Tanker in Chatham Harbor

[Jimbo]

I took my daughter and her boyfriend to Chatham to see the lighthouse and stop off at the fish pier and see what was being off loaded. We noticed a smaller looking tanker like ship (at forst I thought it was a ferry) pull in, blow its horn a few times, turn around and it looked like it anchored somewhere between the lighthouse and the Chatham Bars Inn. Saw a couple boats speed out to it. It was just seemed a little out of the ordinary. Does anyone know what the deal was with it?

[Grapenuts]

their just dredgeing the channel in pleasent bay so the larger fishing boats can get out...

[Jimbo]

Thanks. The fact that it was a dredge would probably explain what looked like a lot of churning or turbulent water around the thing.

[Grapenuts]

The inside of the boat is one big empty fish tank..it sucks up the sand/water filling the inside, then steams outside the break where upon it opens the bottom of the ship and everything gets dumped ..goes back in and starts all over again.