The Trip Back to Lakewood Yacht Club - Seabrook Texas

December 2, 2007
Elisa
Carnival Conquest
The Texas tall ship Elissa was around the corner from our berth at Pier 21
In the next berth is the Carnival cruise ship "Conquest"
Offshore Drilling Rig
Rig in Dry Dock
Directly across from us is a dry dock facility rebuilding these offshore drilling platforms
This is floating rig. Note the two darker hulls on the dry dock platform
Red ship
Green Ship
Traffic was heavy on Sunday
The Houston Ship Channel sees an average of 55 ships each day
Blue Ship
Bow red ship
Red, green, blue and black. Ships of all colors, sizes and cargos
Pumping ballast water from the bilge. Do you know what ocean, bay or estuary that water came from?
Ships come
Ships pass each other and us
Ships come....
 Ships pass each other and there is still plenty of room for us
Ships go
HardTimes under sail
Passing us and heading up the channel
Hard Times heading back to Waterford Harbor