Release Date 2/21/2016

We went for a short paddle in the harbor on a windy warm winter day.

Low water at the battery was around 13:00, and we launched from Red Hook just after that. Air got up into the 50s, but the water was in the high 30s and with a wind that grew to about 15kts it was pretty chilly on the water.




We paddled North against a strong current almost to the battery, then met some friends who came south from Manhattan.

We then went south and across the harbor into some pretty big wind against current swell. 

We went around to the South of the Statue of Liberty and had a short snack and stretched our legs on the beach below Liberty State Park.

We came back across the harbor around 15:30 at almost slack tide and then landed at Red Hook around 16:30.

Truth: Food tastes better if you heat it.

Release Date 2/7/2016

I released the message in the mouth of the Suwanee River in Florida.

I was on a Sasquatch/Skunk Ape hunting trip. We had Sasquatch Pizza, but could not find any creatures in the woods.

This is a really pretty part of Florida, and we had all kinds of weather. It was cool or cold the whole time, and one day it really rained pretty hard.  The next day, Super Bowl Sunday was sunny and bright, but it was very windy, and I think the Skunk Apes may have scented us, so that may have been part of the problem.

The tide was lower than I have ever seen out here, and some areas that a normally creeks were completely dry.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We did knock off a bit early to watch game.

Truth: Today is a Super Day.

Release date 1/31/2016

We paddled from Goldsmith's inlet to Reeves beach on Long Island's North shore, about 14 statue miles.

It was an amazingly nice day. Virtually no wind at all, bright sunshine, and it got up to almost 50 degrees later in the afternoon.

At the launch site we saw a sticker from our old friends at Kayak Waveology, which was fun. They must have run a trip from here sometime in the past. 




We left about 11:30 and arrived right at 16:30, took about 45 minute lunch break a mile west of mattituck inlet.

There is still current in this part of Long Island Sound. On the flood it starts all throughout the sound at the same time that the "Flood Starts at the Race" time way out at The Race. On the Ebb it actually starts in the sound about 1 hour before hand. The Flood Starts time was 10:45 so it was already moving when we got on the water. This far in the max, even on the springs, is less than a knot, but it still made a difference spread out over the whole day.



When we went back to the start to pickup our car we were treated to a really amazing sunset.




After the paddle we backtracked to Little Creek Oysters in Greenport for dinner. On our last trip they had run out of oysters so we had to pre-order. It was really nice to have such a good meal waiting for us.




Truth: Everyone has fans.