Messing
About in Boats, Boots, and Byways:
Archive
of PorchPix log entry of 07 August 04
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High-speed
this and that
07
August 04:
We took a ride to Rochester to see the new high-speed ferry.
We saw the ferry, and a lot of other high-speed stuff as well.
The
wind was stiff, the waves were high, the Optimist prams, Lasers,
and 440s were racing in the lake, and two personal watercraft
dummies did jumps and cartwheels in the midst.
And
when the ferry blew its horn and cast off its lines, it was
out of sight in a few minutes, on its way to Toronto, two hours
away.
| Nautical-Ironical
statue graces the grounds of the high-speed ferry dock in
Rochester at the mouth of the Genessee River in the Charlotte
section of Rochester, hard by Lake Ontario. |
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Kids
play in the sand beside the breakwater at the mouth of
the Genessee River. |
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Optimist prams were having a race day out in the main
part of the lake, with stiff winds and steep waves. This
sailor heads down the breakwater zone toward the yacht
club. |
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was that kind of day if you were a youngster flanked by
loving adults. This is on the breakwater, looking north
toward the lake proper. |
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| Halfway
down the breakwater was this row of industrial-dockware-size
bollards. |
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| One
of the many boats that we saw capsize. These are Lasers. |
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| Lasers
and 440s coming from the west head north between the breakwaters. |
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Laser
sailor tries to right his boat. The arc in the foreground
is part of the breakwater railing. |
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Stand
on the daggerboard and pull on the gunwale, then jump
in. Repeat until tired to the death. Then accept a tow. |
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Personal
watercraft dodo makes a big splash. I guess dodos don't
fly ... . Can you tell know I feel about personal watercraft? |
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It
took a bunch of attempts to capture one of his jumps. |
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Crowd
along the breakwater watches the ferry begin the trip
to Toronto. |
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You
can ride on top and walk on, or you can take your car.
Costa mucho. Walk-on adults pay $28 one way. |
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Ferry
clears the breakwaters and opens up for the two-hour ride
to Toronto. The ferry makes two roundtrips per day, leaving
Rochester at 7:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. Go to www.thebreeze.com. |
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