By Vladimir Brezina
Three of the largest—
and three of the smallest—
— but they are all equal “vessels” in the eyes of the law.
“The word ‘vessel’ includes every description of watercraft or other artificial contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation on water.” (U. S. Code, and similarly in the Rules of the Road)
A contribution to this week’s Photo Challenge, Trio.
... 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.
 | CurlsnSkirls on The First Leg! |
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| Johna Till Johnson on The First Leg! |
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| CurlsnSkirls on The First Leg! |
| Johna Till Johnson on Looks Like They Made It! |
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| CurlsnSkirls on Halfway There! |
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| Johna Till Johnson on R2AK: Scenes From the Northern… |
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| Johna Till Johnson on Halfway There! |
| CurlsnSkirls on Halfway There! |
| Johna Till Johnson on And They’re Off! |
Wind Against Current 
Wow! They’re really big. :)
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Some of them can hardly scrape under the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge on their way out to sea…
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Which one is more fun? Big ones or small? I’ve only been kayaking once (and tipped myself over), never been on one of those huge cruise ships but would like to try it one day. I think they’d both be fun in different ways.
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Oh, small ones are way more fun, of course!
Actually, I’ve never been on one of the big cruise ships either. But from the pictures I’ve seen, it’s like a floating hotel. You hardly know you are on water—which to my mind defeats the whole purpose of going by boat—except when the ship rolls, of course :-)
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I agree, but I do like the idea of not having to pack every other day or so.
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Bigness and smallness afloat on waters captured into a catchword description of vessel, Johna, in much the same way as giants and pigmies among Homo sapiens failing in the description of man or woman.
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:-) Thanks, Raj!
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Boy, you sure have courage being out there in such a busy waterway.
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They were all moored. But once you see them casting their mooring lines off, watch out! :-)
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haha, no doubt!
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Impressed you’d share the waters with them Vladimir!!
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Not a problem—they are great lumbering beasts that we can see coming from far off… a bit like the quick little mammals under the feet of the dinosaurs :-)
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