Top Right Bottom Left & Right (c) 2012 Mitch Waxman - Top Left (c) Jhonern Preece-Doswell
20th Annual Running of the
Great North River
Tugboat Race & Competition
Sponsored by the Working Harbor Committee
With Circle Line Sightseeing Cruises and
Friends of Hudson River Park
A Great Sucess
21 Tugs participated
Overall Winner: Lincoln Sea - 5:01
Click Here for Results
Check Out These Great Blogs and Photo Sites of the Tugboat Race:
Working Harbor Commitee Blog
Wind Against Current
Frogma
Tugster: Part A
Tugster: Part B
Tugster: Part C
Tugster: Part D
Mitch Waxman Photos
Tugrace Video on YouTube
This event made possible by the generous support of:
Circle Line Sightseeing Cruises
NYC Economic Development Corporation
Friends of Hudson River Park (co-sponsor)
Hudson River Park Trust (our host venue)
Reinauer Transportation
McAllister Towing
Miller’s Tugs & Barge
Kirby Offshore Marine (formerly K-Sea)
Metropolitan Marine Transportation
Bren Transportation
Vane Brothers
P.D. O’Hurleys (food & beverage)
and Jerry Roberts, Founder of Race & Chief Judge/Announcer
Plus
Intrepid Sea*Air*Space Museum (additional viewing & docking)
US Coast Guard (permitting & support)
US Coast Guard Auxiliary (support vessels)
Thunder - Raritan Riverkeeper (race committee boat)
FDNY (fireboat water display)
US Army Corps of Engineers (finish line vessel)
Allens Inc – Popeye Spinach (cans of spinach for spinach eating contest)
Whole Foods (bowls for spinach eating contest)
South Street Seaport Museum (hawser for amateur line toss)
David Cunningham, Architect (assembly permit drawings)
West 44th Street Block Association (volunteers)
Floating the Apple (use of boathouse and volunteers)
Meg Black, WHC Program Director
Capt. Steve Bendo (port captain and judge)
Capt Maggie Flanagan (asst port captain and judge)
Nelson Chin, Mike Abegg, Lee Miller (maritime volunteers & contest coordinators)
Jean Preece (Spinach Eating Contest)
Plus the many volunteers of the Working Harbor Committee
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