Larry Dickens - Novelist & Mariner

The Spirit of Ontario 1 Photo Gallery
A supplement to Gone with the Breeze.


A Spirit Emerges - Oct. 3, 2004
Photo courtesy of Austal Ships © 2004


Sea Trials - Jan. 2004
Photo courtesy of Austal Ships © 2004


Sea Trials - Jan. 2004
Photo courtesy of Austal Ships © 2004


The Spirit's wake on Lake Ontario.
Photo courtesy of Larry Dickens © 2004


The Spirit's Bridge
Photo courtesy of Austal Ships © 2004


The Spirit in the St. Lawrence Seaway.
Photo courtesy of friends of Mark Cannon © 2004


Water Safety Training at
Monroe Community College.
Photo courtesy of Bev Rouse © 2004


Water Safety Training at
Monroe Community College.
Photo courtesy of Bev Rouse © 2004


Life raft exercises at Monroe Community College, March 2004.
Photo courtesy of Bev Rouse © 2004


Life raft exercises at Monroe Community College, March 2004.
Photo courtesy of Bev Rouse © 2004


Suiting up for firefighting training at the
Public Safety Training Facility, March 2004.
Photo courtesy of Bev Rouse © 2004


Suiting up for firefighting training at the
Public Safety Training Facility, March 2004.
Photo courtesy of Bev Rouse © 2004


Firefighting training at Public
Safety Training Facility, March 2004.
Photo courtesy of Bev Rouse © 2004


Firefighting training at Public Safety
Training Facility.
Photo courtesy of Petr Chudoba © 2005


Firefighting training at Public Safety
Training Facility.

Photo courtesy of Eugenia Lavigne © 2004


Firefighting training at Public Safety
Training Facility.
Photo courtesy of Petr Chudoba © 2005


Firefighting training at Public Safety
Training Facility.
Photo courtesy of Eugenia Lavigne © 2004


Firefighting training at Public Safety
Training Facility.
Photo courtesy of Petr Chudoba © 2005


The Spirit's first docking in Rochester,
April 27, 2004.
Photo courtesy of TC Pellett, GRVA © 2004


The Spirit's first docking in Rochester,
April 27, 2004.
Photo courtesy of Petr Chudoba © 2004


The Spirit docked in Toronto.
Photo courtesy of Petr Chudoba © 2005


The Spirit docked in Rochester, 2005.
Photo courtesy of Petr Chudoba © 2005


The Bridge Deck overlooking the Atrium.
Photo courtesy of Austal Ships © 2004


The Spirit docked in Rochester.
Photo courtesy of Petr Chudoba © 2004


The Stern Lounge
Photo courtesy of Austal Ships © 2004


The Purple Seats in the Stern Lounge were Bob Mansfield's tribute to the engineers of the SS Titanic.
Photo courtesy of Austal Ships © 2004


The Spirit's upper and lower car decks.
Photo courtesy of Austal Ships © 2004


Sea trials off the coast of Australia.
Photo courtesy of Austal Ships © 2004


The Spirit enters the Rochester jetties.
Photo courtesy of Petr Chudoba © 2005


The Rochester Ferry Terminal in Charlotte.
Photo courtesy of Eugenia Lavigne © 2004


The Rochester Ferry Terminal in Charlotte.
Photo courtesy of Petr Chudoba © 2005


The Spirit's escort: Chief "Bones" Mosgrober's
47-foot motor lifeboat.
Photo courtesy of Eugenia Lavigne © 2004


Premiere Passage sendoff, one of the
Spirit's
USCG escorts.
Photo courtesy of Ed Hall, GRVA © 2004


Premiere Passage sendoff, leaving
Rochester, June 17, 2004.
Photo courtesy of Ed Hall, GRVA © 2004


Premiere Passage, Toronto Harbor
welcome, June 17, 2004.
Photo courtesy of Ed Hall, GRVA © 2004


Premiere Passage, Toronto party,
June 17, 2004.
Photo courtesy of Ed Hall, GRVA © 2004


Ferry auction day at the Federal Courthouse,
Feb. 28, 2005.
Photo courtesy of Larry Dickens © 2005


Awaiting her fate after the federal auction, March 2005.
Photo courtesy of Larry Dickens © 2005


Approaching the first lock of Welland Canal
enroute to Port Weller Shipyard, May 16, 2005.
Photo courtesy of Larry Dickens © 2005


A close shave on the starboard side. 
May 16, 2005.
Photo courtesy of Larry Dickens © 2005


Looking aft.  May 16, 2005.
Photo courtesy of Larry Dickens © 2005


In front of the Panorama Lounge, starboard side.  May 16, 2005.
Photo courtesy of Larry Dickens © 2005


Starboard side.  May 16, 2005.
Photo courtesy of Larry Dickens © 2005


Crew using inflatable fenders to cushion
the bow against the lock's concrete wall.  May 16, 2005.
Photo courtesy of Larry Dickens © 2005


Transiting the first lock of Welland Canal
enroute to Port Weller Shipyard, May 16, 2005.
Photo courtesy of Larry Dickens © 2005


Bow mooring crew during lock transit,
May 16, 2005.
Photo courtesy of Larry Dickens
© 2005


A close shave on the port side.  Transiting the first lock of Welland Canal on the way to Port Weller Shipyard, May 16, 2005.
Photo courtesy of Larry Dickens © 2005


Swinging an inflatable fender in between the concrete wall and the aluminum bow.  May 16, 2005.
Photo courtesy of Larry Dickens © 2005


Transiting the first lock of Welland Canal
on the way to Port Weller Shipyard,
May 16, 2005.
Photo courtesy of Larry Dickens © 2005


View from the bridge.  May 16, 2005.
Photo courtesy of Larry Dickens © 2005


The lock is flooded, the ship is raised.
May 16, 2005.
Photo courtesy of Larry Dickens © 2005


The Spirit on the blocks at Port Weller Shipyard, May 2005.
Photo courtesy of Larry Dickens © 2005


Main car deck and centerline hoistable decks.
Photo courtesy of TC Pellett, GRVA © 2004


Power washing the Spirit's hull at the
shipyard, May 2005.
Photo courtesy of Larry Dickens © 2005


The Spirit receives a paint job,
Port Weller Shipyard.
Photo courtesy of Larry Dickens © 2005


The Spirit on the blocks, May 2005.
Photo courtesy of Larry Dickens © 2005


Beneath the tunnel in drydock, Port Weller.
Photo courtesy of Larry Dickens © 2005


The starboard side waterjets.
Photo courtesy of Larry Dickens
© 2005


Hull repairs during Port Weller shipyard
period, May 2005.
Photo courtesy of Larry Dickens © 2005


Painting starboard quarter, Port Weller shipyard period.  May 2005.
Photo courtesy of Larry Dickens © 2005


The new Toronto Ferry Terminal in 2005.
Photo courtesy of Petr Chudoba © 2005


The Spirit in Toronto, 2005.
Photo courtesy of Petr Chudoba © 2005


The Spirit docked in Toronto.
Photo courtesy of Larry Dickens © 2005


Passengers in the Stern Lounge.
Photo courtesy of Meg Colombo, FLVC © 2005


Passengers in the Panorama Lounge.
Photo courtesy of Meg Colombo, FLVC © 2005


Passenger area.
Photo courtesy of Meg Colombo, FLVC © 2005


The Navionics room located beneath the wheelhouse.   A few of the off-duty officers would sleep here while on rest period.
Photo courtesy of Larry Dickens © 2005


The Spirit's wake leaving Toronto.
Photo courtesy of Petr Chudoba © 2005


A renamed Spirit in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
April 2007
Photo courtesy of Frank Cranmer © 2007


The renamed SpiritTanger Jet II.
April 2007
Photo courtesy of Frank Cranmer © 2007

   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

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