Long Island City Community Boathouse

Photos needed!

Chris Schiffner — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 02:29:39 +0000

The Long Island City Community Boathouse needs paddling photos, from any year, as soon as possible. Hallets Cove, Friday Night Chill Paddles, tours, special events, etc. Your photos might be chosen for promotional materials, inclusion in the slide show that will run through the evening of the annual fundraiser on March 11, and the website photo gallery.

It’s a great conversation kicker to be able to point to your photos overhead as they’re enjoyed by 200+ people packing the house!

Instead of emailing them, please send jpg’s (ideally between 900×600 or larger) to the following web gallery: http://gallery.me.com/tribeofman/100080

Thanks!

Thursday March 11 is our Spring Launch 2010 Fundraising Party!

Ted Gruber — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 04:58:17 +0000

Purchase your ticket in advance at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/96851

Tickets are $20. in advance / $25. at the door.

The Long Island City Community Boathouse requests the pleasure of your company at our Spring Launch 2010 fundraiser party. We’d love you to join us in driving off winter and bringing on the spring.

Suggested donations, sponsorships and proceeds from raffle and silent auction will fund LICCB programs which enable increasing numbers of participants to safely enjoy the pleasures of paddling on our local waters of the East River, Newtown Creek and Hallets Cove.

Party is set for the evening of Thursday, March 11th at The Foundry 4238 9th Street, half a block south of the Queensboro bridge in LIC. This year, with extended hours, 5PM til 10PM. Come early! Stay late! Or both! It’s a come as you are casual event in a unique and intimate venue.

Be part of this enjoyable and memorable event and support the growth of free human powered boating provided by the all volunteer, not for profit Long Island City Community Boathouse.

FDNY’s CPR To Go Program

Chris Schiffner — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 03:01:57 +0000

The New York Fire Department is sponsoring a free CPR program called “FDNY’s CPR TO GO PROGRAM”. This program is aimed at anyone interested in learning how to administer CPR or brush up on their skills. This program does not provide certification.

From NYC.GOV:

“The Department will offer CPR training to the public at both Department Facilities and participating New York Sports Club locations throughout the five boroughs. Everyone who completes the training will receive a free, transferable week-long pass to NYSC for you or a friend.

The program is designed to teach you how to save your Family and Friends. The course does not provide certification.

As part of the class, you will be asked to pledge to give back by sharing your knowledge with five other people. To help you do so, you’ll get to take home your CPR training kit, complete with an inflatable training doll and training DVD in English and Spanish.

To sign up, enter your information below and pick your preferred location.

For further information contact the FDNY’s CPR Training Unit at Telephone Number: 718-281-3888″

To register for one of the sessions visit: http://www.nyc.gov/html/fdny/html/general/registrations/cprtogo/index.shtml

Long Island City Community Boathouse Chairperson Election (2)

LICBoathouse — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:41:26 +0000

Three people have been nominated as candidates for Chairperson of Long Island City Community Boathouse. Two nominees have respectfully declined the nomination. Ted Gruber has accepted nomination and as such is the sole candidate for chairperson. In accordance with LICCB’s parent Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club, the election will be held on Thursday, December 10th 2009.

Election
The election will be held at the next boathouse meeting, which takes place on Thursday, December 10th 2009 from 7PM to 8:30PM, in the boathouse meeting space located at 46-01 5th St. on the second floor. Those eligible to participate in the election must have volunteered at least once with the LICCB during the 2009 paddling season and must be at least 18 years of age.

Anyone who is unable to attend the meeting on December 10th 2009 may submit their vote to Joan Dunne via email at jdunne@elliman.com on December 10th by the end of day (11:59:59 PM) with the word “ELECTION” in the subject line of the email.

Joan will count the ballots and announce the results to the Board of Directors for the Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club on December, 11th 2009. The LICCB is an Activity Committee of the Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club which reviews and approves all elected committee chairpersons. A public announcement of the election results will be made to the LICCB mailing list, website, and syndicated communication channels.

Course of Redress in Case of Dispute
If anyone wishes to contest the results of the election, a complaint must be lodged with Joan prior to December, 15th 2009. In the event of a dispute, the Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club will be notified of the dispute, and a resolution will be determined at the sole discretion of the Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club.

Long Island City Community Boathouse Chairperson Election

LICBoathouse — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:41:07 +0000

Nomination Process
Nominations for LICCB Chairperson will be accepted by Joan Dunne via email jdunne@elliman.com from now through Sunday 11/22/2009, and must include the word “nomination” in the subject line of the email.

People eligible to participate in the nomination process and the elections must have volunteered at least once with the LICCB in 2009 and must be at least 18 years of age.

The nomination should state the person’s name, contact information (email and phone number), a description of their volunteer activity with the group, why they would like to volunteer as Chairperson, and what they propose to do as Chairperson.

Joan will confirm that the person nominated for Chairperson is willing to accept the position, prior to creating a ballot.

A ballot will be emailed to the LICCB mailing list on Monday 11/23/09.

Election
The election will be held at the next meeting, Thursday 12/10/2009 from 7PM to 8:30PM..

Those unable to attend the election meeting may submit a proxy vote to Joan on 12/10/2009 by end of day (midnight) with the word “election” in the subject line of the email..

Joan will count the ballots and announce the results on 12/11 via email to the volunteer list as well as the Board of Directors for the Gowanus Dredgers Canoe club. The LICCB is a committee of the Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club which reviews and approves all elected committee chairpersons.

Course of Redress in Case of Dispute
If anyone wishes to contest the election results, a complaint must be lodged with Joan prior to 12/15. In the case that this happens, the Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club will be notified and a process for solving the complaint will be decided upon by the GDCC.

South Brother Island Cleanup

Chris Schiffner — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:29:41 +0000

This Saturday presents the rare opportunity to land on South Brother Island. Normally closed to the public, this island serves as a bird sanctuary for several species including Black-crowned Night Heron, Great Egret, Snowy Egret, and Double-crested Cormorant. The Brother Islands have a famed history. North Brother Island served as a quarantine for infectious diseases from 1885 through 1938. Its most famous resident was Typhoid Mary. It also served as an adolescent rehabiliation center for roughly a decade starting in 1950. South Brother Island was inhabited for a short time by an early owner of the New York Yankees, Jacob Ruppert, until his residence on the island burned down in 1909. Although the islands ownership has changed several times since the fire, it has been uninhabited by humans since 1909. In November of 2007 New York City purchased South Brother Island and established it as a bird sanctuary. The island is now off-limits to humans for all but a few days a year, when environmental groups obtain special permission to land on and clean the island.

What should you expect on Saturday? An adventurous paddle through Hell Gate to clean the shoreline of South Brother Island. We’ll launch at 11am, arrive at the island around noon to clean and collect (lots of neat stuff on the south and east shores) for two hours. We’ll deliver the trash to Barretto Point Park in the Bronx and enjoy it’s green hillsides. Some vendors might be selling snacks there, and there are bathrooms. Sights include the Queensboro, RFK, and Hell Gate bridges, and several other East River islands with less barbed wire. And you get boasting rights for having run Hell Gate!

Veteran volunteers will accompany public participants, who would be wise to defer to the wisdom of their experience in these waters and vessel traffic. Stay close to the group for safety. Participants gather at 46th Ave. and 5th St. in Long Island City, prepare their equipment, and launch together. Space is limited. Please RSVP to licboathouse@gmail.com.

Walk-ups will not be accepted!

See below for a map of South Brother Island. Please note that we are gathering at 5th Street and 46th Ave., Long Island City, NY, 11101 and then departing to paddle to Brother Island. This map is being provided for informational purposes only.

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bacChANAL Party Oct. 3rd

Ted Gruber — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 04:38:47 +0000

The end of the summer paddling season is approaching but here’s the good news. LICCB’s affiliate Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club is preparing for their famous bacChANAL Party which will be held on Saturday October 3rd from 5-9 PM.

Many of us have been there before and had a splendid time. It’s an outdoor street end block party with canoeing on the Gowanus Canal, live entertainment by the Red Hook Rambler, quality BBQ once again catered by PJ Handley’s and lots more good stuff.

LICCB volunteers will be helping again to manage the canoe dock and paddling. We’ll mix and mingle with our fellow Dredgers and Red Hook Boaters and other paddling friends from far and wide.

Last year it was windy and rained yet the party was a well attended blast. Better weather is likely this year and I hope you’ll join in the fun.

Tickets are $25. in advance and the proceeds of tickets sold to Queens addresses will directly benefit LICCB. It is a FUNdraiser event after all so if you can spare some cash, please bring it along to bid on the vast array of auction items and buy tickets for raffles so everybody wins. The Gowanus Dredgers are on a mission to build a new boathouse and we share in their efforts to reconnect people with the estuary.

Wear casual clothing and your river shoes. Event takes place rain (big tent) or shine at 165 Second Street, Brooklyn, NY 11231. It’s an easy walk from the Carroll St. subway station (F or G train), or you can hook up with an LICCB driver and carpool there.

bacChANAL Party info here: http://www.waterfrontmuseum.org/dredgers/party/partymap.html

Buy your tickets online to save money: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/81498

Our LICCB party last winter was pretty good, but it didn’t have canoeing.

Owen Foote says “Let’s Dredge” and he’ll be there this year to show us how it’s done in Brooklyn.

Labor Day Volunteer Paddles

Chris Schiffner — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 13:35:41 +0000

LICCB is inviting all persons who have volunteered with at least one event this season (Hallet’s Cove, a Chill paddle, work party, or a special project) to one of two trips on Monday, September 7 (Labor Day). Please RSVP to Steve Ellis, steve.ellis@mountsinai.org. If requests for either trip exceed available space, paddlers will be selected in order of RSVP. Guests (non-Volunteers) will only be accommodated by special request and volunteers receive priority.

Morning trip: Double Circ – Millrock and Ward’s Island. North to Millrock, rest in the cove on the north end of Millrock (landings are not permitted there), continue through Hellgate at slack water, go through Bronx Kill, around Ward’s Island, return via the Harlem River. Meet at boathouse at 9:30, leave dock by 10:30, at Millrock 11:30, depart Millrock 11:45, around Ward’s Island about 12:45, back at boathouse 2PM.

Afternoon/evening trip: Bushwick Inlet and Brooklyn Bridge. Meet at Boathouse at 4:00PM (many boats will be at the dock already) leave dock by 16:30, paddle south to Bushwick Inlet, continue to Brooklyn Bridge arriving 18:15 or so. Slack at BB is 18:55. Leave BB 19:30, possible U Thant circ, back at boathouse by 21:00, leave boats at dock for Tuesday paddle, all wrapped up by 10PM.

Hallets Cove Paddling August 9th & a Bonus!

Ted Gruber — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 18:31:04 +0000

Sunday, August 9th.

This week, we plan to paddle boats from the boathouse (46-01 5th Street) to Hallets Cove (31st Avenue at Vernon Blvd.) Volunteers are welcome to meet at the boathouse at 11:00 AM to paddle the short trip up at 11:30.

We’re meeting up a bit early this Sunday. Those who want a longer trip can paddle with us past Hallets Cove to Astoria Park to share in the excitement of the Astoria Water Walk event. Please bring along tennis balls, flying disk, or a football for the kayak to shore volley!

The water off Astoria Park should be calm while we’re there as tide turns from flood to ebb. We’ll then paddle a short ride back to Hallets Cove before 2 PM for the afternoon walk up paddle program.

Participants and volunteers are invited to spend the afternoon at the cove. After 5:00, we’ll paddle boats back to the boathouse.

The current weather forecast predicts a brief rain at 1PM Sunday. It may be windy, but no lightening is predicted. We’ll keep an eye on the weather because it does change. Any possible cancellation this week will likely be made without advance notice, at the last hour as conditions warrant.

Wednesday, August 12th, please join us at LIC Bar (46th Ave and Vernon Blvd) for Queens Green Drinks 6:30 to 9PM. Our friends and neighbors at Recycle-a-Bicycle are hosting this months event. LIC Bar is just up the block from Recycle-a-Bicycle and LIC Community Boathouse. R.A.B is hosting a bike sale same day starting at 4 PM at 46th Ave and 5th Street. Come early to visit and maybe go home with a new (refurbished) bike!

CANCELLED: Hallets Cove Paddling August 2nd

Ted Gruber — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 14:11:51 +0000

Paddling at Hallets Cove Sunday August 2nd is cancelled because or rain and predicted afternoon thuderstorms.