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Adult Sailing Program

By GerritsenBeach.net, on March 16th, 2010%

Do you want to learn how to sail? Do you want to volunteer to be a captain?

Deep Creek Yacht Club and it’s partners, National Park Service, Rockaway Point Yacht Club, Miramar Yacht Club and Sheepshead Bay Yacht Club teach sailing on Thursday nights during the summer time. We also introduce groups of children to sailing daily in the summer from 9:00AM – 12:00PM. These two programs can be a very rewarding experience for the children, adults and you. If you are interested contact the National Park Service office (Jennifer) at (718) 338-3799 or Harold Hohne for more information.

Basic and advanced sailing programs will be available at Floyd Bennett Field. The courses will consist of three Thursday evening sessions from 6:00 – 8:00 PM. A course book covering the basics of sailing will be given to each participant. The courses will include a brief classroom introduction in the Ryan Visitor Center and hands on sailing in American 18′ sail boats, located across from the Ryan Center at Gateway Marina. Parking is available. For more information call Jennifer at (718) 338-3799. Three day sessions are scheduled in the summer of 2010 as follows:

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Parks Arrests 80 Men for Sexual Acts in Plumb Beach

By GerritsenBeach.net, on March 2nd, 2010%

[The Plumb Beach Rest Stop is covered in used condoms]

Last August, as in last year, the National Park Service arrested & summonsed about 80 men for sex related crimes(either propositioning, in the act, etc.).

The NPS conducted undercover operations to entrap proposition people. Apparently it worked well.

In the process they also snagged a few fishermen, whom were there after hours, in the month long sweep whom are now in the process of defending themselves in court. There were many others who just paid a fine and/or accepted a deal.

Just to put this whole thing in perspective. The arrests may have something to do with the threat that the National Parks Service would lose its funding in our area. So to justify their existence they arrested more people in on month than they did all of the previous year.

Hopefully everyone there will all sing kumbaya when the Michael Sandy Memorial is erected.

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