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Moonlight on Mt Sinai Harbor/Port Jefferson 7.11.2014
I just had the great experience of going on two different NACK paddles in less than 12 hours! (See below for the Fire Island Light paddle) And they certainly couldn’t have been any more different. Friday night’s Sunset/ Moonrise/ Fullmoon paddle from Mt Sinai Harbor over to Port Jeff harbor was literally picture perfect. Totally…
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Fire Island Light 7.12.2014
On Saturday morning 6 of us met over at Oak Beach for a 9:00am set off. An easy channel crossing, with all the powerboaters seemingly sleeping in & favorable currents going our way, got us over to our destination at Fire Island Light ahead of schedule. Plenty of time to take a nice tour to…
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Summer Newsletter 2014
The Summer Newsletter is now available with lots and lots of pictures. Here’s what John Jr. had to say: “Hal has done it AGAIN, 36 pages of absolute beauty, pictures and information. I cannot thank Hal enough for putting this together. However it is all of the members who contribute articles to Hal that…
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Paddle & Pizza on Browns River 6.19.2014
North Atlantic Canoe & Kayak again celebrated the arrival of the summer season with an open paddle on the Browns River in Sayville. Members and guests ventured out from Captain Kayak onto the river and followed it out past the breakwater into Great South Bay. The refreshing trip was followed by a brief meeting and pizza…
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Sebonac Creek to Scallop Pond 6.17.2014
“NACK’s Sebonac Creek to Scallop Pond Kayak Trip June 17, 2014 Lynne, Paul, Anne & Mike, Julie & Bob all had a delightful paddle Tuesday. Sebonac Creek, Southampton, is a beautiful spot and it is wonderful that such an exclusive area like this allows free on-street parking for non-residents. It was a very “weather” dependent…
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West Meadow Creek Paddle
From Lynne: “Here are photos from NACK’s first L1 paddle of the 2014 season at West Meadow Creek. Special thanks to Bob Horchler and Debbie Horne for their joint effort in planning and leading the trip, as well as to Alan, Julie, Lynne, Paul and Peter for their support in helping to “kick off” the…
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Shelter Island Circumnavigation
Twelve NACK paddlers set out recently on a perfect fall day to paddle the 20 miles around Shelter Island. Shelter Island is situated between the forks of Long Island’s east end just south of Greenport. To the north and south of the island are fairly narrow passages that funnel water between Peconic Bay on the…
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Seal Sighting off of Fire Island
On Saturday, November 16, four paddlers and I launched our kayaks from Oak Beach at 10:30 AM and headed out on the bay for five hours. The day started out being a bit overcast, but the skies gradually gave way to a fair amount of sun with puffs of clouds scattered around here and there. We started…