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• Sixth Boro Random Delights 8

  
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  It was a rainy day and I was giving some friends a tour of the city,  intending to leave the camera in the waterproof bag . . . but how could I pass up a foto like this . . . “spring-showers” washed-out colors notwithstanding. Schooner Virginia was in town.  As of this writing, it’s anchored south of ...
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• Max Breakaway

  
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  In May six years ago, I posted these fotos of a relatively new NCL vessel called Norwegian Spirit .  Yesterday morning at 0615 . . . l’amiga caught this view of sunrise looking over toward Jersey City. It’s Breakaway ‘s inaugural entry into the city . . .   Here’s an article about some of the ...
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• Thousands Attend Anti Internet Rally In BP

  
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  A few Thousand Chasidim packed Thursday night Gravesend Park on 18th Ave and 57 St. in Brooklyn, NY, for a rally against the perceived dangers of the Internet. A Similar rally was also held tonight in Rockland County, NY at Provident Bank Park. and also in Lakewood, NJ. Attendees say the event is a follow-up to a ...
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• Newest Hull in the Sixth Boro 2

  
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  A month ago I caught this small drydock floating in.    Today at noon Doris Moran with James Turecamo assisting dragged this huge newbuild under the Brooklyn Bridge, the very same day this tip was added to the WTC1 spire .  Also, it was about 175 days ago that some parts for the spire came ...
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• New stuffs

  
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  Sweet ass 5 panel hats in stock from 5Boro, Thrasher and HUF and a restock of the Adidas Adi Ease Black White Adi Ease Restock!
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• Bridges 3

  
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  This gateway to the sixth boro dazzles at dawn, with out traffic or with. Know this ship?  You saw this funnel before in a foggy October post as well as in a sunny September post in the past twelve months. Here are the specs for the 12-year-old vessel going under the almost 50-year-old bridge. ...
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• A bike tour for the masses

  
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  This past Sunday I participated in the Five Boro Bike Tour . This was the second time I’ve ridden the Five Boro and I am a bit conflicted about whether this event is worth doing in the future. The first time I rode the Tour in 2011, I was shocked at the poor organization of the ride. The starting line was mass ...
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• WLV-612 Redux Closeup

  
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  Click here for my serendipitous fotos of WLV-612 under way a few months back.  I traded those fotos for a tour.  But  the vessel immediately below is not 612 . . . it’s LV-87 , 43 years older than the 612 .  Check out the riveted hull.     Here and here are some previous posts on that Ambrose ...
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• Textile Fragment

  
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  This long silence was not planned or intentional, it just happened that way.   During the long silence I completed this textile fragment.  I kept it in a pocket in my handbag and took it out to work on when I had to wait anywhere for a prolonge period of time. It grew with additions of fabric, ...
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• TD Five Boro Bike Tour 2013

  
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  First off, HELLO! Where has the time gone? I have no clue. However, I am so happy spring is here and I can take part in some outdoor activities. To kick off the spring fun, I participated in the Bike New York TD Five Boro Bike Tour . (You may or may not know that I rode on behalf of a charity .) As a charity ...
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• 5BORO NYC COMMERCIAL #011

  
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  5BORO NYC COMMERCIAL #011 from 5BORONYC on Vimeo . Featuring Silvester Eduardo and Rafael Gomes. The post 5BORO NYC COMMERCIAL #011 appeared first on Doobybrain.com .
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• Random Tugs 106

  
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  Upriver at Magdalen Island, here’s a followup to Ooops 3 . . . Mary Alice   (1974) brings in bucket on dredge Delaware   Bay  (2006) to begin process of raising the beached scow.  That’s Leopard Albany-bound on left side of page.  See Leopard anchored  in the sixth boro in the second foto here . ...
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• a little surprise

  
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  A little surprise on the walk to Mysore this morning. The Five Boro Bike Tour .
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• Porthole 2

  
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  Porthole v. portlight difference?  See if this helps.  Know this location? It’s Quester , the legendary “yellow submarine” in Coney Island Creek, which I traveled up with tide/current taxi a few summers back. Below is the ruins of PC-1264 , one of two World War 2-era subchasers ...
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• 2013 TD Five Boro Bike Tour

  
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  T he 2013 TD Five Boro Bike Tour, Americas largest cycling event took place today in New York City. More than 32,000 cyclists participated in this event. The tour started in Lower Manhattans Battery Park and went through Central Park, Harlem, back down the FDR to Queens and Brooklyn, finally taking the ...
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• Second Lives 11

  
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  Here was 10  about an honest Navy tug turned narco-mothership, possibly, and wondering where she now may be. I owe this post to tugboathunter , who caught not only a major typo in yesterday’s post but also presented me a key to understanding an unusual looking trawler called Nomada .  I’ll be direct . . . ...
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• Small Craft 6

  
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  Here was 5 .  Early May means recreational vessels return to the sixth boro, even if only for the purpose of transiting through, like Nomada   Sultana , a Canadian trawler.  See the note at the end of this post.   Nomada has an amzing story. Anchored just east of the eastmost VZ Tower this morning ...
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• Names 19

  
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  Old Wine has to be one of the best vessel names ever!  Disclaimer . . . she does NOT carry beverage.  I’d love to see her come to the sixth boro, although  . . . I can imagine the temptation some would feel to alter the name-great as it is–by adding some letters.  Some ideas follow.  Seriously, I use this ...
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• Bridges 2

  
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  It has been over six years since I first used this title, yet a bridge appears as header for every post.  And just in case you’re wondering, I will keep that version of the header no matter what gets announced the day after tomorrow .    The VZ Bridge is our Arc de Triomphe .  An April morning in 2008 I ...
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• Down the Up Creek 2

  
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  Here was the first in the series.   Now since the Professional Mariner article is out and you can read it here , I offer the  photo essay.  The research starts on January 27, but this closer-up of the foto above shows half the bridge won’t lift.  Research aborted, and I was really hoping to show the ...
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