By Vladimir Brezina
As we paddle through the backwaters of NYC’s industrial waterways, we come to close quarters with hundreds of barges and scows, many of which seem to have seen some service.
As we brush past their battered sides, we admire their colorful peeling paint—
A second contribution to Ailsa’s travel-themed photo challenge, Paint. The first contribution was here.
... 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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great post
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Thanks so much!
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welcome
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I love these.
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So glad—thank you!!
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Wonderful colors!
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That metal has obviously been repainted many times in different colors, so when the paint starts peeling, all the colors come through… :-)
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Great and interesting contrast between the paint and the rust! Love these!
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And the rust always wins in the end. The layers of paint are just a poor attempt to keep the rust at bay :-)
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I had a sailboat once….the salt in the ocean water is rather destructive. Had to replace many rusting things, and they didn’t last long. The different layers of paint on these old boats does tell a story!!
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Salt water does a job on kayaks too, where they have metal parts and fittings… unfortunately we can’t paint and repaint them endlessly. So we do have some small insight into why sailing is said to be like pouring money into a hole in the ocean…
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Great colors! The peeling and the rust make them look like abstract paintings!
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If you look at things closely enough, you get abstract images… :-)
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I love rust!!!!
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We do too—to look at, anyway :-)
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Thank you for the marvelous rust-pix. :-)
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You are most welcome! :-)
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Ah, they make great abstracts! Great splashes of colour…
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Glad you like them—thanks, Sue! :-)
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beautiful colors! :)
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Thanks!! :-)
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