To the Editor:

On Friday, July 31, my husband and I took our twin 8-year-old daughters kayaking in the open bay for the first time. They had learned to control the kayak and paddles first in our back yard pool, then at the Surf City bay beach and finally in the cove at Sunset Park in Harvey Cedars in preparation.

We entered the bay at 22nd Street on a sunny, beautiful day without much wind or turbulence in the water. Our goal was the yacht club on Ninth Street in Surf City.

August 12, 2015