PRESQUE ISLE, meanwhile, spent much of the day cruising Lake Erie while the crew did cleaning and general pre-layup maintainance before arriving at the piers at 1500. As the PRESQUE ISLE arrived the MANITOU cruised through Erie harbor to break ice in anticipation of the EDGAR B. SPEER's arrival, expected at 0600 on Saturday.
PRESQUE ISLE slowly entered the channel and docked at the Mountfort Terminal in front of a crowd of about 100 people enjoying the beautiful, abnormally warm temperatures. After the PRESQUE ISLE arrived alongside the dock the MANITOU departed, saluting the one remaining onlooker on the pier, and headed back up the lake.
Local media, including the Erie Times-News and WJET TV were on hand to cover the event. However, the vessel did not, as reported by WJET, circle Presque Isle Bay before docking.
MANITOU at dock this morning. The tug's mascot, a dog named Cimarron, is on watch in front of the pilothouse.
PRESQUE ISLE passes Erie's pierhead lighthouse. Note the snowman on the North Pier. He won't be there long if the forecast, with mild temperatures, holds.
Another view.
Close up.
About 3,000 feet from her layup dock, the PRESQUE ISLE has slowed considerably.
Another view.
Lookout on the bow, fitting right in with the icy beard on the bow of the vessel, waves at the crowd.
Tug PRESQUE ISLE.
Crowd on the pier.
Stern view.
Approaching its yearly winter berth.
MANITOU breaks ice in Presque Isle Bay.
Turning.
Coming around.
Stern view.
Passing by the PRESQUE ISLE.
MANITOU passes the PRESQUE ISLE on its way out.
PRESQUE ISLE and the cofferdam.
File photo: Underneath the port propeller of the PRESQUE ISLE, March 12, 2007. This is the view once the cofferdam in the above photo is pumped dry.
Another job well done, MANITOU heads outbound.
Stern view.
I will post video of the PRESQUE ISLE's arrival with tomorrow's update. Video of the MANITOU's departure, including a salute from the tug, is below.
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