All these photos come from bowsprite, who is known to scale the cliffs and trees of lower Manhattan to photograph and sketch the ships go by. From auspicious time to time, she shares her photos with me, as she did recently.
Northbound . . . Stad Amsterdam in formation with a sludge tanker.
This past Sunday she caught Topaz. Some years back, I caught Skat, a yacht built by the same yard.
Here and here were photos of Stad Amsterdam I’ve taken in recent years.
The Intermarine vessel (Industrial Echo taken on April 6) is evidence of expansion of wind power generation upriver. Thanks to David Silver for identifying the ship.
In the foreground Gateway tug Bridgeport (Thanks for the help!) and in the distance the all-knowing, never shrinking from difficult work Michele Jeanne.
As we move through these photos, bowsprite must have descended the trees or cliffs, because here she’s incorporated early spring arboreal detail into her compositions . . . Gran Couva (with “lower” Jersey City) and
Afrodite and Stad Amsterdam and
Voge Freeway.
For the current tip of bowsprite’s opus, click here. For the most recent tugster post showing her work, click here. Her photos clearly show the variety of large vessel traffic northbound between Manhattan and Jersey City/Hoboken.
I am grateful to bowsprite for her permission to use these photos. To see and buy her work online, click here.
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April 16, 2014 at 9:08 am
bowsprite
scaling and rappelling, and boy are my arms tired…xoxo c!
April 16, 2014 at 9:09 am
bowsprite
and thank you, Tugster! xoxo
April 16, 2014 at 10:38 am
eastriver
C. Angelo, methinks.
April 16, 2014 at 10:26 pm
tugster
someone who should know . . says bridgeport.