Wild Turkey Paddlers

Mark

This gives a whole new meaning to winter paddling:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3flztm1fF6s

Mark

Hooking around the towee's cockpit rim is a great idea, and is a good option for the tow-er as well, especially if you don't have one of those nice $80 towbelts with the shock absorbing bungee. The main issue I see with that is the time needed to set it up. In one situation where I needed to do a to...

Mark

Well, Todd, I have some experience and I was willing to share it. My main point, I guess, is that most of these kinds of discussions focus on technical details and the gear, such as in this article. This is, in my opinion, minutiae that is fodder for the gearheads, but which overlooks the more criti...

Mark

The only time I discussed towing with Doug, his thinking was, that if you get to the point where you need to be towing someone, then you have already done alot of things wrong. Probably true, but nevertheless, things can go wrong despite the use of good judgement. I was on a paddle in January a coup...

Mark

Geez, we have to pick just one day? How about one per boat?

Mark

Mike - Got you covered. See your PM.

Mark

You Can Fit a Square Peg in a Round Hole. I have Yakima Hully Rollers on the back and Thule Saddles on the front of my pickup's rack system. The round fitting of the Yakima system can be made to fit snugly on square crossbars.

Mark

Yes, the Hully Rollers act as your boat "saddles" on the stern. I have them and like them, but they can gunk up and stop rolling. I would probably go for the gliding-type saddles like the Hydro-Glide next time. Those are really slick and I actually think take less effort to put a boat up on than the...

Mark

Yeah, today would have been the day for it. Took a walk along the South River this afternoon in bright sunshine and virtually no wind - not exactly what was predicted. Anyway, I'm going to try to surf tomorrow and maybe we can do this another time when the weather/water is warmer.

Mark

I've been one of the regulars at these sessions for three years now (this will be year four) and the first year I only used my sea kayak, but don't plan on paddling around much, and it is best to stick close to a corner or side to work on whatever it is you want to work on in a long boat. The whitew...

Mark

Hey, this is just an idea at this point, but I was thinking of hosting a paddle/potluck from/at my house in Humarock on New Year's Day. From my house it is a short carry to either the South River or the ocean. High tide is around 9-10AM, so a paddle down the South River and out and around to the bea...

Mark

I thought you and Mark mixed it up like that out by the mouth of the North and South rivers?? Mmmm, not quite! The Fisher's Island Race in Long Island Sound is the closest thing to this that you can find in New England. I've only seen it from a distance, and it is pretty impressive, but not even cl...

Mark

Peter: Bring your Boogie and join me and Adam Santos at the Cohasset wave in the morning and will be hitting the surf on the South Shore after.

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John: I was surfing a favorite break in Scituate on Friday morning with a couple of my kayak-surfing buds. We had some set waves with ten-foot faces, so I bet 'tasket saw at least some five-footers. Nantasket is a tough break to surf. The waves tend toward closeouts and usually pack quite a punch. T...

Mark

Steve: By liquid foam, do you mean like Great Stuf that comes in a spray can? That stuff will absorb a ton of water and is not suitable for use in kayaks.

Mark

Roy: 6 knots is like 7MPH. I've paddled through the Gut at max ebb on a spring tide just to see if I could. I'd say it was around four knots. I don't think I can sustain 6 knots for very long. I agree that the 2.4 knots is crazy though.

No idea what the current speed in Little Harbor is.

Mark

Actually, Todd, a couple years ago I developed a book proposal complete with sample chapters, and a detailed outline for a book I wanted to write. The title - Kayaking Lake Champlain. I wasn't able to get a publisher interested, but I still have all the research, charts, notes, etc. I grew up in Ver...

Mark

By the time I was done and buttoned back in my boat the current was around 5-6 knots with 1-2 foot waves at the apex. The "official" max ebb current in Hull Gut on this past weekend's full moon tide was 2.4 knots. This is based on NOAA's tide and current tables. I'm sure I have seen it closer to 4 ...

Mark

David and I paddled to Cuttyhunk from Woods Hole a couple years ago. A great guy and excellent paddler. I've also paddled with him and his cronies on Lake Champ as well as out of Portsmouth NH.

Mark

Smoke: I paddled through the winter for a couple years, but last year I hung up the sea boat after the first week of November and didn't get back in it till April. I did kayak-surf all winter and did some whitewater as well, but winter touring got old for me. I think it will be the same this year. T...

Mark

Finn: You should ask Adam about this. He has built more than a few wooden kayaks and paddled a bunch of them. I also have not heard good things about performance of the CLC boats in particular. I've paddled a Pygmy Coho and didn't care for it much. The Night Heron from Nick Shade is a beautiful boat...

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Nelson: You might want to mention what day you are thinking of.

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Smoke - Sure ya are! Just make sure whoever you go with is too. Maybe we can put another trip together on the next full moon weekend.

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Bea: Charles River Canoe and Kayak runs a surf class out there from time to time. You probably saw one of their groups.

Indeed it is not a safe place to paddle without requisite skills and skilled partners (who look after each other

) Several boaters have drowned there over the years.

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Craig - We were all in 17-18 foot sea kayaks. Not my preferred surf-machine, but good practice nonetheless.

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Mark

Adam, me and a few friends from the North Shore launched into the South River yesterday from my house at high tide and headed down to New Inlet. After a lunch break on the Sand Spit, four of us donned helmets and headed out to surf the river mouth on the outgoing tide. There were 3-4 foot breakers r...

Mark

Hey Steve: If there is any peanut butter on those quackers, I think the seagulls will pick them up before your kids can. Try not to have them throwing their lunch overboard, though, OK?

Mark

Adam: It is a qualitative distinction. Here is your typical longboat "surfer": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUVVRHZ-I-o&eurl=

And here is kayak surfing in a more surf-friendly boat:

http://www.2imagine.net/blogger2005/pic ... rsion2.wmv

So, which one would you say was surfing?

Mark

Does John pick his nose for all your photos?

Looks like you guys were really roughing it, lol.

Mark

Hmm, sounds like a Wednesday evening Hingham paddle may be in my immediate future. Anybody want to join me, 5PM launch?

Mark

Hey Roy, are you sure they were bluefish? I'd love to hear that there are still schools of blues around, but all I've seen lately are little schoolie stripers.

Mark

Mark

Careful of your terminology. In surfing lingo, there is nothing worse than dropping in, which is when a surfer who does not have position on a wave, steals the wave by dropping into the pocket on a surfer who already had position. What you are describing as dropping in is probably better termed the ...

Mark

I saw Doug today. Apparently they got home last night, but didn't go to Nova Scotia, but to the Stonington, ME area.

Mark

Hey Jordan: Hope you enjoyed yourself in Hanson tonite. Did you go see your honey at JR's??

I got in a two-hour surf session on my neighborhood beach tonight, finally. Cowabunga!

Mark

So is anyone going? I thought I might come up and do some more fishing, but if I'm the only one I'll fish locally instead.

Mark

I'll have to check it out.

Thanks!

Mark

Well, I'm now living a block from the beach in Humarock and can see the swells rolling in from my roof deck, so with the clean big surf yesterday I just had to take an hour off from work and go try it out. Carried the surf kayak down to the beach and proceeded to get totally trashed, and after tryin...

Mark

Yeah, that Johnny-Come-Lately kicked the veterans' asses good. (especially mine). But he is only 2/3rds my age. (Yeah, that's it. )

But no one mentioned that RON ROLLED!!

Woo Hoo, all right Ron!

Mark

Hey DirtyDawg, Let's do a weeknight. Your place or mine. (I'm now a block from the beach in Humarock.) Call my cell.

Barbarian Rug-Installer Man (inside joke)

Mark

Steve - One can only hope! (For Sunday that is.)

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