston. The Cornell went up to pick up the Lehigh Valley No. 79 in Hudson and brought her down to Kingston.
Sixth Stop: Kingston
The tug and barge were secure in Kingston for another "Working on Water" event, sponsored by Historic Kingston Waterfront Museum and Ulster County Chamber, and managed by our friend Ann Loeding. The tug and barge served 400 people both Saturday and Sunday.
Monday, we ran a pilot program called "All Aboard" for Ann at the Kingston Waterfront Museum, designed to get all the school kids in Kingston out on working vessels.
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To the left, coming into Round Out Creek on the Tug Cornell. The Tug Pegasus, the Barge Lehigh Valley No. 79, the Tug Chancellor and the Army Tug Gowanus Bay are also in the picture.
Photo: Gary Baum |
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We did a chart station on the boatdeck and a knot-board station at the bow. Amy Buccifaro is in the green hat. She volunteered for much of the trip and was a huge help. Dave Black and Justin Ryan, volunteers, also joined us.
Photos: Gary Baum
In Kingston, we waited for the Tug Crow to tow us to New York City. We will always be grateful to Dennis, John, Chris, and Curtis, the crew of the Crow.
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Top, Chris, ready! Bottom, Dennis, captain of the Crow.
Photos: Pat Folan |
Crow crew, left to right: Curtis the mate, John the engineer, and Chris the deckhand. |
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Tug Crow, starting up the lock flight, the beginning of the western canal of the NYS Barge Canal System at Waterford. This is the work the tug was built to do.
Tug Crow was one of four sisters built with retractable wheelhouses. Going under the bridge, the wheelhouse will retract down to get under the low clearance: "Low bridge, we're coming to a town...."
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On the tow down, approaching Poughkeepsie, we called Jeff Anzevino, who responded by coming out in his small boat to photograph us. To the left is the Poughkeepsie railroad bridge. |
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We had a little time to re-enact the above New Yorker cover from 1948. |
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We delivered all of our program commitments, in spite of adversity, but not without the help of our generous friends in the industry. We work hard to keep our historic vessels running, but we have lots of help: the Tug Crow and her very generous crew, and the Tug Virginia who took us off the Crow's barge and safely delivered us to our respective berths.
2009 also
Maritime Adventure Program & Passport-to-the-Hudson
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Photos: Amy Buccifaro
Above, MAP teens aboard the lighthouse tender Lilac and the tug Pegasus.
Since 2002, Tug Pegasus Preservation Project has administered the Maritime Adventure Program and adventure learning program led by Charlie Ritchie, Program Director. For the third year, we have recruited teens from the Chinese American Planning Council. The teens have learned about restoration and worked hard aboard Lilac at Pier 40/Houston Street in Hudson River Park. |
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Photo above left: Betsy Haggerty
One of the MAP components is service. The MAP teens work as docents, interpreting the harbor and the maritime to younger kids, campers, in the Passport-to-the-Hudson program.
Above, Deon, an intern from MAP, briefs MAP teens during the Docent Training part of the program to gear up for the Passport-to-the-Hudson trips. |
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Photos: Betsy Haggerty
Left, MAP teens getting ready for the campers for the Passport-to-the-Hudson program and Deon, right, leading the embarkation. |
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Photos: Betsy Haggerty |
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Photo: Betsy Haggerty |
Giggles on deck and a thumbs-up for the wheelhouse tour. The participants in the Passport-to-the-Hudson program this year were the Hudson Guild Camp, the Chinese American Planning Council camps, and Goddard Riverside.
Passport-to-the-Hudson is sponsored by Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance and United Neighborhood Houses. Funders for the MAP program: the Sandy Hook Pilots, Con Edison, Marine Society of the City of New York, The Port Authority of NY/NJ, and Gerry Weinstein
The Tug Pegasus Preservation Project thanks the sponsors and funders of these programs and the New York City's Department of Youth and Community Development, the Chinese American Planning council and all the other groups that helped the tug Pegasus complete the first year of under-way programming. |
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Photo: Amy Buccifaro |
2008
Maritime Adventure Program
The teenagers enrolled in the program for the summer of 2008 were immersed in the maritime world through a series of work and learn activities. The seven-week Maritime Adventure Program is composed of 20 participants (aged 14-18) who are recruited from the Lower East Side community group, the Chinese American Planning Council (CPC), from their SYEP program. The work/learn curriculum developed by TPPP uses the tug Pegasus and the Steamer Lilac (both National Register vessels) as "work sites" for the Summer Youth Employment Program of the New York City Department of Youth and Community Development.
We are deeply committed in the idea of using maritime skills as metaphor for life skills and will continue to develop our youth programs in that spirit.
Passport-to-the-Hudson Program
The Passport-to-the-Harbor program provides a look at the workings of The Port of New York/New Jersey as a commercial hub that delivers things very close to us, like fuel for our heat at home and the clothes we are wearing. The participants will also discover the rich natural resources on the trip, and will discuss how these aspects of the harbor can work together. This program is geared for 9 to 15 year olds.
The harbor never sleeps. The multitude of vessels doing their daily work in the harbor will be observed. The interpreters will point out activities in the harbor and its relevance underway. This will include visits to container terminals, a museum barge, a music barge, passenger ship terminal, and a tanker used as a community youth program center. This will demonstrate the dynamic and essential nature of activity in the Port of New York/New Jersey.
Ports & Parks
A family program of the Tug Pegasus Preservation Project. Program participants will look at the workings of The Port of New York/New Jersey as a commercial hub that delivers things very close to us, like fuel, clothes and food.
Participants will also discover the natural resources of the harbor, with its huge variety of wildlife in the estuarian aspect of the complicated configuration of New York Harbor. These two components, the ecological and the commercial, need to be understood for all of us to understand the sustainability of our waterways and work towards stewardship of our great resource: New York Harbor.
2007 Teens-on-Tugs
Click here for a report from our 2007 Teens on Tugs program (PDF).
Our summer programs are designed to give teens and children the experience of tugboat and maritime life. In our capacity as a living museum, they can have the experience of preserving the boat or participating in the work of the boat--whether on safety watch, acting as bowtenders, or showing younger kids a little bit about the maritime world. |