Yesterday my friend David Lyle and I kayaked the Hudson River from Liberty State Park in Jersey City just about to the George Washington Bridge. With the help of my friend Pastor (& Captain) Trevor Rubingh -a sailor - I learned about the
Eldridge Tide & Pilot Book which helps you plot your course based on the tides of the Hudson. I learned that even after High Tide the tide keeps moving before it receeds. So we put in at Liberty State Park at 8:30 with High tide at 9:15. However the tide continued moving north up the Hudson until 12:00 noon, even though High Tide was 10:10 at the GW. Bridge. Interesting and very relevant. We made it to Edgewater for lunch, about 1 mile below the Bridge
Beautiful Park in Edgewater to stop for lunch. They even have a yearround green parrot population.
The Hudson has challenges of wind, tide and waves from boats but its an amazing place to paddle and we had a wonderful day. Overall we paddled 23 miles.
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=3726596. My goal is to train and prepare for and race the Redfish Spring Run in the 2011 NY Mayor's Cup which races around Manhatten Island.
http://www.nymayorscup.com/.
Yesterday my friend David Lyle and I kayaked the Hudson River from Liberty State Park in Jersey City just about to the George Washington Bridge. With the help of my friend Pastor (& Captain) Trevor Rubingh -a sailor - I learned about the Eldridge Tide & Pilot Book which helps you plot your course based on the tides of the Hudson. I learned that even after High Tide the tide keeps moving before it receeds. So we put in at Liberty State Park at 8:30 with High tide at 9:15. However the tide continued moving north up the Hudson until 12:00 noon, even though High Tide was 10:10 at the GW. Bridge. Interesting and very relevant. We made it to Edgewater for lunch, about 1 mile below the Bridge
Beautiful Park in Edgewater to stop for lunch. They even have a yearround green parrot population.
The Hudson has challenges of wind, tide and waves from boats but its an amazing place to paddle and we had a wonderful day. Overall we paddled 23 miles. http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=3726596. My goal is to train and prepare for and race the Redfish Spring Run in the 2011 NY Mayor's Cup which races around Manhatten Island. http://www.nymayorscup.com/.
Awesome pictures!! Looks like a lot of fun!
ReplyDeleteGO John. Great blog spot and keep paddling...Mayor's Cup is with in reach.
ReplyDeleteRay