The English River in Action

I had one more reason for wanting to watch the air show from Wendy Park.  I was hoping to catch a ship as she was coming into the Cuyahoga River.  When I checked AIS on Saturday night, I didn't think that it would happened.

 I checked AIS again and I saw a ship to the east of Cleveland that appeared to be heading towards Cleveland.

 It turns out that ship was the English River.  I have caught her once before but that was while she was docked.

 It is always nicer to catch a ship in action though.You get better views of them.  Plus, you can sometimes get them with stuff in the background.

 Although the English River was having a tough time getting into the channel.  I was having a tougher time getting pictures of her without other boats in the way.

 Kind of like this picture with a jet ski person.

 The Coast Guard had to remind people about the lays of physics and tell them to get out of the way.  It's kind of sad when you think about it.

 The crew of the English River have a job to do.  They aren't just willy nilly going into a harbor because they feel like it.

 At any rate, She is a pretty cool looking ship.  In many ways, she reminds me of the Stephen B. Roman.

 But there are more dissimilarities than similarities though.

 A shot of her pilothouse.

 One of the crew members enjoying the view.

 Another shot of her pilothouse.

 And she makes her way to the railroad bridge.

 She would be heading to the spot where I caught her before.

One more shot before battling the traffic out.

Finally Caught My White Whale

It's amazing that there are ships that I haven't caught especially ships that have been around a while.

 The ship in question is the English River which is owned by Lafarge Canada and is managed by the Canada Steamship Lines.  Normally she makes runs around ports on Lake Ontario.

 She will occasionally make runs to Cleveland but it seems like that only happens during the week.  I was happy to see that she was docked in Cleveland.  I thought maybe she would start moving yesterday but that wasn't the case.  I did see she was at the dock where I caught the Alpena, so I headed over there.

 Like many older Canadian vessels, she was built in Collingwood, Ontario.  In 1974, she was converted to her current configuration in 1974.

 A shot of her stern.

 Framed by the Bridge.

 A shot of her stack.

After looking around, I found a spot where I could get a shot of her front.  I was hoping that I would be able to catch her as she was leaving but I found out that wasn't going to be until later in the evening.   One of these days I will catch her properly.