NYCkayaker City Island, Juny 7

[Erik Baard]

Looks like we're on for next week's City Island trip!

Our group will be slower, so Jerry wisely suggested that we cross Hell
Gate together and then separate. An acquaintance's son works in a City
Island restaurant, facing Orchard Beach, so we might make special
arrangements there. 

This is a very fun trip, but please keep in mind that wind conditions
can be challenging off the notable fetch of the Long Island Sound.

If City Parks permits are a concern for anyone (employees of Parks and
Partnerships for Parks read postings on this list), the LIC Community
Boathouse has a contract with that agency and Socrates Sculpture Park
regarding launching from Hallets Cove. I've asked our local rep if we
should put paddlers launching from there for this trip under that
policy.

This is an exciting trip!  :)

Best regards,

Erik

PS: Jerry blasted me over grammar. I meant to type "join us in joining"
in the last note, playfully acknowledging our participants' status as
two-steps removed from the inception of this plan. I post most
submissions via wi-fi from loud and chaotic sidewalks (cross-legged on
one now), cafes, etc. So Jerry, be patient!  :)




Erik Baard

http://www.licboathouse.org
http://www.naturecalendar.com

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: NYCkayaker Paddle from Hallets Cove(Astoria) to City
> Island Sat. July 7 at 9:15 AM
> From: Erik Baard <erik at baard.com>
> Date: Sat, June 30, 2007 12:19 pm
> To: GerryChem at aol.com
> Cc: nyckayaker at rockandwater.net,  YPRC at listserv.adelphi.edu
> 
> Hi Y'All,
> 
> If you'd like, the LIC Community Boathouse might be able to join and
> augment this trip, launching from Anable Cove (two miles south). Others
> on the list wishing to participate could also use our boats, with the
> caveat that they are sit-on-tops and thus a bit slower. That said, we
> did this trip last year and had a ball!
> 
> We're doing a Rikers Island trip for Bastille Day (made sense to us) the
> following week, so our preference would likely be to hug the Bronx side,
> to maintain some variety.
> 
> Drop me a note back if you'd like to join us in join Jerry and his crew.
> 
> Warm regards,
> 
> Erik
> 
> 
> 
> Erik Baard
> 
> http://www.licboathouse.org
> http://www.naturecalendar.com
> 
> 
> > -------- Original Message --------
> > Subject: NYCkayaker Paddle from Hallets Cove(Astoria) to City Island
> > Sat. July 7 at 9:15 AM
> > From: GerryChem at aol.com
> > Date: Sat, June 30, 2007 4:23 am
> > To: YPRC at listserv.adelphi.edu,  nyckayaker at rockandwater.net
> > 
> > Hi:
> >  
> > Marty Lepelstat and I will meet at Hallets Cove in Astoria  Queens
> next 
> > Saturday July 7 at 8:30 AM. We'll park on the street and  launch at
> > 9:15 AM onto 
> > the East River. We'll paddle north and then  go through Hell Gate on
> > the slack 
> > before the Flood which is at 10 AM
> > >From there we'll paddle east on the East River heading out to LI 
> > Sound past 
> > Rikers Island, Brothers Island and LaGuardia Airport.
> > Perhaps stop at Pugsley Park for a stretch and then pass under  first
> > the 
> > Whitestone and then the Throgs Neck Bridge.
> > Once on LI Sound we'll head northeast to City Island where  we'll stop
> > at a 
> > restaurant with a nice water view for lunch (Pack a  backup picnic
> lunch)
> >  
> > After lunch we'll head back. Aim is to return to Hell Gate before 4 PM
> >  to 
> > catch the slack before the ebb. But, if we are late the current will
> > be with  
> > us. We'll just go through faster and perhaps deal with a whirlpool or 
> > two
> >  
> > I think each way is 9 miles
> >  
> > If you would like to join us, let me know by back channel e-mail or 
> > phone
> >  
> > Jerry Blackstone
> > cell: 914 318 4630
> > Boat: Current Design Storm
> >  
> >  
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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