摘要: |
The question of exactly when a vessel becomes an "old boat" and a fit subject for this column has been addressed before, and it was touched on specifically in the December 23, 1972, issue of The Waterways Journal, then more recently in the column dealing with the "Weirton Express" that appeared in the January 9, 2023, issue of the WJ. Lately we have been looking at boats from the 1930s, but once again we are prompted to feature an "old boat" that is alive, well and working daily. A friend has been out of action for some months due to some medical issues but is now recovered and recently returned to active service under his license. He is piloting a towboat on the Upper Mississippi River as these words are being written. The boat he boarded when he came back to work is what prompted this particular column. |