Gloucester to Essex !

A Nor'easter has been pounding our coast and slowly working it's way offshore. With no fishing boats working in these conditions I had time to take a ride through West Gloucester over to Essex. With most of the fleet tied up, the fishermen tend to their gear.


Mending nets.

Even in the pouring rain there's work to be done.

Swollen Essex River.

Burnhams Boat Yard

Flooding tide.

Framing up a schooner.

A schooner takes shape.

Old boat yard truck.

Tide almost reaches abandoned row boat.

Dead trees in a West Gloucester pond.

Flooded marsh

The Great Marsh