happy july! happy city of water day!

Happy summer everyone! this blog will be taking July off, back in August. Events abound on the 6th boro! MWA’s City of Water Day is July 24. Portside and many other organizations, along with our working flotilla of schooners, sloops, cruising vessels, ferries and water taxis will be out in force. If you have a happening on the water or waterfront this month, feel free to add it on…

Coastal Tanker Mary A. Whalen, 1938

Length:

172ft

 

Ocean Liner RMS Queen Mary 2 , 2003

Length:	1,132 ft (345 m)
Beam:	135 ft (41 m) waterline,  147.5 ft (45.0 m) extreme (bridge wings)
Height:	236.2 ft (72.0 m) keel to funnel
Draught:	33 ft (10.1 m)

Propulsion:	Four 21.5 MW Rolls-Royce/Alstom “Mermaid” electric propulsion pods: 2 fixed and 2 azimuthing
Speed:	29.62 knots (54.86 km/h; 34.09 mph)[6]
Capacity:	3,056 passengers
Crew:	1,253 officers and crew