NYCkayaker Jeff Hoyer: A Kayaker's Passing

[GerryChem at aol.com]

Sad news re Jeff's passing. 
 
Sad and totally unexpected.
 
Jeff just showed up at swim supports in Coney Island, DUMBO or the upper  
West Side.
 
Or he would pop up at kayaking trips I have posted and/or attended over the  
last six years such as Mamaroneck Harbor, Jamaica Bay, Piermont or fireworks 
at  Peekskill.
 
Jeff always showed up at the annual Manhattan Circs that Steve Blumling and  
I have organized over the past four years during August. And in  2002 I went 
around Manhattan for the first time on a trip "organized" by  Erik Baard. Jeff 
was there too.  
 
And on two occasions Jeff stayed with Mike and I in Florida for a week or  so 
during the winter while he kayaked most days and checked out South Beach and  
the South Florida culture on a few. Jeff was one of my kayaking  friends that 
Mike, my non-kayaking partner, liked the most since Jeff  was so 
urbane.Travel, politics, art, music, NYC real estate trends etc. I  remember asking Jeff 
what he did for a living. He said that he was basically a  musician always 
looking for bookings or bands. But to pay his expenses he was a  computer 
consultant.
 
Until recently Jeff would always show up 45 minutes before anyone else  since 
he needed the time to assemble his folding kayak. Jeff Hoyer=a folding  
kayak. But recently he surprised me when he moved closer to Sebago and got  himself 
a hardshell. I think it was a rotomolded plastic.
 
This morning to remember Jeff, I searched his posts that have been saved by  
my aol system for the past two years. An impressive oeuvre. Jeff's email 
address  is _jkayak at sopoint.com_ (mailto:jkayak at sopoint.com) . Jeff was an  
excellent writer. His trip reports read well; his frequent comments on kayaking  
issues were thoughtful.
If anybody wants me to forward any of these, please let me know via back  
channel.
 
This untimely death reminds me to stop dithering and get on the water. Each  
day may be our last. This last Tuesday was Jeff's last day. Jeff, I'll miss  
you.
 
Jerry Blackstone
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