All in Kayaking

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Charlie O'Donnell
It's My Life, Kayaking

I didn't post too much this weekend, and I definitely have a backlog of things I'd like to post about in my head.  Hopefully, this week will be a slower week in terms of my after work activities and I'll be able to catch up.

My weekend was spent, as you can probably guess, mostly kayaking at the Downtown Boathouse.  Anyone who made it out had fantastic weather, aside from the occasional forboding storm cloud, but none of the threats came to post and 95% of the weekend was pretty sunfilled.  The Downtown Boathouse was a little quieter than last year, perhaps because the water hasn't quite warmed up yet and people aren't quite sure its summer yet.  Another week or two and I'm sure we'll be in full swing.  I got some great pictures in at the Boathouse as well as on the Circle Line Monday night, which I went to with my friend Joy who used to work at GM.  Speaking of Joy, that's the name we're going with for the family dog.  So, here's a little collection of my kayaking photos, NYC shots from the Circle Line and pictures of Joy (the dog).

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Harrison Street Regatta

Charlie O'Donnell
Kayaking

This Saturday, the Downtown Boathouse will be holding its annual Harrison Street Regatta:

From DTBH:

This is our annual fun-race and BBQ that is held every year at the Boathouse. It is the highlight of the paddling season. We hold a race from Pier 96 to our 72nd St. dock. The winner is the 2nd boat to cross the finish line. The race is open to all human-powered craft. All participants are entered in a drawing for boating-related prizes. Our fleet of public kayaks is available for use, or bring your own boat. Come at 1:00PM to register, the Race Starts at 2:00PM. A BBQ is held after the race. Everything including the food and soft drinks is 100% free.

Last year, I came in 3rd... but 1st my self termed "Crappy Boat Class".  The two guys who beat me were in fiberglass boats and I had a slow plastic one.  So, I'm going to secunder one of our newer boats by taping my name to it in the wee hours of the morn before the race starts...   I don't care about the whole 2nd boat in, thing...   I'm very ok with finishing first.  :)

So, if you'd like to come and check out kayaking, Saturday afternoon would be the day to do it....  so you could watch me leave Tim in the dust.  Remember, though, that the race ends at our location at 72nd Street!   Its a one way race, so that's where the BBQ will be as well.

The Boathouse is Gone

Charlie O'Donnell
Kayaking

Matt Blumberg reminded me of something I noticed the other day.

The Downtown Boathouse at Pier 26 is gone. 

Both Pier 26 and 25 are being demolished as part of a staged plan to renovate all of Hudson River Park and we knew it was coming.  We got evicted in October, but we also moved to the new Clinton Cove Boathouse at Pier 96 and also to the south end of Pier 40.  Still, the boathouse at Pier 26 had a lot of charm and a lot of memories, so its really sad to see that its finally gone.

I biked over there this morning before work.  Its all fenced in, so I couldn't get closer, but I may go back again and ask the construction guys if I can get a closer look.

Here's the before (from '04) and after.  Also gone is the River Project building (the brown one.)

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Hopefully, we'll be back in a couple of years, but there's no guarantee.  Still, I'm sure the local community will come together and be supportive when its time for us to fill out the RFP for the new pier.

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