NYCkayaker Poker Run

[Leonhardt, William J]

Jack,

What I remember is you, me and Ralph doing the Little Red Lighthouse
Swim in 1998.  The cigarette boat race drove a tanker into the middle of
our swim.  Somehow we got all the swimmers safely around the tanker and
all was well.  Gave us a story to tell our grandkids and, occasionally,
we tell it on NYCkayaker.  ;-}

Bill


> -----Original Message-----
> From: nyckayaker-bounces at rockandwater.net 
> [mailto:nyckayaker-bounces at rockandwater.net] On Behalf Of Jack Gilman
> Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2007 9:35 AM
> To: nyckayaker at rockandwater.net
> Subject: NYCkayaker Poker Run
> 
> Hi All-
> 
> I remember a few years back, I was escorting a swimmer
> in one of the Marathon swims, and the Poker Run boats
> were going upriver. Because the main start isn't until
> the BW Bridge, they weren't at full throttle. But the
> wake from them was impressive. Not as big as some
> stuff we've seen on the East River, but for  a swimmer
> it had to be "interesting".
> 
> Biggest problem with something like the swim is that
> you just can't schedule it for any day. I wonder how
> many weekends have the proper flood/ebb cycles
> starting at the appropriate times? And what if that
> perfect weekend happens to be when the power boats are
> out there?
> 
> Fortuantely no one gets kept off the river, we don't
> want to have kayakers prevented from paddling in NY
> Harbor, do we?
> 
> Maybe we can live with this. I really hope so.
> 
> enjoy-
> 
> jack
> 
> ps: as far as the noise, and waste of fuel, not a good
> thing at all.
> 
> 
> * Check out the Yonkers Paddling & Rowing Club
>   online at www.yprc.org.
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>   See you on the river!
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