proposing the rowing restrictions<\/a> to run from July 1 through 9, calling the rules \u201cnecessary to promote the safe navigation of vessels and the safety of life and property during these events.\u201d<\/p>\nAs part of the rules, paddlecrafts will be banned from the Hudson and East rivers and New York Bay during this period. <\/p>\n
But that\u2019s not all, the full length of the ban stretches from the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge all the way to the Throgs Neck Bridge in Eastern Queens \u2014 and from the mouth of Arthur Kill near New Jersey to the Spuyten Duyvil Bridge near the Bronx.<\/p>\n
Since the flotilla of tall sailing ships will only be using the Hudson River, the small-craft lovers can\u2019t understand why the ban includes even areas far away.<\/p>\n
Brad Vogel, at front, called the nine-day ban \u201carbitrary and capricious.\u201d Brigitte Stelzer for NY Post<\/p>\n
\u201cThe proposed rule is arbitrary and capricious in how overbroad it is. It doesn\u2019t need to be banning paddlers from using the East River and Newtown Creek and the Gowanus Canal. That\u2019s overkill in a major way \u2026 It goes all the way up to parts of the Bronx that seem to have nothing to do with this!\u201d fumed Vogel, who previously served as the Dredger\u2019s captain.<\/p>\n
The proposed rule could even be described as prejudicial toward \u201chuman-powered paddlers,\u201d Vogel added, pointing out that engine-powered vessels will still be permitted to use the sprawling waterway, though some estuaries will have tighter security restrictions than others.<\/p>\n
The timing of the potential ban also coincides with peak season for kayaking, according to Downtown Boathouse President Martin Sweeney.<\/p>\n
The proposed regulations would ban paddling from most Big Apple waterways. Brigitte Stelzer for NY Post<\/p>\n
The USCG indicated that the regulations could change before the July party. Brigitte Stelzer for NY Post<\/p>\n
\u201cWe live in a space-starved city and this is essentially part of the parkland. It takes away a large recreation area for us and the public we serve,\u201d Sweeney explained.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe human power boating community is bigger than you might think in New York City \u2026 A lot of times people are like, \u2018Oh, nobody goes on the Hudson River.\u2019 But we go! There is a large community and it is pretty active.\u201d<\/p>\n
The USCG told The Post that the hundreds of comments submitted by maritimers could be enough to change the tide on the regulations.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe federal agency is currently considering potential measures modifying access for commercial vessels, paddle craft, and other recreational water activities in New York Harbor, Sandy Hook Bay, and on the Hudson River,\u201d a spokesperson for the agency told The Post.<\/p>\n
A captain involved in the Port Planning process allegedly told the Gowanus Dredgers that the restrictions on paddlers would be reduced to just July 4th, the day of the event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Canoe you believe this? Kayakers, Canoers and rowboat-enthusiasts are fighting a proposed federal ban on all \u201chuman-powered\u201d small…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":199987,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[27688,20043,16702,57,9,197,56,63,65,64,34974,58],"class_list":["post-199986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-coast-guard","tag-gowanus-canal","tag-kayaking","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city-life","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-sail4th-250","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=199986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199986\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/199987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=199986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=199986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}