NYCkayaker Manatee in Manhattan?

[Erik Baard]

Ha! That's great! One of the LIC Community Boathouse's boats is named 
the CHESSIE for a manatee that swam up the East River on his trek from 
Florida to Rhode Island in 1995. In 1996 he ventured as far as 
Maryland, and then settled back into a life of doubtlessly droning on 
about his youthful adventures to any juvenile manatee who'll listen!

:)

Let's see if we can organize a search party!

Warm regards,

Erik

On Jul 31, 2006, at 2:05 PM, Mr. Softeee wrote:

> Hey!
>
>       This was emailed from an outrigger paddler sat! Any sightings 
> from any
> kayakers!
>
>
>> Reply-To: NewYorkOutrigger at yahoogroups.com
>> To: NYO <newyorkoutrigger at yahoogroups.com>
>> Subject: [New York Outrigger] Mammal in the Hudson
>> Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2006 11:58:03 -0700 (PDT)
>>
>> Hey all,
>>
>> Before the story gets bastardized too much...
>>
>> Reggie and I took the OC-1's to the downtown boathouse. On our way 
>> back up,
>> just north of the Hudson River Park, Reggie and I saw something about 
>> 50
>> feet ahead of us. I thought it was a dead body. She thought it was a 
>> hippo.
>> After the initial confusion, we noticed it was about 10-15 feet long, 
>> dark
>> greyish/brown with white barnacles on its back. It then rolled back 
>> into
>> the water but came to the surface for about 15 seconds. Reggie had 
>> seen a
>> blowhole mist.
>>
>> When Reggie and I got back, we immediately told everyone. I then went 
>> out
>> to novice practice but whoever called it into the Coast Guard, thank 
>> you.
>> They reported it to the Riverhead Foundation who gave me a call for a
>> description. I asked them what it could possibly be and they think it 
>> was a
>> manatee. Very very rare this far north of the East Coast but there 
>> were a
>> few sightings in Montauk a few years back but never in the Hudson.
>>
>> So keep an eye out for our new friend and report any sightings to the
>> Riverhead Foundation at 631.369.9840 and talk to Becky.
>>
>> -----
>> Now for more just as important but less exciting news.
>> We took out 1 novice boat today with 7 paddlers and made it to New 
>> Jersey
>> and back for a good 45 minute run. Thanks to Tiger and Amy Chen for
>> stroking. Deena, Tony, Adi and Emma did a great job and I'm looking 
>> forward
>> to going out with them again soon.
>> Any volunteers for next week?
>>
>> Thanks...KEITH
>>
>>
>
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