May 2012 was a month of verticality, as in these twin tugboats,

as in the towers of these bridges with a low, long riverboat transiting beneath, and

and in the 156′ air draft of this mega yacht once owned by one of the oligarch’s now sanctioned and hiding his other yachts wherever he can.

It was also time for Opsail 2012, the sixth of six such events to date. 

I recall an evening sail around Gravesend Bay one May evening to see some of the tall ships that overnighted there prior to parading into the confines of the sixth boro.

Above and below were tall ships from Colombia, Ecuador, Indonesia, Mexico, and Brasil.

 

 

 

The tall ships have scattered to the seven seas, but these tugs each returns to the sixth boro as work dictates.

All photos, WVD.