Passing

We passed the Williamsburg Bridge. Again it was an amazing sight especially when we were directly underneath it. It reminded me on being in the navy. When I was on the "Gorch Fock" in 1992 a training vessel for the German Navy and Germany’s only tall ship we had to shorten the mast to sail into Baltimore harbor because of a particularly low bridge.On top of it we had to use low tide to gain extra space. I still see myself standing on deck looking up to the bridge and thinking that there is no way our ship will fit. We got closer and closer and some of my comrades got ready to duck down since we all were convinced we would hit the bridge.Over 200 guys started screaming when we were passing underneath it. It felt like there was a space of only a couple of inches.    "Passing" Manhattan/New York City/East River/View Of Williamsburg Bridge 08/28/08 at 08:39 PM

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