By Vladimir Brezina
Seen on our travels through New York Harbor—
Spot Johna in the last photo!
A contribution to Ailsa’s travel-themed photo challenge, Industry.
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Wind Against Current by Vladimir Brezina and Johna Till Johnson is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.Authors
Vladimir Brezina (RIP)
... 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.Johna Till Johnson
... 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.Recent Comments
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Wind Against Current 
Very impressive pictures. Colourful and put the ships into perspective :-) <3
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The ships are certainly impressive, especially when seen close up!
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looks strong enough to
give kayaks a lift :-)
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Even a heavily loaded kayak :-)
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You mean little, tiny Johna playing with the big boys??!!! How awesome!
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It’s always a little uncomfortable to be that close, even if they are safely anchored or docked. What if one of those cranes dropped a container on our heads… :-)
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So beautiful
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Thank you!!
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Reblogged this on 1MissLovely1 and commented:
<3
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Thanks for reblogging!
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It’s amazing. You still can catch those photos while kayaking…
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It helps to have a reasonably stable kayak, and reasonably calm water…
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Loved the vivid colors of your photos…:)
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So glad—thanks so much!!
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I can load a well balanced kayak for island camping but am in awe of these. I am working my way through the Annapolis Seamanship book and watched a couple of vids on the math/physics involved in the design/lading of these behemoths. Cool photos.
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Yes, I think they have to have a plan ahead of time for where on the ship to put each container, based on its weight. Didn’t I read a recent report somewhere of a container ship that broke in half because the containers were improperly loaded? I think they must have put too much weight in the bow and stern of the ship and not enough in the middle, so that the ship broke in half due to hogging in large waves.
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