NYCkayaker Two fun events at the Downtown Boathouse this weekend.

[Tim Gamble]

Hi All,

I wanted to let everyone know about 2 really fun events going at the
Downtown Boathouse this weekend:


1) On Saturday evening 6/2/2007 the Boathouse is hosting a talk by an
author about a really wild paddling adventure. The talk is at our
Pier 96 location, right after we close the public program at 6:30PM.
Snacks and drinks will be provided, please see:
http://www.fulcrum-books.com/productdetails.cfm?PC=5872

2) The Boathouse president,Jim Wetteroth, and a hardy group of volunteers,
built a dock for Human Powered Boat use on Governor's Island, and we are
having an inaugural trip to the dock this Sunday 6/3/2007.

Because of the tides this is an early morning affair. We will meet at the
Downtown Boathouse Pier 96 location at 6:00AM, we will leave the Boathouse
promptly at 7:00AM. Anyone is welcome to come on the trip, bring your own
boat, or use one of ours. This trip has not been well advertised, and it's
very early in the morning so we can probably accommodate everyone who
wants to go in one of our boats.

We should be down at Pier 40 by 8:00AM, so if you keep your boat at Pier
40 you can meet us there.

We should be back at Pier 96 by 12:00PM.

The Boathouse is running a number of other trips to the Island this
summer, see the Calendar page on our website for details.

Unfortunately GIPEC, the agency who administers the island, will only
allow scheduled organized trips this summer. If you have a group or
company that wants to do trip please contact me directly, back-channel and
I will go over the details and help you fill out the application. There is
a $25 per year fee, and GIPEC requires that your organization or company
carry liability insurance.  We hope to have these rules changed in 2008
such that anybody can stop by when the island is open.



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Tim Gamble
917-721-8851