NYCkayaker Paddle from Hallets Cove(Astoria) to City Island Sat. July 7 at 9:15 AM

[Erik Baard]

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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