The Port of Tappahannock has daily barge shipments of grain leaving the tortuous creek a few feet away from the RYC slips and boat sheds. Heavy wash currents are generated as the tug captains turn up the revolutions and swing their rudders hard over and effect the pivoting turn on the two sharp bends to reach the main channel - occasionally missing the bend the barge gets stuck in the mud but the wise captains always leave on a rising tide and wait it out a few minutes before their cargo comes unstuck from the suction of the mud.
"Miss Jean" of Norfolk VA navigates the first of the two sharp turns - looks like she was originally from Louisiana - still visible across the stern "Port of ?xxxxxN City LA" - could it be Morgan City, Louisiana....
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