A Tugboat Race!!!!

What a great way to recognize and celebrate Labour Day too!

We hope that as many as possible might be able to take in both the Tug Races in New York and the 100th Birthday weekend events surrounding the Port of Baltimore's official flagship Tug BALTIMORE.

Rumour has it that Photo Journalist Don Southerland of Maritime News will be attending both the New York Harbour Races and the 1906 Steam Tug BALTIMORE Birthday Bash. We hope that such a trip holds true too for the New York based 1907 Tug PEGASUS, as both she and BALTIMORE were built one year apart at the same Skinner Shipyard at the foot of Federal Hill, Baltimore. The Philadelphia based 1902 Tug JUPITER, we are told, is making ready for a run down the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal and into the Monumental City by Mid-October.

A hyperlink is provided below for this year's NYC tug race
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JOIN US AS WE CELEBRATE THE TUGBOAT INDUSTRY Annual Tugboat Race and Competition - Hudson River

Sunday 3 September 2006 –Noon to 3 PM

Pier 63 Maritime (West 23rd Street & Hudson River, Manhattan)

Parade of Tugs from Pier 63 Maritime to the Start Line

Race from Pier 86 (the Intrepid Pier) to Pier 63 Maritime

Bow-to-bow pushing contests & line throwing contests

Watch close-up on a special Working Harbor Committee (WHC) Spectator Passenger Boat

$35 (WHC members $30) Departs 11:45 AM

Two-hour cruise

Watch the action from the upper deck at Pier 63 Maritime

$20 (WHC members $15)

Food & Drink available

For information & reservations – www.WorkingHarbor.Org

For directions – www.Pier63Maritime.Com

Schedule:

11:45 AM – Tour boat departs Pier 63 Maritime

12 Noon – Tug Parade to start line at Pier 86

12:30 PM – Race starts

1:00 PM – Bow-to-bow pushing and line throwing contests

2:30 PM – Awards ceremony on stage at Pier 63 Maritime

Space is limited – reserve early!

Please forward to your friends!
Hosted by: Working Harbor Committee

Pier 63 Maritime

Jerry Roberts (organizer of the tugboat race for 14 years)