There was a very clear wind line on Elliott Bay at mid-day. A brisk northerly was blowing farther out on the water, but because the area of the bay east of the grain terminal (Pier 86) is protected by Queen Anne hill, the waters near Pier 66 were dead calm. The dividing line between rippled and calm water is easy to see in the above photograph.
Later, while observing activity on Elliott Bay, we heard a tug report the presence of a navigation hazard to Seattle Traffic (VHF Channel 14). A piling was floating vertically in the water, with only a couple of feet visible above the surface. In the photograph below, the hazard is visible just off the port bow of Goodtime II, an Argosy tour boat that was conducting man-overboard drills off Pier 66.
No comments:
Post a Comment