Either this foto is science fiction, fotos of Eagle –which arrives on August 5 appearing on this blog already on August 4– or
this is a rehearsal, including crew in the rigging and
vessel lining up for fotos shoots-future, a real 75-year-old barque
doing dances with a 25-year-old replica, getting ready for
the official entry into the Upper Bay tomorrow.
Actually, I’d prefer you believe the sci-fi explanation, a narrative that allows me to believe these vessels (Peking, for example, was built at Blohm + Voss as was Eagle … ex-Horst Wessel …) are heartsick to be bound, gagged, and held hostage at these piers . . . rather than sailing and sallying forth to join the celebration.
All fotos by Will Van Dorp. If you are anywhere near the Narrows tomorrow morning, watch reality catch up with sci-fi and witness Eagle sail her way (if there’s wind) up to the Statue.
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August 4, 2011 at 10:18 pm
JED
BUMMED I can’t be there to check it out. I have had the distinct pleasure of piloting TWO of the five sisters; USCGC Barque EAGLE and Romanian tallship MIRCEA both while I was stationed at SUBASE New London.
August 5, 2011 at 4:06 am
tugster
i wonder how many people can make that same claim . . .