Kayakers fight proposed ban on rowboats during USA 250th events in NYC waters

Source: New York Post

Canoe you believe this? Kayakers, Canoers and rowboat-enthusiasts are fighting a proposed federal ban on all “human-powered” small vessels in the waters around New York City during this summer’s blockbuster maritime semiquincentennial celebration of tall ships called Sail 4th 250. The US Coast Guard is floating a safety zone plan that would bar the tiny paddle-powered craft anywhere around the city during the Independence Day festivities — leaving fishing boats, yachts and other engine-powered ships free to watch as a massive flotilla of tall ships sails through the Harbor. Some are calling a ban on the less expensive means of aquatic transportation positively un-American.