Dear Boathouse volunteer

The gala event of the year at the Boathouse is this Saturday 8/18 the Annual
Harrison Street Regatta. This is our annual fun-race and BBQ that is
held every year at the Boathouse. It is the highlight of the paddling
season. As last year year the race goes from our Pier 96 location at 56th St.
to the Boathouse dock at 72nd St.

The winner is the 2nd boat to cross the finish line. The race is open to
all human-powered craft. 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.

The winner receives a trophy that must be made by hand by the previous year's
winner. For the last 5 or 6 years the trophy has been captured by a
Downtown Boathouse Volunteer, and displayed prominently in the Boathouse
trophy case. We plan a spirited defense again this year.

We encourage everyone to participate in the race. For most people it is
just a fun paddle. We try to get all our boats out on the water at once.
Last year we probably had 50 or more kayaks in the water.

We will be closing Pier 40 around noon on the 18th to give people time to get to
Pier 96. We will be closing our Program around the same time at 96. to prepare
for the regatta.

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On Saturday August 25th at 2PM at Pier 96 we will have a quick orientation for
new volunteers. this is not so much a class as an introduction to what the
boathouse does and what volunteers, how you can help out and some of the fun
stuff that volunteers do. We encourage anyone interested to be at Pier 96 and
look for Aliye or Rob.

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Also on the 18th, the day of the Regatta, there is going to to be a group of
kids coming with some salvation army volunteers. They are coming at 9AM. and
will probably be gone by 10:30. We will be running our normal public program in
the morning at the same time We will just set aside 4 or 5 doubles for them.
There will be more adults than children. If you can be at Pier 96 at 9AM to
help, please do. The
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tomorrow night:

New York Kayak Polo will be holding an introduction to kayak polo session on
Thursday, August 16th, from 6pm Ð 8pm at our new summer home at the pier 66
boathouse on the Hudson river at west 26th street.
The event is free to all participants.
Non-ACA members will have to pay a $10 insurance fee to participate.
All gear is available for your use at no cost: boats, paddles, sprayskirts,
helmets, and lifejackets.
Bring a towel and a dry change of clothes.
For more information about kayak polo and our club, please visit
www.nykayakpolo.org or email us at nykayakpolo@...
We look forward to seeing you there.

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Tim Gamble writes:

Please mark your calendar. The Portside Group in Red Hook Brooklyn is
running their 2nd annual Kayak Valet event. See:

http://www.portsidenewyork.org/KayakValet.htm
Sat, 9/8/07 Rain date Sun 9/9/07

The idea is that you can paddle down to Red Hook, and leave your boats to
enjoy the neighborhood. We had a lot of fun last year.

Free kayak rides by the Red Hook Boaters http://www.redhookboaters.org/.
Safety Boat provided by Launch 5 http://launch5.com/

There is no need to sign-up. If you have questions you can email portside
or me. I'll be there for the morning with the Red Hook Boaters doing our
free kayaking program.

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Nancy Brous writes.

The 16th Annual Hudson River Swim For Life
&
The 2nd Annual Race for the Hudson
Sunday, September 9, 2007

*Exciting New Swim Route From Nyack to Sleepy Hollow*

Please join us again as we swim & kayak 3 miles across the Hudson River.

Benefiting: the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society & Friends of Claire

Register online beginning May 5th!
www.hudsonriverswim.org

For more information please call (914) 949-0084

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Thanks
Jeremy Hooper