NYCkayaker Valentino Park access in Brooklyn

Tue May 29 17:03:19 EDT 2007

If anyone is visiting Valentino Pier tomorrow, be sure to stop by - if Marty is there, there's bound to be some good grub!  At least, they will have a restroom - that's the only negative about Louis Valentino JR. Pier Park.

cheers - Owen

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Good news for our Brooklyn neighbors!

Governors Island Preservation and Education Corporation
And New York Water Taxi Invite you for an important press announcement on Wednesday, May 30, 2007 at 1 pm

At New York Water Taxi’s Red Hook ferry dock
(499 Van Brunt Street, past Beard, behind Fairway Market)

We hope that you can join us, along with Borough President Marty Markowitz and your fellow Brooklyn community leaders, at this important press event to announce exciting news about Brooklyn and Governors Island.

Refreshments will be served.

Governors Island will open to the public for the summer season starting on Saturday, June 2, with our 3rd-annual Opening Day Family Festival, and will be open every Saturday and Sunday thereafter, until September 2nd. 

Please reply to Judith Rivkin at jrivkin at empire.state.ny.us, or 212-440-2238, by May 25th.

Let's Dredge!

Gowanus Dredger
dredgers at excite.com
718 243 0849
www.gowanuscanal.org

PLEASE NOTE, our new address:
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Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club 
P.O. Box 24403 
Brooklyn, NY 11202-4403 

 --- On Sun 05/27, Cliff Landesman < clandesman at mindspring.com > wrote:
From: Cliff Landesman [mailto: clandesman at mindspring.com]
To: nyckayaker at rockandwater.net
Date: Sun, 27 May 2007 21:10:19 -0400 (GMT-04:00)
Subject: NYCkayaker Valentino Park access in Brooklyn

Today I took my family to Valentino Park in the Red Hook neighborhood of Brooklyn. I didn't know about this park before, but it is a great place for Brooklynites to put small boats in the water. As a bonus, one can stop at the enticing Fairway for nourishment, either before or after a trip. The park is small, but lovely. It was opened in 2006 and dedicated to a firefighter (who died in the 1996). Because I was introducing my young kids to kayaking for the first time, we made small loops in the protected area near the pier. However, it looked like an easy skip across the water to Governor's Island. I look forward to exploring Governor's Island for access points on the Brooklyn side of the island. I can't think of any other island its size in the metropolitan area that is only accessible by boat. My old Klepper Aerius II has held up well, having endured the shores of Alaska, Maine, the Bahamas, and survived storage in my damp basement. It is now over 20 years old!
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The only part I really need to replace is the backrest for the rear seat. Even the patches on the hull seem to be holding strong. Someone at Valentino Park mentioned a company that produces a finely made folding kayak, inspired by Klepper, but at almost half the price. The company, Wayland Folding Kayaks, is located in Poland (www.wayland.net2000.pl). What a smart idea! By the way, it is nice to see that nyckayaker is as active as ever, almost 15 years after I started the list in 1993. --Cliff Landesman ********************************************************************** The NYCKayaker mailing list is hosted by www.rockandwater.net, and is a public service offered to the kayaking community by the Hudson River Watertrail Association. Learn more about HRWA at www.hrwa.org To unsubscribe or change delivery options: http://www.rockandwater.net/mailman/listinfo/nyckayaker

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