Comments on: Tall Ship Visits Brooklyn

By: Bill

Bill — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 03:43:58 +0000

October 10. This early afternoon, on the last sail of the season, while proceeding toward the Verrazano Bridge, I and our friends aboard the s/v Blue Eyes, had one of the rare pleasures of seeing the Gorch Fock under sail proceeding out of the harbor toward the open Atlantic on a course of 145 degrees.

We were able to visually follow her for a long time till she was hull-down and lost from sight. Unexpectedly meeting such a ship at sea is one of those events that will stand out in this old sailors memory for a long, long, time. I hope the smooth seas and following winds will remain with her always, as she had them today.

Bill Rugg on s/v BLUE EYES

By: Claude Scales

Claude Scales — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 16:26:19 +0000

Will,

Just walk to the foot of Atlantic Avenue. It extends as a stub to about 100′ from the landward end of the slip between Piers 6 and 7. There’s a high chain-link fence protecting the dock area, but I slid my camera lens through one of the openings in the fence.

I love Tugster!

By: will vandorp

will vandorp — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 15:22:40 +0000

nice pic. i shot the vessel from the water side yesterday. how do you get to the location you foto’d this from?