NYCkayaker NY Times: The Lure of Seeing a Hushed City at Water Level

[rob buchanan]

I don¹t think i¹m the only one who¹s chilled by the prospect of Œgreater
regulation.¹ But what to do? One thought might be to form an umbrella group
of human-powered boaters‹kayakers, rowers, and outrigger paddlers‹that would
lobby public officials and urban designers for expanded water access,
formulate coherent responses to the usual bugbears of safety, liability and
(my personal favorite) Œdangerous¹ currents, and in general advance the
notion of the harbor as public space. Erik¹s mentioned this a couple of
times, and even proposed the acronym HARP, for Harbor Association of Rowers
and Paddlers. Should we try to make it happen? Would it make a difference?


On 5/29/07 12:20 PM, "Erik Baard" <erik at baard.com> wrote:

> The essence of the article, however, is true: the growth of kayaking is
> bringing greater support but perhaps also greater regulation.

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