NYCkayaker Sunday's Governor's Island Trip ... Anyone starting from NJ side - Englewood Boat basin? Re: Two fun events at the Downtown Boathouse this weekend.

[William]

Thanks Tim for the info. 
This Sunday morning, June 3rd, anyone interested in
launching from the NJ side at  Englewood boat basin
just north of the GW Bridge? It would be REAL early
like launch at what? 5am? OR earlier? I'm game. 
Bonus ... watching the sunrise to our port, AND have a
nice 2+ knot current.  Here's the current chart for
sunday at the GWB . (Or launch further south, but I'm
not sure of any available put in.)
Will 
email me or call 201-788-2887 


 CURRENT – 
z_George Washington Bridge (Hudson River), New York,
Current
40.8500° N, 73.9500° W

2007-06-03  2:03 AM EDT  -0.00 knots  Slack, Ebb
Begins
2007-06-03  5:25 AM EDT   Sunrise
2007-06-03  5:36 AM EDT  -2.22 knots  Max Ebb
2007-06-03  7:10 AM EDT   Moonset
2007-06-03  9:21 AM EDT   0.00 knots  Slack, Flood
Begins
2007-06-03 11:19 AM EDT   1.21 knots  Max Flood
2007-06-03  2:13 PM EDT  -0.00 knots  Slack, Ebb
Begins
2007-06-03  5:40 PM EDT  -1.81 knots  Max Ebb
2007-06-03  8:22 PM EDT   Sunset

--- 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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