{"id":8182,"date":"2014-03-30T10:44:24","date_gmt":"2014-03-30T15:44:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=8182"},"modified":"2014-03-30T14:03:52","modified_gmt":"2014-03-30T19:03:52","slug":"wharf-rat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=8182","title":{"rendered":"WHARF RAT"},"content":{"rendered":"

I googled the words “wharf rat” and to my dismay I found many references to those who were ardent followers of the “Greatful Dead”; not one reference to my assumption of that who wandered the docks attracted to the life on boats. Even in the International Maritime Dictionary there is not a reference to “wharf rat”. Naturally I then started to question my own idea. Was it self created; a figment of my own mind?<\/p>\n

Continuing my internet search I found some references by Sven Carlsson about a man Jerry Warren; a self professed “wharf rat” stating it was a title one had to earn; a badge of pride.<\/p>\n

Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote ” When I saw the seafaring people leaning against posts and sitting on planks, under the lee of warehouses,–or lolling on long-boats drawn up high and dry, as sailors and old wharf-rats<\/em> are accustomed to do, in seaports of little business.<\/p>\n

Of course the quote from “Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame\u00a0“There is nothing–absolutely nothing – half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.” spoken by Ratty.<\/p>\n

I had many of my own experiences on Newport’s Waterfront over the years; some of which I had the good sense to capture on film.<\/p>\n

\"WILLIE,<\/a>
WILLIE, AFTER A DAY OF SANDBLASTING<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"FISHING<\/a>
FISHING BOATS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"LOOKING<\/a>
LOOKING FROM BANNISTER’S WHARF<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"LOOKIG<\/a>
LOOKIG AT MATHINOS’ YARD<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"BOAT<\/a>
BOAT REPAIRS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"AMERICA'S<\/a>
AMERICA’S CUP YACHTS ON THE WAYS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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I googled the words “wharf rat” and to my dismay I found many references to those who were ardent followers of the “Greatful Dead”; not one reference to my assumption of that who wandered the docks attracted to the life on boats. Even in the International Maritime Dictionary there is not a reference to “wharf … Continue reading WHARF RAT<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[258,87,667],"tags":[1988,668],"class_list":["post-8182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newport","category-newport-ri","category-newport-waterfront","tag-newports-working-waterfront","tag-wharf-rat"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8182"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8194,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8182\/revisions\/8194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}