Wild Turkey Paddlers

Greetings All,

It's that time of year again to get things going on Thursday evenings.

The 28th looks like a cooperative tide to start the alternating Thursday Night Paddles.

Early season we shoot for a 5:30 PM launch and as daylight progresses we push back to 6:00 PM.

LOCATION: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=42.245651,-70.886216&num=1&sll=42.245354,-70.883591&sspn=0.006295,0.006295&hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=42.245314,-70.885393&spn=0.003217,0.006968&z=18

With start to the season the water is still cold and as such you need to have appropriate cold water attire and safety proficiency to be out and about in the ocean.

We're looking forward to a great paddling season ahead with our expanding membership.

See you soon!

Thanks, Jordan. Looking forward to a new season!!!

We'll miss you all. Have fun.

Sounds great...a good opportunity to finally use all that hydroskin crap that I find way too hot during the rest of the season.

Check out my new boat:

Finn McCool wrote:Sounds great...a good opportunity to finally use all that hydroskin crap that I find way too hot during the rest of the season.

Check out my new boat:

Glad to see you have a flag on a pole on the stern deck! Very proactive!

Hopefully the weather will hold out for this Thursday 4/28, and we can kick off the first Thursday Night gathering.

Keep you fingers crossed

The weather is looking sketchy for tomorrow evening with Thundershowers and rain predicted. If it's lousy out we'll try for May 12th.

Cheers

kayakerjnj wrote:The weather is looking sketchy for tomorrow evening with Thundershowers and rain predicted. If it's lousy out we'll try for May 12th.

I'm going to think positive and plan to bring my boat to work tomorrow...unless the forecast gets much worse on the 6:00pm news tonight. Worst case we can make the decision from the beach and go to dinner early at Stars instead of paddling. That's my attitude!

I'm planning positive too. See you there!

My name is Bruce and I am a new member. I plan to join the paddle tomorrow if the weather holds up. See you at 5:30 in Hingham.

Welcome Bruce, we'll look forward to seeing you tomorrow if the weather holds

Uh....Weather is getting kind of crazy down here. Wind is supposed to calm down a bit by 6-7 PM, but its blowing to beat the band right now....

The wind blew and the lightning was blue, but we had a good table to watch it all in STARS tonight.

Let's hope May 12th will favor us with some good weather to enjoy the evening.

I was down at the harbor around 5:20 or so, stopped by the beach, and saw Norm's car with the kayak...but no Norm. You guys must had already thrown the towel in exchange for some brewskis.

The season is young.

Hi Jordan again, May i have the
link that will give me directions
to the camp in Hansen and is
next Thurs., night the next
skill session? Johnboy

You're on the wrong thread. You want:

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=2386

thanks

The weather is supposed to cooperate for tomorrow evening. Hope to see some of the flock in Hingham

Cheers!

I have an National Honor society induction ceremony tonight. Won't be there. Damn Kids.

Chip wrote:I have an National Honor society induction ceremony tonight. Won't be there. Damn Kids.

Well, congratulations on finally making it. Little old for this, aren't you?

Finn McCool wrote:

Chip wrote:I have an National Honor society induction ceremony tonight. Won't be there. Damn Kids.

Well, congratulations on finally making it. Little old for this, aren't you?

Never too late to add to the resume.

Chip wrote:Never too late to add to the resume.

Chip, could you come into my office, please? I'd like a word.

Chip's Boss wrote:

Chip wrote:Never too late to add to the resume.

Chip, could you come into my office, please? I'd like a word.

Chip, make sure you leave the door open...

Chip wrote:I have an National Honor society induction ceremony tonight. Won't be there. Damn Kids.

At least you're not bailing them out of jail

Good point by you.

Chip's Boss wrote:

Chip wrote:Never too late to add to the resume.

Chip, could you come into my office, please? I'd like a word.

Damn, it's true. They are watching me.

The second attempt at a Thursday Night paddle in Hingham Harbor turned out the opposite from the first attempt. This time the weather improved throughout the day rather than worsening. The huge offshore storm finally moved away enough for the wind to die down at the coast and by launch time it was beautiful. It was surprisingly calm as we made the standard trip out and around Bumpkin Island. A few people have started mooring their boats, but the harbor is still mostly empty.

Five people made it for the paddle - Jordan, Tracey, Bruce, Norm and Tim. A new member, Tim, got stuck in traffic but saw us from the beach after we had headed out and he managed to catch up with us before we got out to the open water. Everyone had proper cold water and safety gear. The water temp was pretty chilly and a few people wore gloves. Nobody practiced rolling. The trip was shorter than I thought - the GPS track says we only did 5.7 miles.

Bea, Lora and Alice joined us for dinner at Stars after the paddle. The Southwestern Salad is the big hit meal at Stars lately...

Here are a couple pics to show how nice the weather was - Tracey and Jordan on the way out and then Bruce and Tim on the way back in.

Hey Tracey, Did you get a new boat? Is that the Caribou?

Nope, it's not a caribou, but we did see the twin to your boat

Wish you could have joined us big guy!

Hi Chip.
Yes I did. Thanks for noticing. I bought a Kevlar Current Designs, Andromeda.

Is this HIngham week? I am getting confused already.

According to the tide chart it is Hope to make it this week myself.

Yep, this week is a Hingham week

For those of you who are paddling this Thursday, and or planning to go STARS with us afterwards, please let us know so we can reservations to accommodate our group.

See you on the water!

Jordan - I plan to be there and will be staying for dinner at Stars.

I am going to try and get there for both.

Jordan,

I'm anticipating, that I won't be able to get out of work, in time, tonight, for the paddle,
but I would like to join everyone afterwards at Stars.

Tracey

My presence is unlikely at this point. Looks like a beautiful evening coming up though. Should be a great night on the water.

Jordan et al,

I plan to make the paddle but do not plan to stay for dinnner.

I'm planning to paddle only - no Stars for me this week.