Hoops 2
But first, what can you tell me about the tree directly below? Now to “hoops” and maybe I should say “Höegh hoops . . .” Here’s the aft most one, and the court extends forward from there to this one. See it? I wished I’d been on the Bayonne Bridge walkway to look down on […]
Random Sixth Boro 10
The sixth boro, i.e., the watery part that holds the other boros together, is the one that never sleeps, with current, tides, mechanical denizens and their operators, their flora and fauna, . . . I’ll leave the list there for now. You can read the season changing in the fact that Eastern Welder has reappeared […]
Lashing and More
The ONE Apus “dump” must have some folks wondering how containers are secured. The answer is lashing, and it is not new, but it has changed over centuries. Today’s lashing rods are an outgrowth of containerization, attempts to prevent what happened with ONE Apus and many other vessels. See the turnbuckles on the lower ends […]
Balls on Hulls
Thanks to Ashley Hutto, I started on this path a month ago. Notice the equipment just beyond the H-bitt and slightly toward the capstan? The same equipment can be found on this $161 million stationary vessel on the East River: the orange ring and net seems to be to the right and several balls can […]
Let’s Postpone 2018
I went to bed early, never heard all the hoop-la, and see no need to change calendars yet. I’m sticking far inland in the grove of the tree of knowledge. It’s not that I have bad feelings about the new year; rather, I have no feelings, no expectations, no resolve. Eagerness might come tomorrow, or […]
Mermaid Parade 2017 b
Yesterday’s post was the lead-up. The parade never starts until the man with the Coney drum steps out. This year mermaid queen was Debbie Harry. After that, it was lots of dancing and music. . . . click here to listen to Fogo Azul’s Brazilian sound. See more Fogo AzulNYC here. I love the beer can […]
From the Line Locker 20
I took the photo below–near my neighborhood in Queens– March 21, 2015, exactly a year ago. I took this photo this past weekend. Question: Where on Long Island is this light located? Answer follows. Be careful . .. it’s a trick question. Actually, here’s a clue. And I don’t mean to be ornery . . . […]
Mermaid Parade 2013 b
It can only be midsummer for a few long days. Store up on the color, frivolity, music, and laughter the mermaids bring ashore for the rest of the year. When they come through the intersection and turn down Surf Avenue, everyone stops to watch them pass. And then, the hoop stops spinning and drops. […]
Back in the Sixth Boro 3
Here was 1 . . . from about a year ago. But what’s this . . . hoops at a food emporium? Basketball with new floor markings and maybe new rules? By the way, assisting along the starboard side of the RORO is Gramma Lee T Moran, the same tugboat featured in Back in […]
Hoops
aka Naismith gear. And where is this industrial setting? At, in, or on Stolt Invention. And what is Stolt Invention, you might wonder? She’s a parcel tanker and midday today she left the sixth boro bound for sea, bound for some scrimmage somewhere in mid-ocean somewhere. Yes, that’s Siberian Sea (1980, ex-Heidi E. Roehrig, Matthew, […]
tugster: a waterblog 