[Announce] Bastille Day paddle, Lottery System, New Lights

[Erik Baard]

Ahoy’all!

Lot’s of joy. 

1. BASTILLE DAY! (Liberte!)

We’ll be paddling north, through Hell Gate, on Saturday (see calendar) 
to view Rikers Island, ponder crime and punishment, and recognize that 
many people in this world, and even in our own society, are unjustly 
deprived of freedom because of religion, sexuality, questionable drug 
policies, and politics. 

2. LOTTERY (Equalite!) 

The boathouse is instituting a lottery system for overbooked trips 
from now on to ensure that new folks get to enjoy their estuary. First-
come-first-serve tends to favor those in the know. Naturally, we will 
put aside a couple of seats for steady, dedicated volunteers, 
sponsors, local mucky-mucks who can help the boathouse, media, and 
allies. 

3. NEW LIGHTS (Fraternity! Since they make us better harbor community 
members)

Thanks to our February fundraiser at the Foundry 
(http://www.thefoundry.info) and a 10% discount from New York Kayak 
Company (http://www.nykayak.com), we have 10 new white Tek Tite safety 
lights, each with four LEDs. Testing by paddlers, commercial vessels, 
and the Coast Guard found these lights to be the most visible on 
kayaks. You might recall that our first round of light purchases was 
made through the generosity of the Harbor Operations Committee. 

AND MORE!

As always, we need volunteers at Hallets Cove on Sundays, and we need 
you to get the word out! Also, we need sponsors – without some 
financing, we can’t repair and replace gear, expand the fleet, and pay 
insurance. Please reach out to your clients and employers. They’ll get 
recognition on our soon-to-be-revamped website, literature, and on the 
sponsored boat itself!

As a landside note, each Monday night you can attend Recycle-a-
Bicycle’s FREE bike repair clinic in LIC (46th Ave and 5th Street)! 
Give them a call or email them for more about this wonderful program. 
Contact info at www.recycleabicycle.org

RaB is in LIC in good part through the kindness of family-owned 
Plaxall Inc. (http://www.plaxall.com), which also donates space to the 
LIC Community Boathouse.

Salty regards,

Erik




Erik Baard

LIC Community Boathouse
http://www.licboathouse.org

Nature Calendar
http://www.naturecalendar.com

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