NYCkayaker Manhattan Island Circumnavigation Race

[Chalu Kim]

google mayor cup kayak

I made the map that they used;  maps.google.com

search for mayor cup revised.

it is actually three bodies of waters that you need to worry; the might 
Hudson, the east river and the long island sound through Hellegat (Hell 
Gate).

you have to worry about boat traffic and tides because you have delayed 
tides due to moves off Hell Gate.

take train to West side 96 and walk the promenade at the height of the 
tides. you will all three tides moving against each other. You hit it 
just right and it is one giant whirlpool with a long tail off Mid Rock 
slicing the current off 300 feet deep concrete channel that the army 
engineers blasted and built.

You need to get through this section in good time or you need really 
solid bracing. Either fast or good is the way.

Rick Langer wrote:
> I met a guy at Foundry Landing (James from Cold Spring) who raced a kayak 
> around Manhattan.  It sounds like an interesting race, but I thought of a 
> number of questions to ask him after I got home.  James, are you out there?
>
> Does anyone have information about this race, like where, when and website? 
> Do they have an open boat division like canoes or even rowboats?  I'm 
> thinking of building a long double paddle canoe for this purpose and would 
> like to check out the rules of the race first.
>
> Thanks, Rick 
>
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