AllieGal3 - another consideration when shopping for a skirt for a boat with a big cockpit is to try to get a skirt that has some support sticks built in, like battens on a sail, that keep the skirt lifted a little at the center so it will drain instead of puddling. I don't know if that's an option, ...
Hey, I actually got out on the water again Saturday afternoon after being land-bound for a few weeks. Did an 8 mile section of the upper Charles River in rec kayaks and stopped to do some geocaching along the way. The foliage has just started to turn - might be better this coming weekend. Anybody th...
Thanks for sharing all the photos and trip details. I hope to get out and do similar trips in a few more years when I'm free from my fall volunteer work covering high school sports for cable tv broadcast. I figure this forum will be a great source for local trip reference data as long as we all keep...
I'd like to join you but I'm not sure I'll be back in time from a quick day-trip to Saco, Maine. I'll be watching to see if an alternate site is chosen and might try to show up if I get back early enough.
I plan to be there as early as possible too. I met a WTP member at a football scrimmage Saturday that reads the site all the time but has never posted or gone to a Hanson session. He said he'll try to make it this week. I'll send him an email to make sure he knows this may be his last chance for thi...
Sorry! I was wearing bug spray so I didn't notice the mosquitoes. I did get bit by a bee or wasp or something when my arm brushed against a bush - the welt and itchiness lasted for more than a week.
Did you bring flashlights and explore the bunkers?
I'm hoping to check out the Onset Harbor area on Labor Day weekend, using the Shell Point parking area that is mentioned in a trip report. Looks like it can be pretty shallow according to the charts, but only a 4.5 foot tide difference. Do you have to pay close attention to paddling near high tide i...
Sweet, cool photos Norm! Hey, who has those Subaru picks? Wanna show the lowered, wax every week Subaru enthusiasts what a Subaru really should be doing... That would be me. I didn't think anyone else would really be interested in your car so I didn't post any pics of it. I'll put all the pics I sh...
Lora - thanks for sharing your trip results. I always find it interesting to hear about other peoples experiences and planning issues. I know what you mean about cleaning the boat - I had the same type of experience after an evening trip in the Weymouth Back River. I had only paddled 3 miles that ni...
Excellent trip in Plymouth Harbor today. Thanks again Chip for posting this one. Glad we all ignored the weather forecasters, as this turned out to be a beautiful day. Nice to meet a few more people that I had not met before. It was fun experiencing the strong push of the tide rushing into the harbo...
Oh, it can't be too serious a meeting - he's having an ice cream social in the middle of the afternoon to introduce himself. That's the real reason I don't want to miss it! I'm hoping they have Brigham's hot fudge.
I'm planning to be there as early as I can...hope to be there at 5:00...coming straight from work after a meeting introducing a new boss - can't skip that one.
Craig - after reading all of the Peddocks brochures when I got home, I'd like to go back and do more exploring. I'd definitely be better prepared next time with a flashlight and headlamp. My camera waterproofing bag setup is such a kludge, I don't think the flash would work through the plastic but I...
Craig - glad to see we didn't have much overlap in the pics we posted and that you got some good shots of Battery Whitman. All my shots in the old artillery bunkers came out blurred due to slow shutter speed.
Lora - There's a nice ramp on the Neponset River, visible from the expressway on the right as you are heading south, just after passing the Keystone building. I stopped by there today on the way home from work to check it out. I took the Granite Ave exit, crossed the draw-bridge and turned right ont...
Here are a few of the pictures I took. Some of them highlight comments that have been made about the trip. Notice the changing clouds as the day went on. http://home.comcast.net/~nhc1205/photos/5057.JPG SSYC at Abigail Adams Park - Skies looked a little ominous but the forecast was good. http://home...
audreyb - To answer your other question - we did not paddle in Hingham on 8/7. There were thunderstorms rumbling and light rain falling at about 5:00 so 4 of us went across the street for dinner at Stars.
It looks like they gave up trying to block them off. The path from the visitors center was wide open with no fences in place like there were last year. At the far end of one path, the old storm fences were still there but were completely flat on the ground. There was even a pamphlet for a self-guide...
Nice report Chip - I'll try to choose some pictures to put up tonight if I have time. I've got to get a smaller camera so I can shoot while on the water, to get that special perspective - it seemed like the best views of the water and sky happened while we were paddling. I hope Ron captured those sh...
Chip - thanks for posting an alternate trip for the 16th. I'd like to do the Lane's Cove trip but probably wouldn't enjoy it much in the open ocean conditions so I was hoping another trip would appear. Also, I missed the earlier trip around Clark's island so I've been hoping a trip in this area woul...
Sorry to hear about the camera failure Kate - look at it as an opportunity for an upgrade.... Otherwise it sounds like everybody had a great time and got the trip they wanted. We even met new member "lora925" who did an early morning paddle of the Weymouth Back River on her sit-on-top kayak and was ...
Chip - Thanks for organizing this trip. It was a very nice leisurely pace and perfect weather conditions. My batteries died in my GPS before the trip ended and the track log had an odd data point or two, but after corrections, I think the total distances were: 10.8 miles of paddling and 2.9 miles of...
Lora - I think your plan should be ok since you are launching at Abigail Adams Park. If you were launching from Puritan Road, you could run into shallow water and a fair amount of mud 3 hours after high tide. I ran into that earlier this year and had to scrub my boats when I got home. I believe the ...