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Baytown Fireworks from Goose Creek

When:
Thursday, July 4, 2019, 5:00 PM until 11:00 PM
Where:
Bayland Park
Bayland Park website
 P274+6P
Baytown, TX  
Additional Info:
Event Contact(s):
Carl Kuhnen
713-444-3315 (cell) (p)
Category:
HASK Paddle Trip
Registration is required before Wednesday, July 3, 2019 at 12:00 AM
Payment In Full In Advance Only
This is an ACA sanctioned event. All participants in ACA-insured activities must wear properly-fitting U.S. Coast Guard-approved life jackets (Personal Flotation Devices, or PFDs) at all times during on-water activities. Non-HASK participants must sign a waiver.
Cancellation Policy:
Notify the Event Contact to cancel your registration.
Capacity:
12
Available Slots:
6
No Fee

This trip will be an approximate re-enactment of the Battle of San Jacinto, where Paul Revere ("one if by land and two if by sea") snuck up on Santa Ana and began the Allied invasion of France, or something.

Anyway, here's the plan to see some celebratory fireworks from the water:
4:30 PM - meet at Bayland Park and unload
5:00 PM - paddle out of Goose Creek across Tabbs Bay to the cut between Hog Island and Atkinson Island
6:00 PM - arrive at shell beach for picnic dinner and to watch the big boats go by in the Houston Ship Channel
7:30 PM - depart Atkinson Island to Bayland Park
8:30 PM - arrive in Bayland Park as the sun goes down behind the Fred Hartman Bridge for quick pit stop. Paddle up Goose Creek 
9:30 PM - Baytown July 4 fireworks 
10:00 PM - Paddle back to Bayland Park
10:30 PM - load up boats and head home

Round trip to Atkinson Island is about 6 miles, Level 2. Round trip up Goose Creek is another 3 miles, Level 1.
Tabbs Bay crossing is 3/4 mile and is usually benign but could be choppy in an east wind. There will likely be some light boat traffic. We will stay well away from the Houston Ship Channel.

You can do either leg of the trip or both, but please let me know before the trip what legs you are doing.

The Goose Creek portion of this trip will be a night paddle, so we will need to be properly equipped. I will bring glow sticks to affix fore and aft to each boat. These make us visible to each other without blinding ourselves.
Bring a marine radio if you have one.
U S Coast Guard also requires a white light visible from 360 degrees. (A waterproof deck light, headlamp, or secured flashlight is ok.) A Visual Distress Signal (bright white light with strobe or SOS) is also required. You should have a sound signal, either a loud whistle or a horn. 
Go pick up the required night gear if you don't have it. 

Lat - lon of the put-in is  29°42'43.12"N,   94° 59'39.30"W
We will launch from the Buddy McBride public boat ramp in Bayland Park on the south side of Highway 146. Business. From HWY 146 Bus, head south on Wyoming Street but don't go as far as the marina. The map link will show you the location. For your phone navigation, enter Bayland Park, Baytown, TX. 

The park has ample parking and a porta-potty with variable desirability.

Temperature will be warm, so have plenty or water and sun protection. If we execute our plan we will have our picnic dinner on Atkinson Island.

Baytown July 4 2017 Fireworks Paddle

Hazards -- Light boat traffic of small to medium size in Tabbs Bay. Night visibility requires proper gear and staying together. Tabbs Bay has some oysters and below-water pilings, and can be choppy in an east wind. The boat ramp may be slippery. We have not had a car security problem at Bayland Park but it is in a populated area and is not regularly patrolled.

 
Trip Leader  Carl Kuhnen
 Trip Assistants  
 Trip Rating* 2
 Ready to Launch at  5:00 PM
 Duration (hours  6
 Paddling Miles 9
 Emergency Initiator  
 Emergency Phone #s  911,      Baytown Police (281) 422-8371
Chambers County Sheriff 409-267-2500 non-emergency
USCG 713-678-9057
 Latest Expected Return  11:59 PM
 Auto Description/Lic # FWC 6215
 Distance from Houston 25 miles

 

* Trip ratings are only a guide.  Actual conditions will vary with wind and other weather. 

 

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This is an ACA sanctioned event. All participants in ACA-insured activities must wear properly-fitting U.S. Coast Guard-approved life jackets (Personal Flotation Devices, or PFDs) at all times during on-water activities. Non-HASK participants must sign a waiver.

 

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Guests – You are welcome to join us for a couple of paddle trips.  HASK will cover the $5 ACA event membership for non-ACA members. Hopefully you will then join HASK and continue paddling with us.