On Sunday June 5, Native American paddling groups from Eastern Long Island and upstate New York converged on Pier 40 to greet the Hokulea, a 60-foot-long, twin-hulled Polynesian voyaging canoe that is midway through a multi-year circumnavigation. The fleet, consisting of two small canoes and two larger outrigger canoes, with extra paddlers from the Oneida, Onondaga, and Mohawk nations climbing aboard the Rachel Carson, headed south around 9 am to North Cove, where the Hokulea was moored. After a stirring welcome from indigenous leaders that included songs, dances and the ceremonial presentation of gifts, fleet captains carefully studied their weather apps and timed their departure to avoid an approaching rainstorm, with the usual consequences!
Row Around Manhattan Events
Tides and Weather
Useful Links
- New York City Water Trail
- Brooklyn Bridge Park Boathouse
- Downtown Boathouse
- Gowanus Dredgers
- Hoboken Cove Boathouse
- Kayak Staten Island
- Long Island City Community Boathouse
- New York Outrigger Club
- North Brooklyn Boating Club
- Red Hook Boaters
- New York Harbor School
- New York Harbor Beaches
- Worldwide Tide and Current Predictor
- Rocking The Boat
- The Safe Harbor