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Re: The Miss Rockaway Armada

aaronasjones — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 11:40:02 -0000

Thank you for sharing this information.
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Re: The Miss Rockaway Armada

Mark — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 11:01:28 -0000

I guess the real point is that people do weird and awesome things all the time, and it doesn't matter who you are because if you're doing something unusual, if you're (pardon the reverse pun), swimming against stream, you got a special place in my heart.

Re: The Miss Rockaway Armada

Suzy — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 10:50:31 -0000

I honestly hope you're right. I'd love nothing more then for the people i met to not be a representative of the whole, and for the hostility I've heard from other places to be misguided.

I tend to place more loyalty on the people who do these kind of trips for the adventure and the learning, than for the spectacle and the novelty. Perhaps I'm the elitist.

Re: The Miss Rockaway Armada

Wes — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 07:20:11 -0000

Sounds like you need to get a clue Suzy! I spent several weeks following the kids on the Rockaway and can tell you that they were far from being "elitist jerks". They were a great bunch of people from every walk of life that came together with a goal in mind and did it. The only thing they stole on their trip down the river were people's hearts and imaginations.

The "actual boat" punks that followed down the river a few weeks later didn't seem to have a problem docking in my home town. Their boat tied up one of our public docks just as long as the Rockaway. If they were turned away it wasn't because of the Miss Rockaway, it was because most docks along the river are not placed there for overnight stays.

You shouldn't judge people based solely on their appearance and hear say. Take the time to get to know someone before you form an opinion and decide to cut them down.

Re: The Miss Rockaway Armada

Jimmy CraicHead — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 10:59:06 -0000

Thanks for the real story Suzy. This might explain all the "Trustafarians" that are littered in West Philadelphia. Rich kids with trust funds that parade around as beatniks.

Re: The Miss Rockaway Armada

Suzy — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 10:02:43 -0000

As cool as the concept of Miss Rockaway seems at first, the kids on it are elitist jerks. they stole their concept from a bunch of for real boat punks who have lived on the river for well over five years. By being rich kids the armada could play at disrespect with their parents money. they could afford to get the media attention while patronizing the hell out of the people in the towns they came to.

The actual boat punks who were respectful and doing it out of love as opposed to novelty went down the river a few weeks after the Rockaway and were turned away at every port because the Rockaways kids were loud, obnoxious, stole things and in general made themselves unwelcome.

Some people didn't learn the part of kindergarten where being a jerk ruined things for the whole class.

Re: The Miss Rockaway Armada

Jimmy CraicHead — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 16:21:03 -0000

Man would I love to see this floating junk find its way up to the Chesapeake Bay. Boat drinks on me!

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joshua — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 15:05:26 -0000

yeah boy i love that stuff. my friend Heather, while on tour with psalters in Europe made a friend who built a boat out of leavings. She took a bunch of pics and stuff and posted in this blog of hers. pretty cool.

Re: The Miss Rockaway Armada

CaffiNation Paul — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 13:55:16 -0000

Thats pretty sweet there. Makes me think of the old Disney movie. Davy Crockette & the River boat pirates. Now i'm going to have to find that flick again.