At first glance its a stop & "wtf " but then upon a more intelligent look one is amazed at what one sees and wonders why. Innovation born out of need perhaps or want, something for sure cogitated this persons thinking to create this rather unique looking vessel and what it does. What you see here is 2 vessels both of interesting lineage. The first was a pulp wood carrier that was out of Quebec carrying pulp wood the various paper mills so we could have our newspapers, books and daily mail. The second vessel has a more illustrious history to it. To the viewer it appears to be a 3 masted sailing vessel and in essence it is that. It started out as deep sea tug on the east coast. It worked the convoys to Murmansk during WW2 and you can still see bullet holes in the cabins and decks of her. She sat in harbor for a couple of years the was purchased,towed to a basin and reworked. her superstructure was remove her decks leveled three masts were installed, rigging and ratlines put on her and she emerged not as a hard working tug but as a three masted sailing ship replete with bow sprit known as the " Empire Sandy." The interesting thing here on this photo is that the pulp wood carrier had her bow cut off and a water tight door installed. The vessel can take on water a she has a draught of 25 ft, just enough to let her sink into the water,let the " Sandy " float in, the water tight bulk head closed up, the water pumped out and wallha, one has their own floating dry dock. Its as interesting as it is innovative.....thanks for the peek.