Washington Goes to Shanghai

Washington,  under 26′, seems to have quite the power, given the froth shooting from her stern.

So is this a political post, you might have wondered . . . .

 

Nah . . . the visual was just too good to pass up.

All photos by Will Van Dorp.

 

Xin Mei Zhou

English is the international language of navigation, air and water.  I can pronounce the name below the Chinese, although I’ve no idea what it means or refers to.  Do folks still talk about Seaspeak?  I once applied for a job teaching Seaspeak but never even got a response.

Xin Mei Zhou arrived in the sixth boro of NYC–Port Elizabeth– on February 1, after having left Kaohsiung two days after Christmas.

She’s not a record-setting size these days, although 10 years ago nothing of this size came to the port,

but that’s what the billion-plus-dollar raising of the Bridge was all about.

 

 

 

All photos by Will Van Dorp.

 

Equinox 5

Today’s a good day to return to this series I had going for a few years and now return to.  More Chrononauts in the next few days…

But first, this vessel bringing in my favorite celebratory drink.

The fabulous September weather has allowed this project to rush to completion.  Remember, tomorrow

in early afternoon she goes on a towline back to South Street Seaport through a portion of the sixth boro of this city made great thanks to shipping work and capital.  You can watch from along the KVK, from the Battery, or from South Street Seaport Museum.

The name paint is on the list of about a thousand “last” things to do before departure.

Also, enjoying the spectacular equinox weather, the crewman who becomes almost invisible in the bow

of this 1100′ box ship,  

tethered to James D. Moran.

More on Peking as she gets prepared for her home-going.  Doesn’t this look like a shipyard for the ages?

 

All photos taken yesterday by Will Van Dorp.