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My Views of Gloucester !

Why I created this......

Born and raised in Gloucester,Ma fishing gets in your blood. Surrounded by the sea, kids here have a boat almost as much as kids elsewhere have bicycles! As I grew older my fishing ambitions gave way to what's around me. Although I still "drop a line" every so often, my attention wanders to the majesty of the natural light that make this place so special. Never is each day the same. The subjects may be the same but the light from the sea & sky will morph the subject into a form of art. Artists have been drawn to these shores for several hundred years,they followed the light painting and sketching these surroundings. What artists capture with paint on canvas, I attempt to capture with a click.....if I'm lucky!

I guess that's a sort of Fish'n!

Jay Albert

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"Glosta Logic"

It's not "soda" and not "pop" or even "soda pop" it's "tonic"!
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It's a "rotary" not a "roundabout"!
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"Going up the line" is a term used when leaving the island!
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A "jigga"is a homemade powerless go-cart!
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It's not "Break Time or Coffee Break" it's "Mug-up"!
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It's not a "water fountain" it's a "Bubbla"!
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Saturday, July 09, 2011

US Navy..... locked and Loaded !

During the St. Peter's Fiesta Gloucester Harbor played host to the USS Oak Hill.
While I approached her I noticed an armed patrol boat that kept tabs of my every move. I made about a 500 yard orbit around the ship as the patrol boat followed me. It's not every day I have automatic weapons aimed at my direction!

The stats:
Displacement: 11,314 tons (light)
16,386 tons (full)
Length: 610 ft (190 m)
Beam: 84 ft (26 m)
Draft: 21 ft (6.4 m)
Propulsion: 4 Colt Industries, 16-cylinder diesel engines, 2 shafts, 33,000 shp (25 MW)
Speed: 20+ knots (37+ km/h)

Meanwhile I included some shots from around the waterfront.


The Massachusetts Environmental Police boat "Jessie".

My "escort" far left.

"USS Oak Hill"

Bow on.

Starboard bow.

Starboard profile.

Aft

In my wake.

Fishermen's Memorial

This sailboat takes a chance under full sail in the busy inner harbor!

Then decides to head back out!

Gulls on the bow.

Baiting up with racks of Skate.

"Capt. Joe" pulls away.

Fog bank on the Back Shore.
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