I went down to pier 40 in NYC to meet a group of people from the http://www.meetup.com/The-New-York-City-Free-Kayaking-Meetup-Group/calendar/13956218/
It turned out that the people kayaking were doing it for the first time so we didn't do a tour or anything. I helped out the leader by keeping people from going out into the river beyond the pier and also giving some basic lessons on how to hold a paddle and how to do a basic stroke. I managed to paddle about 6 mi just chasing people around and taking a short paddle down the river. The wave were 3 - 4 ft and I was alone so I decided to turn back after about a half mile.
We had a pot luck lunch at around 12:30 and we had some really great food that people had made for the lunch. All in all it was a good time.
Here are the pictures:
Friday, August 20, 2010
The 22 Mile Long Run - 08/14/2010
I went on a 22 mile paddle with 5 people from the kayaking-the-liquid-skies-list@meetup.com group.
We left from Cold Spring at about 10:30 and headed towards Annsville in Peekskill. We paddled against the tide and a fairly strong head wind. We averaged about 3 mph and stopped at the Bear Mountain bridge for lunch. We decided that it would be better to head back towards Cold Spring and up to Bannerman's island to get in our 22 miles. We averaged about 5.5 - 6 mph on the way back since we were going with the tide and wind. The trip back from Bannerman's was rough with 2 - 3 ft waves and 10 - 20 mph winds.
It was a great trip and we all had a good time.
Here are some pictures from the trip.
We left from Cold Spring at about 10:30 and headed towards Annsville in Peekskill. We paddled against the tide and a fairly strong head wind. We averaged about 3 mph and stopped at the Bear Mountain bridge for lunch. We decided that it would be better to head back towards Cold Spring and up to Bannerman's island to get in our 22 miles. We averaged about 5.5 - 6 mph on the way back since we were going with the tide and wind. The trip back from Bannerman's was rough with 2 - 3 ft waves and 10 - 20 mph winds.
It was a great trip and we all had a good time.
Here are some pictures from the trip.
Bannerman2 Moonlight Paddle - 07/22/2010
This was the second paddle that we did from Cold Spring to Bannerman's Island in the evening. This paddle was much easier as the water was fairly calm and paddling was easy. We left about 6:30 and got to the island at around sunset. We had a snack and then paddled around the island until dusk. I didn't get any pictures after dark because it was fairly cloudy most of the way back. We did get to paddle by moonlight for the last mile or so.
Here are a few pictures from the trip.
Here are a few pictures from the trip.
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