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Yesterday was the 17th Annual Tugboat Race and Competition. The other competitions are "Nose to nose pushing contests and line toss competition" but the main event is the race from the 79th Street Boat Basin to Pier 84 at 42nd Street—one nautical mile. Flickr user and Gothamist reader ennuipoet, who took these great photographs (more here), says, "The Ellen McCallister won with a time of just over six minutes."

      

Yesterday was the 16th Annual Tug Boat Race in the Hudson River. Officially called the Great North River Tugboat Race & Competition, it was a dazzling day for watching the tugs parade and perform.

It's the 16th Annual New York Tug Boat Race & Competition tomorrow morning. Twenty working and historic tug boats will gathering at Pier 84 (West 44th & Hudson River) for a parade and competitions like "nose to nose pushing contests," a line toss and a race. It's quite a fanfare, with fireboats spraying water. You can get tickets for a special Circle Line Spectator boat, or you can view the event at Pier 84, or view the start at Pier I near West 72nd in Riverside Park South or the middle of the race at Clinton Cove, West 55th Street and the Hudson. PayPaul has great photographs from the 2007 race on Flickr (included the image pictured).