Around 6AM, Bass boats were off to the races. Assuming there was a tournament, judging by the wave of boats and the short distance between them, three - make that FOUR in one snapshot.
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Caught a ship in the brief window BEFORE she navigated past Cat Island Shoal.
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SPRUCEGLEN upbound
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Eyeballing the vessels profile on the horizon, I immediately thought KAMINISTIQUA - Until the red-painted hull with CSL emerged. This would be her sister ship
SPRUCEGLEN (aka SELKIRK SETTLER / FEDERAL FRASER)
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SPRUCEGLEN silhouette
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Camera's time was 8.29
She rarrived at 9.12.
That's 43 minutes.
Coincidentally, KAMINISTIQUA slipped by me in the night - According to Ron Beaupre's log.
Waiting for her to arrive, was exploring, moved a few small rocks to loosen a bigger brick when a small crayfish appeared, greenish in color. Had probably been hiding under a rock until I disturbed him. It's the first live one I've seen there - Although considering the number of crayfish corpses scattered across the beach...
EVANS SPIRIT, upbound, undoubtedly fully loaded with cargo as the MCKEIL name is just barely above the waterline, as usual.
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More ship identification.... Kinda fun on a clear day, as they emerge from nothingness as tiny faint marks on the horizon to full-sized vessels with giant super-structures.
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This was the classic look of the "retro" 1980s Algoma Central laker,. Reminiscent of other 1980s Collingwood builds (ALGOWEST, CAPTAIN HENRY JACKMAN, ALGOLAKE, ALGOWOOD, ALGOPORT...)
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The RADCLIFFE R LATIMER is more familiar to me as ALGOBAY - Or ATLANTIC TRADER. Didn't catch it with my eyes, but the photos of the bow reveal the first few letters of the ship's old name.
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Finally, CANADIAN EMPRESS appeared before nightfall.
