Page 6. MAINE COASTAL NEWS October 2008
The MS Tugboat Muster at Portland
The tugs lined up at the start of the first race of the Muster.
The tugs FOURNIER GIRLS and NARRGANSETT in a tight race.
PORTLAND – There are many events during GIRLS, STAMFORD, ALICE WINSLOW,
the summer I enjoy taking part in, but there PEGGY WINSLOW and NARRAGANSETT.
are so many I can not fit them all in. One I After the parade we headed north of the
never miss, and may be it is because I own Eastern Promenade for the start of the first
one, is the MS Tugboat Muster at Portland race. We lined up on the right side of the
on the third Sunday in August. course and with about ten seconds left on the
First, we can not forget that this is a fund count down Captain Fournier put the drives
raiser for the MS Society, but secondly it is out to the side and throttled up the engines.
a day when the tugboaters go out on their When the count went to zero he pointed the
boats for a little fun with a lot of friends on drives aft and away we went. When we
board. Tugboaters are proud of their vessels crossed the finish line it looked as though we
and this is a day when they show them off at had won the race with STAMFORD second,
the Maine State Pier. After a couple of hours followed by PEGGY WINSLOW and
letting people get a close look at the tugs tied FOURNIER GIRLS. During the second race
to the dock, it is out on the water for a parade Captain Fournier applied the same strategy,
down the harbor, a race to see who is the but not with the same results. It looked as
fastest, followed by a pushing match be- though the PEGGY WINSLOW won, fol-
tween each other. lowed over by the ALICE WINSLOW,
I went on board the tractor tug VICKI STAMFORD, FOURNIER GIRLS, and then
The FOURNIER GILRS assisting in docking the tanker at Portland.
MCALLISTER, skippered by Brian Fournier. the VICKI MCALLISTER. Portland Pipe line to pick up Arthur Fournier the bridge. Once we got Fournier on board
Also taking part in the day’s activities were The other boats moved over to the and take him out to a tanker, which was the tanker, we headed to the dock and un-
the RODERICK MCALLISTER, FOURNIER pushing contest and we headed over the coming in to unload at the terminal north of loaded the passengers. It was then back out
to follow the tanker up the harbor, through
the bridge and then push her into the dock.
All went as it should have and then it was
back to the dock.
It was sad to hear that this would be the
last Muster for the VICKI she would be
heading south and replaced with the new tug
ANDREW MCALLISTER, which arrived in
Portland the middle of September.
Tugboats are the work horses of the
commercial shipping industry. Over the last
two decades there has been a lot of changes
in their design. If you ever want a view of one
of these powerhouses just come to the Mus-
ter next August and see for yourself.
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