By Vladimir Brezina
This week’s Photo Challenge is Fray.
Rival tugboats enter the fray in NYC’s Great North River Tugboat Race & Competition.
They engage in single combat…
… as well as a general melee
More photos from the 2012 and 2013 Races are here and here. And the 2014 Race is coming up in just one week, on Sunday, August 31st. We’ll be there!
... kayaked the waters around New York for more than 15 years in his red Feathercraft folding kayak. He was originally from (the former) Czechoslovakia and lived in the U.K. and California before settling down in New York. He was a neuroscientist at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City. He died in 2016.
... is a kayaker and technology researcher at Nemertes Research. She's an erstwhile engineer, particle physicist, and science fiction writer. She was born in California and has lived in Italy, Norway, Hawaii, and a few other places. She currently resides in New York City.
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Thanks!
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Would love to be there. So cool.
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It is! And it’s best to be on the spectator boat (a Circle Line boat, $25) in the middle of the action :-)
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Lovely Shots =)
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Thanks!!
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Interesting to see.
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A lot of fun each year—and that’s even before the spinach-eating contest and tattoo competition! ;-)
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Reblogged this on Hadel.
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Thanks!
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Great piccies, Vlad ~ thanks!
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You are most welcome, Del! :-)
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I like your visual interpretation of fray.
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And very topical too—this year’s race will be taking place in just a few days :-)
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Great interpretation. This one has me stumped. I am not getting your notifications Vlad…:(
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But I am still getting yours, which is more important! :-)
Yes, it seems to happen more often than it should. I’ve had to resubscribe to several WP blogs that got dropped from my list through no action of my own, and quite often I am surprised to be notified that a faithful follower of Wind Against Current is subscribing again, presumably for the same reason…
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You were always one of my “first responders” so to speak, and I really appreciated it. I am here still and yes WP has deleted many of my contacts too.
And no, I like to get yours too as deep water is a challenge for me ! (as you know)
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I think getting people to resubscribe periodically is WP’s way of encouraging bloggers by inflating their follower numbers ;-)
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Really? I never thought of that….my payment is automatic each year….but THANK YOU for the ” like”!!
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No, I didn’t mean resubscribing to WP itself; I meant resubscribing to individual blogs. It gives that blog another follower, even if that follower is merely a duplicate…
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That’s just wrong. Do you really think so? I could care less about the stats but I like the personal exchanges with some . Some of us cannot be duplicated 🌹
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Oh, I don’t really think that is WP’s policy. But it has that effect…
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They really do this? How….physical…does it get? These shots are quite amazing!
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Oh, it gets very physical. They don’t ram each other—that would ruin everyone’s day. But they do make contact, and push against each other as hard as they can. After all, that is what tugs are for :-)
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Aha. What a beautiful interpretation of fray through your lens! Lovely choice and superbly captured. Is this an annual event in NY?
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Yes, every year on the Sunday of the Labor Day weekend. This year on August 31st. It will be the 22nd running of the race. :-)
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Wow. That’s so cool. Its next week itself. Good timing for your post :)
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Yes, that’s why the theme came in very handy :-)
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Ye ye :) :)
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It must be so much fun to watch these races.
janet
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It is! Especially if you are on a boat in the middle of the action :-)
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wow- I don’t think I would want to be in the midst of this “fray”!
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Unless you are a tugboat, of course ;-)
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Great action shots! Must be a fierce race :)
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The competition is most fierce! It’s all taken very seriously—especially the spinach-eating contest!!
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Wow! Whole lot of action goin’ on here. Looks like an updated War of 1812!
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The tugboat business is a cutthroat business! :-)
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was kewl post-it till i gots to the bottom – ew yuk ; lol spinach eatin’ contest … tugboat warz 2 tugboat races though is very kewl :) Q
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There will be another installment in a week—watch this space! :-)
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These photos are so exiting great motives and colors <3
Happy Sunday to both of you, Hanna
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And to you, Hanna! Thanks so much!! :-)
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Somehow you always manage to find a watery response to the challenges Vladimir. I loved this one – well done!!
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Our thoughts do seem to gravitate toward water… ;-)
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Great pictures! So powerful. Lots of action. I would love to watch the race live. You gave me another reason to keep dreaming in coming back to New York.
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There are so many reasons… :-)
Thanks, Olga!!
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cool action shots! do any of them ever sink?
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Sinking is not allowed. They have to go back to work immediately afterward :-)
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