PortSide line throwing at Red Hook Fest, Valentino Park

PortSide had a great time the Red Hook Fest at Valentino Park on 6/4/11.

Matt Perricone, owner and captain of the tug Cornell which towed the Mary Whalen around so much last summer, invented a line toss expo-game.

Matt taped one of our cleat paperweights to one of our baskets, put a splice in a line, and voila! an event that was popular with kids and adults.

What this displayed was the way workboat crew have to throw lines over distances when they tie up tugs and barges instead of actually touching the cleat the way it is done on little pleasure boats.

PortSide's marine hardware inventory (the final inventory of Cowhey Brothers Hardware) includes full scale cleats, so if we can find a way to move hundred-pounders, we'll bring those to future events along with full scale lines for added line throwing challenge.

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• Red Hook Fest
• Valentino Park
• Red Hook
• PortSide NewYork
• Mary Whalen
• tug Cornell
• line handling
• cleat

[walterdufresne]

Such a pleasure reading a writer who knows the difference between voila and viola, between violence and violins. I hope to visit the Whalen soon.