Friday, March 23, 2012

Prime time

Thursday evening I took the long way home, meaning I took in a few miles of Route 2 along the Ohio River to see if there was anything to be seen. In this case, it was the Sam M. Fleming.

As it got closer, it appeared the boat is being painted. It reminded me of Memorial Day weekend a couple of years ago when I got this one of the Vernon C. Smith, with what looked like primer or undercoat or whatever it's called on the pilothouse.



But as the Sam M. Fleming passed my shooting spot, I got a closer look and wondered if I was right that it was primer or undercoat or whatever on the rear.



In the end, I decided I didn't really care. I'll find out what it was soon enough, if I need to know.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

It's "towboat" grey primer, a deckhand's worst night-mare. Every spring 10-20 gallon just shows up in the middle of the night!!!.No, really the boats do rust quick, as you might imagine,a little nick turns into rust in a short period of time.