NYCkayaker "City of Water" festival planning meeting, Monday 2/25/08

[Carter Craft]

Greetings all - building on last year's inaugural 5 Boro Paddle/ Ramble,
we are putting a greater and bigger spin into motion this year with a
"City of Water" convergence of paddlers and rowers we are aiming to
create on Governors Island this coming July 26 (rain date: July 27).  We
are very excited to be working closely with Ray Fusco to make this event
an even bigger success.

Join us at the Planning Meeting this coming Monday, 5.30pm at the MWA
office at 457 Madison Ave.  Please RSVP to me if you plan to attend.

Also, below is a Working Schedule of Events for the day.  If you CANNOT
make it but want to stay in the loop, please feel free to let me know
and I'll keep you on the e-update list. 
c
o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o

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EVENT NAME:  City of Water Festival

EVENT DATE(S):  Saturday, July 26, 2008 or, in case of rain, Sunday,
July 27, 2008

EVENT MESSAGE:  From parks to jobs to education and recreation our
harbor and waterways are huge and diverse.  Governors Island is at the
center of it all.

WORKING SCHEDULE:

Friday July 25:

1100am   MWA temporary floating docks arrive; set up.  Need contact with
GIPEC or Turner to advise us on configuration/ location.

Saturday July 26:

745am  MWA City of Water Volunteers ride GIPEC Ferry over to Island for
Set Up.  List of names to come from MWA week of event

8am  Set Up begins at Building/Pier 101

950am First Paddlers Arrive from Hudson and East River routes

11am  First City of Water Chartered Ferry Arrives from Staten Island/
Jersey City

1145  Second City of Water Chartered Ferry Arrives from
Bronx/Queens/Brooklyn

12n  Free Working Waterfront (Hidden Harbor?) Tour departs (Soissons or
101 TBD per GIPEC; can be staggered to avoid confusion with regularly
scheduled GIPEC Ferry)

1220pm  Brooklyn Paddlers and rowers arrive

1pm  Eric Bibb Concert Starts in Nolan Park

130pm (could move up or back 20 mins) Kayakers/rowers depart for Hudson,
and East/Harlem River routes

230pm  Staten Island and south, south Brooklyn Paddlers arrive 3pm  Eric
Bibb Concert ends in Nolan Park

3pm Free Enviro EcoTour (Harbor Herons, perhaps?) departs (Soissons or
101 TBD per GIPEC; N.b the departure time of this could be staggered to
avoid confusion with regularly scheduled GIPEC Ferry)

330pm  City of Water Chartered Ferry departs the Island for Jersey City
and Staten Island

340pm  Brooklyn Kayakers/Paddlers depart

350pm  Staten Island and south, south Brooklyn Kayakers/Rowers depart
Governors Island (note: these are the final kayakers); clean up begins

415pm  City of Water chartered Ferry Departs the Island for Brooklyn,
Queens and the Bronx

430pm  Last City of Water Chartered Ferry departs the island

430PM   Special "City of Water" support vessel departs with any
remaining kayaks or rowboats for transport off-island

445pm Cleanup at 101 complete.

5pm  MWA City of Water Volunteers depart the Island. 



Sunday July 27:  

1100  MWA Temporary Floating Docks picked up

Again, this is a WORKING SCHEDULE and will be modified over the next
couple months.  The items that we expect change the least are the
arrival and departure times for the kayaks and rowboats since those
routes need to coincide with the tides...

Many thx/ looking fwd to it!
o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o
Carter Craft
Director of Programs and Policy
Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance
457 Madison Ave, 5th Fl
New York, NY 10022
ccraft at waterwire.net