A beautiful day to shipwatch...

   The sun rose in the East as expected and cast its benificent rays on a winter weary Strait of Canso and illuminated the docking of the of the 225 m x 32m bulk carrier Harmen Oldendorff at the Martin Marietta Loading Dock in Aulds Cove..The vessel had been at India Anchorage in Inhabitants Bay waiting for the Baldock to complete its loading and depart.
      The vessel will taking on about 48,00 tonnes of gravel for Charleston South Carolina

    The tugs Svitzer Bedford and Point Valiant rendezvoused with the bulker just abeam of the Venus Cove Park and took up positions along its port side.
      APA pilot Capt. Tony Pierce directed the docking operation from the bridge.The lines boat Water Buffalo skippered by Al Richard handled the bow and stern lines.