Stephanie plunges her paddleboard into the Jacinthal River and moves on. The breeze is near the cold Water, 36 degrees.
But despite the cold, the standup paddleboarding is a comfort for Jackental, the way she copes with all the COVID-19 insanity of the past year – social distances, masks, changes in her business, NTS Wine Tasting.
Jacinthal, 54, said, “The wind goes down,” The Post said, “and I can hear Hudson calling me.”
A few times a week in the winter, the former pro cyclist moves from her apartment in the west in the 1970s to the pedal at Pier 84 Boathouse on 12th and West 44th, where she stores her board and Changes of clothes.
It takes 20 minutes just to get ready. Jacenthal lists layers, bottom to top: heavy, smartwool hiking socks; Two pairs of tights – one thin, the other thermal and windproof; A bikini top; And two high-neck lycra rash guards – one middleweight, the other heavyweight.
This is followed by a dry suit, which has Gortex boots attached and rubber gaskets on the neck and wrist. On top of the booties is added another wool-lined, made of rubber substitute neoprene.
Now, the masked Jacenthal is ready to pull on her ski hat, sunglasses and snowmobiling gloves, which are not only warm and water resistant, but enough to let her hold her paddle correctly. The last piece and one must be complete: a PFD – personal flotation device.
The only thing that is carrying its paddle and board, which measures 12-feet-6-inches and weighs 27 pounds, is under the dock.
In all, Jacenthal gave his gear around $ 3,700: $ 2,200 for board and paddle, $ 1,100 for a dry suit and $ 400 for a second pair of booties, and $ 400 for everything else.
“It’s an investment,” she told the Post. “And it’s such an attempt to pack my S-T and ride my bicycle, but when I hit the water, it’s just magic.”
Jacenthal, who stands 5 feet 6 and suggests scales at 115 pounds, set out to do junkily paddlingboarding almost five years before the passionate cacker. His mentor is Eric Stiller, who owns Manhattan Kayak, Which offers lessons and guided trips on both activities.
“He took to a bone to do paddleboarding like a dog,” Stiller said, Jackethal estimates that only one in half a dozen paddleboarders in town are skilled enough to solo in frigger season.
On Monday, when the wintry wind was 22 years old, Jacinthal jumped into the George Washington Bridge and back. A three-hour plus trip is one of his favorites.
“I paddle under and under the bridge. Look down, then up, ”he said. “Different viewpoints are unreliable.”
Whether on the job or in her down time, Jacqueline goes all in.
After the epidemic, she created a furore to save her career – hosting a wine tasting at Zoom to Avicansados, who snatched the selections sent to her homes, virtualized with her classes at 92nd Street Y.
“It gave me a reason to take a shower and do my hair,” he said, laughing.
And Jacenthal logs more than 150 miles a week to stay in peak condition – 30 to 40 running and 110 biking, plus paddleboarding. Twice – in the summer – she drove 28 knots around Manhattan.
“I made like a wind-up toy,” she told the Post. “I need to exhaust myself.”
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