Fill 'er up!!

A tanker docked at the Andeavor Anacortes Refinery on Fidalgo Bay

The schooner Adventuress

The other half of Cap Sante marina

Berthed and awaiting the next assignment

ANACORTES, WA - - The weekend turned out to be a time  for sailing vessels...and rain and sun and then cloudy conditions.  You can tell it was grey in the shot of the marina.  While the sun shines on the Tall Ship and the docked tanker.  It dawned grey on Sunday when we found the tug.
     The Andeavor Anacortes Refinery sits about a mile from the marina across Fildago Bay.  It can turn out 120,000 barrels of crude oil a day.  Hence the tankers which fill up and ply West Coast ports.
     Fancy a cruise on a schooner?  The environmental Tall Ship, Adventuress, offers on the water schooling to the public as well as dockside tours.  The 133' Adventuress is listed as a National Historic Landmark.  The schooner spent time in Anacortes last summer.
     Harbor side we noticed a new looking tug docked.  Closer inspection revealed some fancy looking exhaust stacks.  The give away was 'tractor tug' lettered on the sides of the hull.   The vessel was somewhat similar to a tug we saw being refurbished at the main boatyard last year (7/31/17).
     This tug, built in 2017, belongs to Harley Marine Services and has more grunt than previous editions. The double marine engines, a  Caterpillar Marine Propulsion System with azimuth thrusters, is the first tug in North America to utilize a complete system. 
     Dr. Henry Kaplan, whom then tug is named for, is chief medical oncologist at the Cancer Institute of Seattle.  A giant pink ribbon (signage), the identifier of breast cancer organizations, adorns the vessel's structure on both sides below the captain's bridge.