NYCkayaker 2007 Poker Run Saturday June 16th

[ralph diaz]

Re:  2007 Poker Run Saturday June 16thI have never kayak escorted the MIMS swim but have lent logistical support to it over quite a few years.  I have led kayak escorts for the shorter swims on the Hudson over some six years.  One involved a time conflict with the cigarette boat race, which was commented on by me, Jack, and Bill.

The timing this time (and other times) was unfortunate but hardly warrants taking the swim organizers to task.  This is a shared waterway.  The presence of the cigarette boats is a nuisance in terms of noise and wake.   Given where they are on the water, nearly a mile across on the other side of the HudsonSwim, they do not represent a direct danger as did that recalcitrant small oil tanker.  Other races have had much worse sea conditions than that created by the cigarette boats.  In some, an occasional careless motor boat escort has been a greater menace for kayakers and swimmers.

ralph diaz
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