Barge in the marina

A barge comes to the City Marina to do repairs from Hurricane Irma...

"At Monroe County’s largest publicly managed harbor, about two-thirds of the vessels are gone. Of the nearly 300 boats docked at the Boot Key Harbor City Marina in Marathon before the Sept. 10 landfall of Hurricane Irma, only a third remain in place and one person is missing.

Sean Cannon, ports director at the marina at U.S. 1 and 35th Street, told Flkeynews.com Tuesday that one man who stayed on his boat during the storm has not been found and about 200 boats were lost or destroyed."  - The Miami Herald  9/19/17

The barge could turn itself in the narrow confines of the marina entrance by lowering the two grounding poles into the muddy bottom.  They lower a pole and then use the powerful tug to turn around it.  next, lower the second pole to lock it in place.  Then raise the first pole and pivot around the second pole....   Hopscotch down through the narrow entrance while dodging dinghy's tied to the far wall.

The job for this crew was to remove the old broken and install new pilings. 

It was fun to watch as they worked on this for two whole weeks.  Now we have more spots to tie up our dinghy's.