Author Archives: Johna Till Johnson

Long Island Kayak Circumnavigation: Day 10—Homeward Bound!

By Johna Till Johnson
Photos by Vladimir Brezina

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Sunken Meadow State Park to Pier 40, Manhattan
44 nautical miles (51 land miles)

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Long Island Kayak Circumnavigation: Day 9—High Water Beach

By Johna Till Johnson
Photos by Vladimir Brezina

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Roanoke Point to Sunken Meadow State Park
28 nautical miles (32 land miles)

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We’re Off to the (Tugboat) Races!

By Johna Till Johnson
Photos by Vladimir Brezina

Sometimes the best ideas are the last-minute ones.

We’d carefully planned the Labor Day holiday weekend, balancing work, rest, paddling, and socializing, and after due consideration we’d agreed that the best strategy would be to work and run errands on Saturday, followed by a long paddle on Sunday, which had optimal currents and weather forecast.

Then Vlad said, “Would you like to go see the tugboat race this weekend?”

Well, of course! We both love everything maritime, and tugboats in particular. And we’d talked for a while about wanting to see this event—the Great North River Tugboat Race & Competition, hosted each Labor Day weekend by the Working Harbor Committee, in which a dozen or more NYC-area tugboats parade up the Hudson, race, and then engage in various contests (pushing contests, line tosses, and who knows what else). And it was all happening this weekend!

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Long Island Kayak Circumnavigation: Day 8—Independence Day

By Johna Till Johnson
Photos by Vladimir Brezina

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Greenport to Roanoke Point, Riverhead
16 nautical miles (18 land miles)

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Long Island Kayak Circumnavigation: Day 7—Around Orient Point

By Johna Till Johnson
Photos by Vladimir Brezina

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Greenport (Bay side) around Orient Point to Greenport (Sound side)
17 nautical miles (20 land miles)

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Long Island Kayak Circumnavigation: Day 6—Across the Forks

By Johna Till Johnson
Photos by Vladimir Brezina

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Montauk Point to Greenport
22 nautical miles (25 land miles)

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Long Island Kayak Circumnavigation: Day 5—Around Montauk Point

By Johna Till Johnson
Photos by Vladimir Brezina

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Shinnecock Inlet to Montauk Point
36 nautical miles (41 land miles)

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Long Island Kayak Circumnavigation: Day 4—To Shinnecock Inlet

By Johna Till Johnson and Vladimir Brezina

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Moriches Inlet to Shinnecock Inlet
15 nautical miles (17 land miles)

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Long Island Kayak Circumnavigation: Day 3—Along Fire Island

By Johna Till Johnson and Vladimir Brezina

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Fire Islands to Moriches Inlet
18 nautical miles (21 land miles)

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Long Island Kayak Circumnavigation: Day 2—Jones Inlet to the Fire Islands

By Johna Till Johnson and Vladimir Brezina

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Jones Inlet to the Fire Islands
20 nautical miles (23 land miles)

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