Wild Turkey Paddlers

lora925

Wish I had waterproof a video camera with me so I could share with you all what I saw; Mark and Smoke were really tearing it up out there last night. Good times. Thanks for the show guys, I will return the favor some day

PPR was excellent too!

lora925

I'll be there with you again in spirit

I'll actually be in another warm pond practicing the same skills but in much shorter boats this evening. Hope to catch up with you all in a week or two. Someone please take a picture of wet Norm for me, I can't believe I'm going to miss that - LOL

lora925

I'm definitely in. Hope you guys like veggie burgers

lora925

Barb, I was thinking of you when I got there last night and I think it was a good thing you didn't bring your sea kayak to the wave area. It looked to me that you would have run out of room trying to make any sort of turns and the climb up and out over the rocks with your boat would have been more d...

lora925

The Gulf River is a nice location to paddle too. We will be where it meets the ocean in Cohasset Harbor. You could play at the inlet with us for a while in your long boat and then paddle around the river. Though you would likely want to find a put-in and take-out the river side unless you want to p...

lora925

The Gulf River is a nice location to paddle too. We will be where it meets the ocean in Cohasset Harbor. You could play at the inlet with us for a while in your long boat and then paddle around the river. Though you would likely want to find a put-in and take-out the river side unless you want to pa...

lora925

crayolabarb wrote:Hi Lora!

Where are you launching from at 3:15?

Sure sounds like great learning and wicked fun!

Barb

Sorry I forgot to include that. Everything you need to know about this location including directions is online at:
http://americanwhitewater.org/content/R ... il/id/683/

We will be in white water boats today. Hope to see you there

lora925

High tide is at 6:34pm. So we want to plan to launch by 3:15pm or so as Mark noted the other day that the slack time (I think that is what it's called) is occurring 10 to 15 minutes earlier than the usual 3 hours before high tide. Trip report from Sunday July 4th's session to wet your whistles: We w...

lora925

Excellent. Yes I'll be there

lora925

Oh and make sure you get a dry bag for it. Despite the waterproof advertising/salesmen belief/etc they still are not waterproof for the top of our decks

lora925

If only I had tomorrow off

Hopefully you will try again some other time.

lora925

[quote="noseykate"]I'd be interested in cohasset this weekend. Name yer day(s).... NK[/quote] Sunday High tide is at 5:46pm so I will plan to arrive there around 2. That should be enough time to unload and be ready to go early right? I hope you two can make it. I guess there is no need to ...

lora925

I'm ifffy for tonight, I will likely need to work late but miracles do happen

lora925

Mark I'm out. Going to head to Charlemont to pick up my new ride instead so hopefully I can catch up with you and NK on Sunday

lora925

What did you have him do to it? Tighten it up all around you? I'm finding that I'm going to need to make some adjustments to my long boat as well.

lora925

No way Jan, I still plan to use my long boat as well

It will be nice to be able to shake things up though.

lora925

Thanks for the correction, then perhaps I should try to scramble out to Charlemont early on Saturday then so I can at least sneak in session on Sunday (wheels are turning

- and still waiting to hear back from Zoar Outdoor).

lora925

@Mark and NK, I won't have my boat until sometime on Sunday at the earliest so this weekend at the wave for me is out, though I'm still up for heading over to Little Harbor in the long boat on Saturday afternoon

@CGR, I will keep my fingers crossed and let you know when I have my ride

lora925

I'm looking at Monday July 5th, high tide is at 6:34pm with only a 8.61 ft tide. That means I should be there by 3:30 pm correct? I'm also looking at Wed July 7th, when high tide will be at 8:15 pm with a 9.06 ft tide. Is it appropriate to post something like this in the upcoming trips section? (fir...

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Bea, I'm getting a Jackson Fun boat. I'm also taking advantage of next week's AMC Boston's Intro class to reinforce my new skills and give me a really strong foundation to build on. If all goes well I will be using the new boat during the weekend sessions on the river (or maybe sooner). I'm either g...

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[quote="Mark"] (Want to make a day of it?? Let's start off with a whitewater session at the Cohasset Rip at 2PM.

)[/quote]

I already have plans for July 3rd evening but could sneak in some play time earlier in the day

lora925

I'm back from my excellent weekend adventure now too Kayak Widow and I both had a great weekend, and I still have perma grin, though I can barely keep my eyes open. I did two clinics on Friday (with Norm) and another two on Saturday but with a different boat and paddle on most of them which made thi...

lora925

Great report Norm. Next best thing as to being there - which is where I hope to be next time

lora925

We are just going to miss each other, I won't get up there until 8 or 9 pm Thursday night:( Glad you're getting to go though. Can't wait to hear all about it.

lora925

I'll be there too.

lora925

Sorry I missed this one

Glad you all had a great experience

lora925

I don't think I will be taking any weeks off this summer but am available many Fridays for a paddle. I often work a half-day from home on Fridays so my time on Fridays is flexible. I really enjoyed the trip last Saturday and got home before the rain came! Thanks for organizing. Is there a paddle Th...

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I'm good with planned wet exits, but apparently I need to work on those unplanned ones that happen in the heat of the moment. Guess I'll just have to get back out there and try again Seriously though, the thy braces were different enough to warrant doing them a bit more, which I will do at every ava...

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I'm game and am contemplating signing up for the level 3 trip; it looks like fun m Have any of you veterans done this trip before? If so do you think I would be in over my head? I don't plan on participating in the rock play but I sure would love to watch and learn. I will of course bring my helmet ...

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Norm, I'll be arriving Thursday night so I can get an early start on Friday. I'll be staying right there at Zoar's lodge. I'm more than happy to join you on any clinic. We will have to talk before hand though as my cell phone doesn't get a signal in that area. I'm staying through Saturday night so w...

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Ok so a few of you have expressed interest in hearing how my first trip on the Deerfield went so I thought I would post a brief follow-up here. My trip can be summed up in one word; WOW . I signed up with the AMC CT Whitewater club for their On River K1 instructional which was held on Sun June 13th....

lora925

Sorry Kate, I wish I could join you but I already had/have plans to meet with up a WW group from CT. We will be paddling some where on the Deerfield in the morning. So I will be getting some instruction tomorrow - just in a different location

Hope to catch you when/if you do this again.

lora925

Sorry I'm not going to make it. I have to work late Thursday night this week.

lora925

I had a blast today. Got to try out about a half dozen boats - all on my list based on your recommendations. Unfortunately, I left my list home and didn't try to keep one while I was trying them all. I do see how the volume difference will definitely be more newbie friendly and soon found the Jackso...

lora925

I'm booked for 6/13 - better luck next time I hope.

lora925

Sorry to report Hingham is under a Severe Thunderstorm Watch until 800 PM EDT so I'm out. I'm going to stay late at work instead so hopefully I don't end up working this weekend. from: m Statement as of 3:03 PM EDT on June 03, 2010 Severe Thunderstorm Watch 250 remains in effect until 800 PM EDT MA ...

lora925

Excellent, thanks again everybody. I feel like I should change the title of this thread to something like Intro to Whitewater 101 or something along those lines so those coming up behind me will have a place to start. Though if they are anything like me, I can't use this forum's search feature very ...

lora925

Thanks for all the tips. I was thinking a river runner/play boat combo would be good as they are allegedly newbie friendly with room to grow Anyway, I 'll try as many as I can over the next few weeks. And yes Norm, I have been given the buy used advice more than once. I am just beginning to see what...

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Update: The Cabin Tents are fully booked, except for Thursday night.

lora925

Any one going? I'm planning on spending the entire day there I've been in touch with Still River Outfitters Inc., about the whitewater demo portions specifically and they will be bringing their Jackson demo boats and they said Zoar will be there as well. On my list of ww boats to demo are: Wavesport...

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