sea_n_ski
08-07-2008, 04:57 AM
Last Sunday my wife decided to kayak around Stonedam Island. When she left the sun was out and the weather looked great. After about 30 mins. I grabbed the jet ski to warn her that the ski was darkening and to make sure she was around the back side. I found her paddling away and it seemed it was clear enough to make it back home.
By time I reached our dock near Lone Pine Point, the rain began to fall. So I headed back to pick her up. Well by time I reached her, the rain was coming down at a good clip. So I tied the kayak to the jet ski and she climbed aboard. Even though I was going slow the winds and rain roared so hard the kayak kept flipping over and submerging. We empted it a couple of times, but the storm was growing fierce. In fact it was raining so hard we could hardly see Governors Island.
Out of the blue the Marine Patrol appeared. He saw we were having problems in the pouring rain from across the bay. The officer empted the kayak and pulled it on his boat. He then followed us home in this incredible storm to make sure get got there safely. He was friendly, kind and an absolute gentleman. I didn’t catch his name because it was raining cats and dogs. My daughter said he had boat number 800.
We hear a lot of stories about the MP being mean and clueless. This man was on the ball and cared about our safety. The MP and all of us should be proud they have individuals like him patrolling our waters.
Thank you Mr. MP 800
By time I reached our dock near Lone Pine Point, the rain began to fall. So I headed back to pick her up. Well by time I reached her, the rain was coming down at a good clip. So I tied the kayak to the jet ski and she climbed aboard. Even though I was going slow the winds and rain roared so hard the kayak kept flipping over and submerging. We empted it a couple of times, but the storm was growing fierce. In fact it was raining so hard we could hardly see Governors Island.
Out of the blue the Marine Patrol appeared. He saw we were having problems in the pouring rain from across the bay. The officer empted the kayak and pulled it on his boat. He then followed us home in this incredible storm to make sure get got there safely. He was friendly, kind and an absolute gentleman. I didn’t catch his name because it was raining cats and dogs. My daughter said he had boat number 800.
We hear a lot of stories about the MP being mean and clueless. This man was on the ball and cared about our safety. The MP and all of us should be proud they have individuals like him patrolling our waters.
Thank you Mr. MP 800