Canal Tenders 7 & 8
- Type:
- artificial reef, tugboat
- Built:
- late 1920s?
- Specs:
- ( 40 ft )
- Sunk:
- Thursday July 19, 2018 - Smithtown Artificial Reef
- Depth:
- GPS:
- #7: 40°55.977' -73°11.110'
#8: 40°55.958' -73°11.098'
Canal Tenders are miniature tugboats, built for tight spaces and shallow drafts - exactly what you would need for canal service. These boats and their sisters operated on the New York canal system for many decades, doing whatever needed doing.
A lot of people were up in arms over the reefing of these and other canal vessels. But what do you want - the whole world filled with worn-out tugboats? Reefing is better than scrapping - these boats will go on to a long productive life of a new sort. The alternative is melting them down into license plates and razor blades.
Tender 8 is behind on the barge.
The claw seems to have run out of stuff.
These two should be called Theodore and Hank:
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Long Island Sound averages 60 ft in depth, with the greatest depth of over 300 ft at the eastern end. Tidal effects are strongest at the narrow western end, where all the inrushing water flow piles up and makes tidal variations of up to 7 ft. Strong tidal currents are also prevalent, and visibility tends to be poorer than the open ocean, especially at depth.
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- Type:
- artificial reef, tugboat
- Built:
- late 1920s?
- Specs:
- ( 40 ft )
- Sunk:
- Thursday May 31, 2018 - Shinnecock Artificial Reef
- Depth:
- GPS:
- 40°48.071' -72°28.655'
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