I wish I could call it a Gowanus flotilla, but for that there would need to be several more vessels involved. This is more like a jerry rigged catamaran sans sail. The crew used long hooks to snag the base of the Union Street Bridge so they could carry out some sort of inspection. A friendly crew, they tolerated lots of excited waving and photography. Sadly, they couldn't tell me what kind of tree this was thriving next to the canal.
In my mom's village in RI I saw a flyer describing the illuminated flotilla they were going to be having in the Bay. No motors permitted. In and around Providence they love to mix fire and water, but on Brooklyn's Gowanus, it's a pretty chancy proposition.
