Currents and Winds

When dealing with a non-negligible wind or current situation, you'll probably think it will be fun to go with it and have a good ride. That's fine if you are making a one-way trip, but if you are making a round-trip back to your starting point, this is a very bad idea. The boost can carry you much further than you realize, and then you'll have to fight against it all the way back. Your fun day out can turn into a miserable slog.

It's much better and safer to head into the current on the outbound leg, and let it carry you home on the return.


Walkill River
( 41.20195, -74.56625 )

  1. Walkill River - Bassetts Bridge ( 41.26008, -74.55100 )
  2. Walkill River - Franklin ( 41.11063, -74.58840 )
  3. Walkill River - Glenwood Rd ( 41.19413, -74.57499 )
  4. Walkill River - Hamburg ( 41.15266, -74.58161 )
  5. Walkill River - Unionville NY ( 41.28789, -74.53406 )

The Walkill is the only river that originates in New Jersey and flows out - north over the border with New York, eventually draining into the Hudson. So it gets out, but it comes back.

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