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I woke up extra, extra early this morning. It was 10:30 a.m. Normally, I only see 10:30 on the clock once a day. The ferryboat company here along the Jersey Shore, SeaStreak, LLC received a new ferryboat this last week. It is the largest high-speed passenger catamaran in operation in the United States.
The nice people at SeaStreak conducted an “open ship” or is it “open boat?” at noon today so the public could view this remarkable piece of technology. They even provided free doughnuts and cocktails!!! The boat was built starting in 2019 at Midship Marine in Harvey, Louisiana.
The owners decided to name the new boat, “Courageous” as a tribute to first responders and individuals who worked in the medical field and continued to take other SeaStreak boats into Manhattan during the pandemic. A local media outlet stated that the boat is valued at ~$18M. It has two bars — one inside on the first deck, and another “summer” bar behind the wheelhouse on the third deck.
The outside portion of the boat has red, white, and blue LED lighting. I suspect it will look spectacular when it’s coming back from West Point next summer at night after the home football games. The boat hosts 720 passengers. Many of the seats have tables so families can play games on a long trip. There are also several cocktail tables near the inside bar area where the cool people can enjoy an adult beverage.
My favorite part of the “open boat” event was that we were able to go into the wheelhouse and see all of the technology used in a modern boat of this size. Especially the captain’s chair where he sits when he tells his first officer and navigator to engage the warp drive!
Murambi Genocide Memorial Site. He lives at the site and serves as an unofficial guide. I met him standing outside the room that contains the skeletons of his wife and five children. He does not leave the site. The indentation on the left side of his forehead is from a bullet that struck but did not penetrate.
Another photo of Courageous puffing out some black exhaust. I think this is a good engine to photograph due to it's livery. It has very strong colours.
J'ai rencontré ces canards courageux dans la rivière Saint-Charles. Quel courage! Se baigner alors qu'il fait -18 celsius, il faut être un peu timbré. À moins qu'ils ne se pouvaient plus d'attendre l'été pour profiter de la plage!!!
I met these courageous duck in the Saint-Charles river. What a courage! To swim at -18 C°. Are they crazy? Maybe they couldn't wait 'til summer to go to the beach!!!!
Unfortunately this essay of the fate of the Signers of the Declaration on the back of Benjamin Harrison's grave marker is not quite true. The Signers did indeed do a courageous thing for our country, what is described here didn't happen exactly as mentioned. Over the years this has made the spammers e-mail rounds.
www.snopes.com/history/american/pricepaid.asp
Harrison Cemetery, Berkeley Plantation, Virginia
COURAGEOUS. Ribble Steam Railway
Bagnall 16" class, delivered new to Birchenwood Gas & Coke Co. works, Stoke-on-Trent as Birchenwood No. 4.
So far during this drought (the dry dormant lawn is visible in the background) I've been paying attention to my roses. This is named "Courageous" after the who flew for America and the British Empire in WWII. I got it from Heirloom Roses.
This is Courageous Spaz (named after the whole Courageous Comet line of Jumping Horses.. only I added my touch). He is my Jumping horse. Here is what he is made of!
Horse: HI! Bay Warrior
Mane/Tail: HI! Bay Bracken
Saddle: HI! Bracken Saddle
Pad: Mine
Bridle/Martingale: Mine
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