Lucky

Things were looking really scary for a while with hurricanes Madeline and Lester headed for Hawai‘i. Fortunately, Madeline turned to the south and Lester to the north of the islands. Whew!

Due to the hurricane threat, there was no harbor traffic in the morning, but things picked up in the afternoon after it became clear Lester was moving away from O‘ahu.

Kinei Maru No. 83 arriving at Pier 9:

Crew handling mooring lines at the bow:

Tug Hawaii and barge Capella with Pi‘ilani assisting:

Tanker Ross Sea heading to the offshore anchorage:

Ross Sea draft marks:

View from offshore:

Back in the harbor with another tanker, St. Joseph:

Mikioi at the bow:

Pi‘ilani:

St. Joseph tying up at Pier 51:

Salishan with Matson barge Mauna Loa:

Job done. Mikioi headed back.

Mahalo to Captains Enos, Hopkins, and Demuth. Special thanks to Paul.

Variety

Asphalt tanker, San Du Ao:

Pi‘ilani and Mikioi (hidden) assisting:

Kinei Maru No. 83:

USCGC Kukui:

Various Things – Small and Large

While waiting for Legend of the Seas to leave, I was looking at the rocks around where I was sitting (that’s the closest I got to the beach today).

Found a sea urchin test:

Lots of pipipi:

I’m not a big fan of modern cruise ships, but variety is good.

Legend of the Seas:

Unusual to see a fishing boat with a sailboat rig. Ka Imi Kai:

Old workhorse, Matsonia:

Another old workhorse, Horizon Consumer:

Pasha Hawaii containers at Young Brothers pier:

Beautiful Day

It was such a lovely day that any thoughts of going to the office vanished once I stepped out of the house.

Manuokekai:

Foss tugs were helping out with fuel barges today.

Mikioi with Ne‘ena before the the barge was towed out of the harbor by Namahoe (hidden behind the barge):

Mamo with Alaska Mariner and barge Capella moving to Pier 1:

Nice to see Eleu!

Splendid Ace:

(Check out the difference in size between Eleu and Mikioi)

Splendid Ace crew:

Alaska Mariner is a smart-looking tug:

Manukai:

I posted a picture of Fortuna a little while back. Here’s another one:

I’ve been keeping an eye on her. Maybe the State should as well? It would be pretty pathetic if she ends up like Judy K.

The waterfront mix of the day:

(Matson barge Haleakala, Alaska Mariner, Grand Princess)

Harbor Primaries

Miki Hana:

Panthera:

Mamo with Panthera:

American Contender:

American Emerald fenders:

Nunui stern detail:

Judy K and Fortuna:

Sights along the way:

Manoa’s stack:

Bright car:

Happy Day!

With the sun comes another opportunity. And a much better one, at that!

I found out that Valrossa was leaving this morning, rather than last night. So, I got my photos after all.

I was surprised to see the new pilot boat, Puakea, in use. She’s cute!

Marine debris being collected:

Fishing boat St. Damien:

The water in the harbor was back to its normal, calm state.

Here is the wall at the end of Pier 7 for comparison with the photo from Saturday:

Part of Kulamanu’s boat is now in the water:

How long before it breaks loose and becomes a hazard?

Niolo with barge Noa:

One of these tugs does not belong:

It’s Noke:

Pi‘ilani at the stern of Horizon Enterprise:

Horizon Enterprise headed to the Horizon Lines terminal:

American Emerald’s hull and bumper detail:

Nunui’s deck:

Tugs and Fishing Boats…Mostly

Cargo ship Kwai:

Nunui with a bone in her teeth:

Noke:

Mamo and Tira Lani:

Miki Hana:

A bunch of crocodile needlefish:

There were about a dozen total. That’s the first time I’ve seen so many of that size in one place.

Capt Kevin

Lady Christine I:

St. Martin:

Judy K still down:

Long line fishing spool detail:

Mokihana lifeboat drill:

Short Notes

LPG tanker BW Helios:

A nice, minty green.

Birds enjoying a safe resting area on Star of Honolulu’s pontoon thing:

I paid a brief visit to FOC to say hello to a faithful volunteer.

On my way to Pier 19, I had a look at Judy K:

She sank at the pier on Sunday. No surprise there. She was looking pretty ratty.

Here’s a photo from November of last year:

Mostly Tugs…Again

Photos from this past Sunday.

Fishing boat Rising Phoenix:

Nohea:

LPG tanker, Toyosu Maru, arriving:

Turning the ship, Mamo at the stern:

Mamo and Mikioi ready to push:

JD Pringle II:

‘Iwa again:

Henry Sr. with Waialeale:

Mamo:

“A kiss on the cheek…”

Too Nice to Stay Home

I really should have been doing some housework, but yesterday was such a lovely day!

First stop was FOC. Old habits die hard.

I was curious to see if anything was going on. No one was there. 😦 Shame, as it was a perfect day to do work on deck. Oh well. Moving on…

Natoma was heading out:

Star Princess was at Pier 10.

Rat guards:

Stack detail:

Reflection:

While I was up on the Aloha Tower observation deck, a lovely family from Boston asked me where Diamond Head was.

Oh…it’s over…there…oh…hmm…

They showed me the text in the tourist publication that said one could see Diamond Head from the tower.

I admit that I was quite dismayed that all that was visible through all of the buildings was just a small slice of mountain. No wonder they were confused!

Nakolo at Pier 14:

School of papio:

Poor Moku Ahi. I guess someone is looking after her though. Still shiny:

Jury-rig fence repair with part of an old fan, producing something that looks like a steel spider’s web:

Ao Shibi IV:

Didn’t I say it was a nice day? Look at how clear the mountains are!

Gasp! A flying thing! Hawaiian Airlines plane overhead:

Ocean Pathfinder heading past Mokihana:

I saw something moving in the water. At first I thought it might be a sea turtle, but it wasn’t behaving like one:

My best guess from what I saw…some sort of large ray?

Mikioi and the mystery animal in the foreground:

Mikioi again with Mokihana shifting to Pier 32:

Horizon Lines gantry crane at work unloading Horizon Spirit:

As I was watching Mokihana, a fishing boat arrived at the pier. There were already a number of boats tied up and the captain was trying to squeeze in to the space that was left. The maritime version of parallel parking.

This was not a good idea: