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- Mon Jul 16, 2012 4:03 pm
- Forum: Trip Reports
- Topic: Oak Bluffs, MV (Part 2)
- Replies: 4
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Oak Bluffs, MV (Part 2)
Last Wednesday Briggsy and I kayak-escorted Laura and Rob Jones on their swim from Falmouth to Oak Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard. Here we are going over the swim route on my chart at the "dive in". https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-_m6PZ5fiX2A/UANNTcrmiaI/AAAAAAAAAwY/6GubSRcPM6E/s720/04%2520-...
- Sat Jul 07, 2012 8:56 am
- Forum: Trip Reports
- Topic: Oak Bluffs, MV June 21, 2012 (Part 1)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 13790
Re: Oak Bluffs, MV June 21, 2012 (Part 1)
It is on this page: http://ohiodnr.com/Laws/OhioBoatOperatorsGuide/OpsGuidenavigationaids/tabid/2747/Default.aspx I noticed that too - that they seem to be markers for the ends of the shoals. So I dug deeper: Chart No.1 calls these "Bifurcation, Junction, Isolated danger, Wreck and Obstruction ...
- Wed Jul 04, 2012 9:54 pm
- Forum: Trip Reports
- Topic: Oak Bluffs, MV June 21, 2012 (Part 1)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 13790
Re: Oak Bluffs, MV June 21, 2012 (Part 1)
#3 Either side Well, OK, maybe the question wasn't specific enough. What we are talking about in #3 is "preferred channel markers" that are used where the main channel splits into more than one channel. Your decision about going left or right of the red-over-green marker depends on which ...
- Wed Jul 04, 2012 9:50 am
- Forum: Trip Reports
- Topic: Oak Bluffs, MV June 21, 2012 (Part 1)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 13790
Re: Oak Bluffs, MV June 21, 2012 (Part 1)
Nav Puzzler 1: The conventional rule of thumb is called the "Small Triangle Rule" and the math is very simple: Ferry Angle (degrees) = Current Speed / Paddling Speed x 60 So in a 2 knot current, with a paddling speed of 3 knots, your ferry angle would be 2/3 x 60 = 40 degrees. Add 40 degr...
- Tue Jul 03, 2012 3:50 pm
- Forum: Past Trips
- Topic: 4th of July Paddle Minot Light - Little Harbor?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 14963
Re: 4th of July Paddle Minot Light - Little Harbor?
kayakerjnj wrote:Then we can park at the end of Parker Avenue on the street.
Nope. You will get ticketed there. (I did, several years ago.)
You can park on Border Street, down past the Lobster Pound.
- Mon Jul 02, 2012 7:56 am
- Forum: Trip Reports
- Topic: Oak Bluffs, MV June 21, 2012 (Part 1)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 13790
Re: Oak Bluffs, MV June 21, 2012 (Part 1)
kayakerjnj wrote:Paddling a bunch of extra miles after a long day is even harder
Amen!
- Sat Jun 30, 2012 3:44 pm
- Forum: Trip Reports
- Topic: Oak Bluffs, MV June 21, 2012 (Part 1)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 13790
Oak Bluffs, MV June 21, 2012 (Part 1)
This trip report has no photos, but for everyone who took Johnnysmoke’s nav class last week (and anyone else who wants to chime in), this trip report has some navigation problems thrown in just for fun. Post your answers to the nav puzzlers and let’s see what everyone comes up with. Dave Briggs (Br...
- Wed Jun 27, 2012 9:50 pm
- Forum: Trip Reports
- Topic: Boston Harbor Outer Islands and The Graves - June 20, 2012
- Replies: 14
- Views: 19185
Re: Boston Harbor Outer Islands and The Graves - June 20, 20
LOL, they called it the "Melonhead Regatta". A bunch of familiar faces in that photo.
- Wed Jun 27, 2012 9:45 pm
- Forum: Trip Reports
- Topic: Scituate Harbor to Green Harbor - June 23, 2012
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7897
Re: Scituate Harbor to Green Harbor - June 23, 2012
Nice to see the pictures of Humarock. I miss it!
I looked at the surf forecast for Scituate on Saturday and I think it was calling for a half foot. With an incoming tide, I'm not surprised you got skunked for surf.
I looked at the surf forecast for Scituate on Saturday and I think it was calling for a half foot. With an incoming tide, I'm not surprised you got skunked for surf.
- Sun Jun 17, 2012 8:48 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Feeling Better Bea?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 12481
Re: Feeling Better Bea?
Never mind the gelcoat. Get a helmet for that
- Thu Jun 14, 2012 6:46 am
- Forum: Past Trips
- Topic: Cohasset - Saturday - June 16
- Replies: 9
- Views: 12635
Re: Cohasset - Saturday - June 16
norm wrote:I hope nobody minds the cross-posting...I wouldn't want anyone to miss out on the opportunity or think there is nothing going on this weekend...
Norm
Well, you already cross-dress, with those funky skirts you wear, so why not cross-post as well.
(sorry, too obvious, but I couldn't resist.)
- Fri Jun 08, 2012 8:43 pm
- Forum: Trip Reports
- Topic: Spectacle Island from Wollaston - Saturday - May 26, 2012
- Replies: 4
- Views: 9573
Re: Spectacle Island from Wollaston - Saturday - May 26, 201
I think Archee's hammock idea is pretty awesome.
- Sun Jun 03, 2012 7:24 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: New Visitor in North River
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4511
Re: New Visitor in North River
That's awesome
- Sat Jun 02, 2012 7:15 pm
- Forum: Trip Reports
- Topic: Cape Cod part 7. Thursday 31st May 2012
- Replies: 4
- Views: 8453
Re: Cape Cod part 7. Thursday 31st May 2012
I don't blame you for cancelling the trip for sharks. My one experience paddling with sharks was a harrowing one.
- Mon May 28, 2012 9:09 am
- Forum: Trip Reports
- Topic: Floating in the WeeWee, a Four-Star Flush 5/26/12
- Replies: 9
- Views: 13484
Re: Floating in the WeeWee, a Four-Star Flush 5/26/12
I didn't get many pictures because my lousy Go-Pro camera kept shutting off, but I did get one OK shot of the plane crash.
I think Kate missed this because she was taking pictures of Phil's butt.
I think Kate missed this because she was taking pictures of Phil's butt.
- Sun May 20, 2012 7:33 pm
- Forum: Past Trips
- Topic: Sunday May 20 New Inlet
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5971
- Fri May 11, 2012 3:47 pm
- Forum: Past Trips
- Topic: Duxbury Bay to Saquish - Saturday May 12
- Replies: 12
- Views: 15532
Re: Duxbury Bay to Saquish - Saturday May 12
I plan to be paddling in Duxbury Bay tomorrow afternoon (fishing.) I will put in at the boat ramp that I can't remember the name of around noon/low tide and probably paddle out toward Clarke's. I may see you at some point. Look for the tiger-striped sea kayak and a fishing pole.
Mark
Mark
- Fri May 11, 2012 7:55 am
- Forum: Past Trips
- Topic: Ockway Bay (Popponesset) to Osterville Grand Island - May 12
- Replies: 35
- Views: 32750
- Sat Mar 24, 2012 6:24 pm
- Forum: Past Trips
- Topic: Cohasset Saturday 3/17
- Replies: 14
- Views: 16993
Re: Cohasset Saturday 3/17
Very nice, John. But , that's NOT Little Harbor, now is it? In fact, it looks like you guys were running away from the water not putting in it.
- Sun Mar 18, 2012 11:42 am
- Forum: Past Trips
- Topic: Cohasset Saturday 3/17
- Replies: 14
- Views: 16993
Re: Cohasset Saturday 3/17
OK, here's mine, now show me yours.
- Sun Mar 18, 2012 7:12 am
- Forum: Past Trips
- Topic: Cohasset Saturday 3/17
- Replies: 14
- Views: 16993
Re: Cohasset Saturday 3/17
It was a great day in Cohasset. John and I went over to Little Harbour to mess around, and then paddled torward the light to see if we could find some seals. Heads started to pop up near the rock piles/others were splashing around. The wind was calm and blowing on shore and the air temp. was perfec...
- Sat Mar 10, 2012 6:49 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Sea kayak navigation / trip planning class REI Hingham 3/17
- Replies: 9
- Views: 10891
Re: Sea kayak navigation / trip planning class REI Hingham 3
I'd offer to help out, as a chance to get together with some of the Turkeys. But after I got lost trying to find Ron's house, I think I better not.
- Fri Mar 09, 2012 8:51 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Kayak escort for a swim from Menauhant to Oak Bluffs ?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 10732
Re: Kayak escort for a swim from Menauhant to Oak Bluffs ?
Hello Laura: The route you have chosen has some clear advantages - namely, out of the ferry traffic for the most part, but it is also a considerably longer route than the shortest crossing from Cape Cod to the Vineyard. As a veteran of many crossings via kayak between the Cape and the Vineyard (the ...
- Tue Feb 21, 2012 8:11 pm
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: Canoe for sale
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5675
Re: Canoe for sale
I thought I was going to see a surf kayak for sale when I saw your name on the Classifieds.
Thank god it wasn't, because I need something to aspire to.
Thank god it wasn't, because I need something to aspire to.
- Tue Feb 21, 2012 7:59 pm
- Forum: Past Trips
- Topic: Weymouth - Lanes Beach - 2/22/12 - 11:30am
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6544
Re: Weymouth - Lanes Beach - 2/22/12 - 11:30am
Good for you getting out there in February. I am tempted, but don't have the racks on the car. And I have to work - oh, right. And a kid at home on vacation this week. Oh, that too.
- Mon Feb 13, 2012 12:34 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Gathering of the flock
- Replies: 37
- Views: 59342
Re: Gathering of the flock
Kate and I hope to make it.
- Mon Dec 19, 2011 8:33 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Camp Kiwanee Enthusiasts - Use Your Noseplugs!
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4060
Camp Kiwanee Enthusiasts - Use Your Noseplugs!
Common brain-eating freshwater amoeba enters the brain through your nose:
http://www.cdc.gov/parasites/naegleria/
http://www.cdc.gov/parasites/naegleria/
- Thu Oct 06, 2011 7:09 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Marshfield has a new kayak launch
- Replies: 26
- Views: 24716
Re: Marshfield has a new kayak launch
Very cool. Years ago I scouted both ends and both sides of the Green Harbor River looking for a better put-in than Dyke Road. Never found one, and never paddled it.
Thanks for posting!
Thanks for posting!
- Sat Aug 27, 2011 7:20 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Saturday 8/27 Not Paddling
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6016
Re: Saturday 8/27 Not Paddling
Today looks like an excellent paddling day.
I'm heading out shortly for southern waters to surf with Phil and Lorrie, aka "Froth Doggy" and "Froth Kitty".
I'm heading out shortly for southern waters to surf with Phil and Lorrie, aka "Froth Doggy" and "Froth Kitty".
- Fri Jul 01, 2011 7:42 am
- Forum: Skills and Training
- Topic: Ocean skills session Weds 13th July
- Replies: 26
- Views: 28067
Re: Ocean skills session Weds 13th July
Whenever I have launched from Scituate, I have always put in at the lighthouse, as opposed to way up in the back of the harbor where you show a launch spot. You launch from the beach just inside the harbor, paddle around the jetty and you are in open ocean.
- Tue Jun 28, 2011 7:11 am
- Forum: Skills and Training
- Topic: Ocean skills session Weds 13th July
- Replies: 26
- Views: 28067
Re: Ocean skills session Weds 13th July
I think it's a great idea, and rarely done. (We did one such session a few years' back in Duxbury Bay, in lieu of the usual Thursday night pond session.) The problem may be finding anything resembling rough water in Cape Cod Bay in mid-July. Buzzards Bay usually has the afternoon wind chop, but ther...
- Mon Jun 27, 2011 3:17 pm
- Forum: Trip Reports
- Topic: Woods' Hole Fathers' Day 2011
- Replies: 5
- Views: 9671
Re: Woods' Hole Fathers' Day 2011
Those nuns were all so drunk. In the morning they were swaying to one side, in the afternoon to the other...
- Sun Jun 26, 2011 10:09 am
- Forum: Trip Reports
- Topic: Woods' Hole Fathers' Day 2011
- Replies: 5
- Views: 9671
Woods' Hole Fathers' Day 2011
(Disclaimer: No one actually took any pictures on this trip, so I have used "stock" photos from other trips to Woods' Hole over the last couple years...) I had a rare opportunity to spend the day paddling last weekend, in honor of Fathers' Day. (My philosophy about being a Dad is that Fath...
- Thu Jun 23, 2011 1:06 pm
- Forum: Past Trips
- Topic: Glades-Minot - Postponed to Jun 26
- Replies: 44
- Views: 41952
Re: Glades-Minot - Postponed to Jun 26
Linda: Find Scituate Light on Cedar Point if you want to launch from Scituate. There is a nice beach on the inside of the harbor a short carry from the *free* parking area.
Mark
Mark
- Thu Jun 16, 2011 8:54 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Any Interest in Woods Hole for Sunday
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3483
Re: Any Interest in Woods Hole for Sunday
I know, bummer!
- Thu Jun 16, 2011 9:16 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Any Interest in Woods Hole for Sunday
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3483
Any Interest in Woods Hole for Sunday
I'm putting out feelers for a possible trip to Woods Hole to play in the fast currents on Sunday. Fastest currents are late morning, so it would be a leisurely start (none of this 8AM stuff.)
Please post here or PM me if interested.
Mark
Please post here or PM me if interested.
Mark
- Wed Jun 15, 2011 7:09 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Beginner Need Advice
- Replies: 21
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Re: Beginner Need Advice
Steve - Close to you as well is Sunset Lake in Braintree. The best kayak launch spot is not at the town beach but on the back side over by the high school / skate park. As you drive north through town on Route 37 past the lake, there is a sign for the high school. Just drive in there until you see t...
- Sun Jun 12, 2011 6:44 pm
- Forum: Past Trips
- Topic: Cape Cod pt 2. Weds 15th June 2011
- Replies: 14
- Views: 17098
Re: Cape Cod pt 2. Weds 15th June 2011
You're on. We may need two days, though...
- Sun Jun 12, 2011 7:53 am
- Forum: Past Trips
- Topic: Cape Cod pt 2. Weds 15th June 2011
- Replies: 14
- Views: 17098
Re: Cape Cod pt 2. Weds 15th June 2011
OK, gotcha. The Islands next year - which presumably includes Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket? The Grand Loop from Monomoy south around Nantucket, west to the south shore of MV, across Vineyard Sound to Cuttyhunk and then up Buzzards Bay back to the Cape. Many have dreamed of this trip. I don't know...
- Sat Jun 11, 2011 8:55 am
- Forum: Past Trips
- Topic: Cape Cod pt 2. Weds 15th June 2011
- Replies: 14
- Views: 17098
Re: Cape Cod pt 2. Weds 15th June 2011
Briggsy, I'm curious if your definition of Cape Cod includes the Elizabeth Islands all the way down to Cuttyhunk?