NYCkayaker Dock for human-powered boat use, governors island

[rob buchanan]

There are some photos of the aforementioned dock and its launch on
yesterday's high tide at:

http://web.mac.com/robbuc/iWeb/Site/ahab%27s%20dock.html




On 5/31/07 10:04 AM, "Tim Gamble" <tgamble at syllog.com> wrote:

> 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.
> 
> 
> 
> ---------------
> Tim Gamble
> 917-721-8851
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