carwreck.com: around Boston harbor...

The dueling catamarans of Sea Tow Boston and Sea Tow South Shore. These are the first photos of my new boat. If you can't tell which boat is mine, I'm the one wearing the life jacket.

The splash page for this site was due for a change.

I particpated in a mock injured whale response today with the Center for Coastal Studies in Provincetown and the International Wildlife Coalition. They went and found some whales and then called the position in to us at Sea Tow. We act as the first responders to mark the position and track an injured or tangled whale until the Center for Coastal Studies Whale Rescue Team can arrive. They're the only organization on the East coast permitted by the Federal government to approach the whales closely and treat them. We'll be operating under that permit as well.

This is the Center's new boat alongside Sea Tow Boston's "Rescue 3"

Here you can see why a humpback whale is called that. Hump... dorsal fin.

There were some other boats looking at the whales

That's a finback cruising by Rescue 3. They are MUCH larger than the humpbacks; they can be up to eighty feet long around here.

I was greeted with this 600-700 pound tuna when I returned to the marina

Update: it weighed in at just over 900 lbs.

Finally, photos of me working! Thanks to Sean for snapping a few during a recent tow.

We currently have two batches of beer in the works. The one on the right is supposed to be an India PALE Ale, but came out a bit dark. It will taste like an IPA however. The left batch is a pumpkin ale which I'm very excited about.

That other thing in the photo is our beer taste tester. He was called Lobster at first but then became Tobiko. His name has changed again and is now called Chairman Mao.

I feel terrible. I feel terrible for a number of reasons.

I just arrived back in MA having driven an unruly UHaul truck north from Tampa, FL. I was down there to pick up a boat. I feel terrible because the drive was long and tiring.

I feel terrible because I got sick in the process. Getting sick probably had something to do with the several hours I spent out in the pouring rain working to get the above mentioned boat out of a muddy yard. The UHaul didn't like the hurricane waterlogged ground and I ended up using a big John Deere tractor to finish the job. Thanks to Chris for spotting the tractor and suggesting we use it to pull the boat trailer. In fact, thanks for Chris for coming with me in the first place and helping with the driving.

Finally, I feel terrible because I'm missing my good friend's wedding because I'm too sick to make it up to Maine.

Ashley and Sara's wedding was my first excuse for a day off so far this summer after 116 days of continuous work.

The wedding was at Squibnocket Pond at the southwest tip of Martha's Vineyard. With the backdrop of the ocean Sara and Ashley were wed by their parents in perfect late-summer weather amongst friends and family.

Here's some long awaited photos of what's going on down here on the South Shore. My office is on the first floor of this building underneath a newly opened restaurant. I just got my new sign up the other day and you can also see my truck parked in front. The next photo is a close up of my radio antennas. It's important in this business to hear and be heard on the radio. The square antenna pointing away from the camera is for my wireless internet connection. The last photo is what my desk looks like after a few days of towing. Each sheet of paper represents one tow and each needs to be individually entered both into my accounting software as well as a database to track members and tows.