Under The Bridge

 

In yesterday's post "Off The Wall!",

we looked at a collection of photos of gondoliers performing a familiar

foot-plant just beneath my window in Venezia.

 

The reason they were all doing this was to maneuver their gondolas

through a tight turn with a small bridge running diagonal over the corner.

 

Here's the next part of the maneuver.

This is the "toe-plant" guy.

 

You might remember this gentleman from the previous post.

The next photo shows why the gondoliers take this turn so seriously.

 

 Fitting a thirty-six foot boat through this tight turn

requires the gondolier to hug the inside corner close.

 

Very close.

 

Oh, and then there's the whole ducking-under part.

 

Mister Mohawk plants...

 

hugs the corner...

 

and pulls off the turn like a pro.

 No doubt, he's done it countless times.